diff --git a/src/GameState.cpp b/src/GameState.cpp
index 51852c9a51..148e8e0562 100644
--- a/src/GameState.cpp
+++ b/src/GameState.cpp
@@ -1271,7 +1271,8 @@ void GameState::UpdateSongPosition( float fPositionSeconds, const TimingData &ti
 	{
 		if( m_pCurSteps[pn] )
 		{
-			m_pPlayerState[pn]->m_Position.UpdateSongPosition( fPositionSeconds, *m_pCurSteps[pn]->GetTimingData(), timestamp );
+			float fAdditionalVisualDelay = m_pPlayerState[pn]->m_PlayerOptions.GetPreferred().m_fVisualDelay;
+			m_pPlayerState[pn]->m_Position.UpdateSongPosition( fPositionSeconds, *m_pCurSteps[pn]->GetTimingData(), timestamp, fAdditionalVisualDelay );
 			Actor::SetPlayerBGMBeat( pn, m_pPlayerState[pn]->m_Position.m_fSongBeatVisible, m_pPlayerState[pn]->m_Position.m_fSongBeatNoOffset );
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/SongPosition.cpp b/src/SongPosition.cpp
index 2668d0043a..4804bb29da 100644
--- a/src/SongPosition.cpp
+++ b/src/SongPosition.cpp
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 static Preference<float> g_fVisualDelaySeconds( "VisualDelaySeconds", 0.0f );
 
-void SongPosition::UpdateSongPosition( float fPositionSeconds, const TimingData &timing, const RageTimer &timestamp )
+void SongPosition::UpdateSongPosition( float fPositionSeconds, const TimingData &timing, const RageTimer &timestamp, float fAdditionalVisualDelay )
 {
 
 	if( !timestamp.IsZero() )
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ void SongPosition::UpdateSongPosition( float fPositionSeconds, const TimingData
 
 	m_fSongBeatNoOffset = timing.GetBeatFromElapsedTimeNoOffset( fPositionSeconds );
 	
-	m_fMusicSecondsVisible = fPositionSeconds - g_fVisualDelaySeconds.Get();
+	m_fMusicSecondsVisible = fPositionSeconds - g_fVisualDelaySeconds.Get() - fAdditionalVisualDelay;
 	beat_info.elapsed_time= m_fMusicSecondsVisible;
 	timing.GetBeatAndBPSFromElapsedTime(beat_info);
 	m_fSongBeatVisible= beat_info.beat;
diff --git a/src/SongPosition.h b/src/SongPosition.h
index 314629b702..fa8f39d57b 100644
--- a/src/SongPosition.h
+++ b/src/SongPosition.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public:
 	float		m_fSongBeatVisible;
 
 	void Reset();
-	void UpdateSongPosition( float fPositionSeconds, const TimingData &timing, const RageTimer &timestamp = RageZeroTimer );
+	void UpdateSongPosition( float fPositionSeconds, const TimingData &timing, const RageTimer &timestamp = RageZeroTimer, float fAdditionalVisualDelay = 0.0f );
 
 	// Lua
 	void PushSelf( lua_State *L );