diff --git a/data/org.gnome.mutter.gschema.xml.in b/data/org.gnome.mutter.gschema.xml.in
index fa8cf95dd..92c97b12e 100644
--- a/data/org.gnome.mutter.gschema.xml.in
+++ b/data/org.gnome.mutter.gschema.xml.in
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     <value nick="scale-monitor-framebuffer" value="1"/>
     <value nick="kms-modifiers" value="2"/>
     <value nick="autoclose-xwayland" value="4"/>
+    <value nick="variable-refresh-rate" value="8"/>
   </flags>
 
   <schema id="org.gnome.mutter" path="/org/gnome/mutter/"
@@ -129,6 +130,12 @@
                                         relevant X11 clients are gone.
                                         Requires a restart.
 
+        • “variable-refresh-rate”     — makes mutter dynamically adjust the
+                                        refresh rate of the monitor when
+                                        applicable if supported by the monitor,
+                                        GPU and DRM driver. Configurable in
+                                        Settings. Requires a restart.
+
       </description>
     </key>
 
diff --git a/src/backends/meta-settings-private.h b/src/backends/meta-settings-private.h
index ca14ce67c..afbba054a 100644
--- a/src/backends/meta-settings-private.h
+++ b/src/backends/meta-settings-private.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ typedef enum _MetaExperimentalFeature
   META_EXPERIMENTAL_FEATURE_SCALE_MONITOR_FRAMEBUFFER = (1 << 0),
   META_EXPERIMENTAL_FEATURE_KMS_MODIFIERS  = (1 << 1),
   META_EXPERIMENTAL_FEATURE_AUTOCLOSE_XWAYLAND  = (1 << 2),
+  META_EXPERIMENTAL_FEATURE_VARIABLE_REFRESH_RATE = (1 << 3),
 } MetaExperimentalFeature;
 
 typedef enum _MetaXwaylandExtension
diff --git a/src/backends/meta-settings.c b/src/backends/meta-settings.c
index 486ac5abb..3703b23b0 100644
--- a/src/backends/meta-settings.c
+++ b/src/backends/meta-settings.c
@@ -294,6 +294,8 @@ experimental_features_handler (GVariant *features_variant,
         feature = META_EXPERIMENTAL_FEATURE_KMS_MODIFIERS;
       else if (g_str_equal (feature_str, "autoclose-xwayland"))
         feature = META_EXPERIMENTAL_FEATURE_AUTOCLOSE_XWAYLAND;
+      else if (g_str_equal (feature_str, "variable-refresh-rate"))
+        feature = META_EXPERIMENTAL_FEATURE_VARIABLE_REFRESH_RATE;
 
       if (feature)
         g_message ("Enabling experimental feature '%s'", feature_str);