diff --git a/Android/app/src/main/java/org/deadc0de/apple2ix/Apple2Preferences.java b/Android/app/src/main/java/org/deadc0de/apple2ix/Apple2Preferences.java
index 7e9cc157..4ad6e673 100644
--- a/Android/app/src/main/java/org/deadc0de/apple2ix/Apple2Preferences.java
+++ b/Android/app/src/main/java/org/deadc0de/apple2ix/Apple2Preferences.java
@@ -289,6 +289,18 @@ public enum Apple2Preferences {
             return activity.getPreferences(Context.MODE_PRIVATE).getInt(toString(), 5);
         }
     },
+    SHOW_DISK_OPERATIONS {
+        @Override
+        public void load(Apple2Activity activity) {
+            boolean enabled = booleanValue(activity);
+            nativeSetShowDiskOperationAnimation(enabled);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean booleanValue(Apple2Activity activity) {
+            return activity.getPreferences(Context.MODE_PRIVATE).getBoolean(toString(), true);
+        }
+    },
     JOYSTICK_AXIS_SENSITIVIY {
         @Override
         public void load(Apple2Activity activity) {
@@ -1057,6 +1069,8 @@ public enum Apple2Preferences {
 
     private static native void nativeSetTouchMenuVisibility(float alpha);
 
+    public static native void nativeSetShowDiskOperationAnimation(boolean enabled);
+
     private static native void nativeSetTouchKeyboardVisibility(float inactiveAlpha, float activeAlpha);
 
     private static native void nativeSetTouchKeyboardLowercaseEnabled(boolean enabled);
diff --git a/Android/app/src/main/java/org/deadc0de/apple2ix/Apple2SettingsMenu.java b/Android/app/src/main/java/org/deadc0de/apple2ix/Apple2SettingsMenu.java
index f2dc14be..81c6014b 100644
--- a/Android/app/src/main/java/org/deadc0de/apple2ix/Apple2SettingsMenu.java
+++ b/Android/app/src/main/java/org/deadc0de/apple2ix/Apple2SettingsMenu.java
@@ -249,6 +249,30 @@ public class Apple2SettingsMenu extends Apple2AbstractMenu {
                 });
             }
         },
+        SHOW_DISK_OPERATIONS {
+            @Override
+            public final String getTitle(Apple2Activity activity) {
+                return activity.getResources().getString(R.string.disk_show_operation);
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public final String getSummary(Apple2Activity activity) {
+                return activity.getResources().getString(R.string.disk_show_operation_summary);
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public View getView(final Apple2Activity activity, View convertView) {
+                convertView = _basicView(activity, this, convertView);
+                CheckBox cb = _addCheckbox(activity, this, convertView, Apple2Preferences.SHOW_DISK_OPERATIONS.booleanValue(activity));
+                cb.setOnCheckedChangeListener(new CompoundButton.OnCheckedChangeListener() {
+                    @Override
+                    public void onCheckedChanged(CompoundButton buttonView, boolean isChecked) {
+                        Apple2Preferences.SHOW_DISK_OPERATIONS.saveBoolean(activity, isChecked);
+                    }
+                });
+                return convertView;
+            }
+        },
         ABOUT {
             @Override
             public final String getTitle(Apple2Activity activity) {
diff --git a/Android/app/src/main/res/values-fr/strings.xml b/Android/app/src/main/res/values-fr/strings.xml
index 6fce2b07..5d79524f 100644
--- a/Android/app/src/main/res/values-fr/strings.xml
+++ b/Android/app/src/main/res/values-fr/strings.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
     <string name="disk_insert_could_not_read">Désolé, impossible de lire l\'image disque!</string>
     <string name="disk_read_only">Lecture seulement</string>
     <string name="disk_read_write">Lecture/Ecriture</string>
+    <string name="disk_show_operation">Afficher les opérations (disque) ][</string>
+    <string name="disk_show_operation_summary">Indique lorsque le disque de lecture ou d\'écriture</string>
     <string name="emulation_continue">Continuer…</string>
     <string name="emulation_settings">Configurations…</string>
     <string name="emulation_disks">Chargement de l\'image disque…</string>
diff --git a/Android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/Android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 7f45b475..4c10f2ab 100644
--- a/Android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/Android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -32,10 +32,12 @@
     <string name="diskA">Drive 1</string>
     <string name="diskB">Drive 2</string>
     <string name="disk_eject">Eject</string>
-    <string name="disk_insert_toast">Inserted disk in drive 1 read-only</string>
+    <string name="disk_insert_toast">Inserted disk in drive read-only</string>
     <string name="disk_insert_could_not_read">Sorry, could not read the disk image!</string>
     <string name="disk_read_only">Read only</string>
     <string name="disk_read_write">Read/write</string>
+    <string name="disk_show_operation">Show Disk ][ operations</string>
+    <string name="disk_show_operation_summary">Shows when disk drives are reading or writing</string>
     <string name="emulation_continue">Continue…</string>
     <string name="emulation_settings">Settings…</string>
     <string name="emulation_disks">Load disk image…</string>
diff --git a/Android/jni/jniprefs.c b/Android/jni/jniprefs.c
index 428f10ab..85381582 100644
--- a/Android/jni/jniprefs.c
+++ b/Android/jni/jniprefs.c
@@ -130,6 +130,13 @@ void Java_org_deadc0de_apple2ix_Apple2Preferences_nativeSetTouchMenuEnabled(JNIE
     interface_setTouchMenuEnabled(enabled);
 }
 
+void Java_org_deadc0de_apple2ix_Apple2Preferences_nativeSetShowDiskOperationAnimation(JNIEnv *env, jclass cls, jboolean enabled) {
+    LOG("enabled : %d", enabled);
+    if (video_backend && video_backend->animation_setEnableShowTrackSector) {
+        video_backend->animation_setEnableShowTrackSector(enabled);
+    }
+}
+
 void Java_org_deadc0de_apple2ix_Apple2Preferences_nativeSetTouchKeyboardLowercaseEnabled(JNIEnv *env, jclass cls, jboolean enabled) {
     LOG("enabled : %d", enabled);
     keydriver_setLowercaseEnabled(enabled);
diff --git a/src/video/glalert.c b/src/video/glalert.c
index fda63b42..035efc32 100644
--- a/src/video/glalert.c
+++ b/src/video/glalert.c
@@ -348,6 +348,14 @@ static void _animation_showTrackSector(int drive, int track, int sect) {
     _animation_showMessage(template, DISK_TRACK_SECTOR_COLS, DISK_TRACK_SECTOR_ROWS);
 }
 
+static void _animation_setEnableShowTrackSector(bool enabled) {
+    if (enabled) {
+        video_backend->animation_showTrackSector = &_animation_showTrackSector;
+    } else {
+        video_backend->animation_showTrackSector = NULL;
+    }
+}
+
 __attribute__((constructor(CTOR_PRIORITY_LATE)))
 static void _init_glalert(void) {
     LOG("Initializing message animation subsystem");
@@ -357,6 +365,7 @@ static void _init_glalert(void) {
     video_backend->animation_showCPUSpeed = &_animation_showCPUSpeed;
     video_backend->animation_showDiskChosen = &_animation_showDiskChosen;
     video_backend->animation_showTrackSector = &_animation_showTrackSector;
+    video_backend->animation_setEnableShowTrackSector = &_animation_setEnableShowTrackSector;
 
     glnode_registerNode(RENDER_MIDDLE, (GLNode){
         .setup = &alert_init,
diff --git a/src/video/video.h b/src/video/video.h
index 982b4735..e873980d 100644
--- a/src/video/video.h
+++ b/src/video/video.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ typedef struct video_backend_s {
     void (*animation_showCPUSpeed)(void);
     void (*animation_showDiskChosen)(int drive);
     void (*animation_showTrackSector)(int drive, int track, int sect);
+    void (*animation_setEnableShowTrackSector)(bool enabled);
 
 } video_backend_s;