diff --git a/src/vs/editor/browser/view.ts b/src/vs/editor/browser/view.ts
index cef27e15410..9c0fa99f047 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/browser/view.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/browser/view.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ import { IVisibleRangeProvider, TextAreaEditContext } from './controller/editCon
 import { NativeEditContext } from './controller/editContext/native/nativeEditContext.js';
 import { RulersGpu } from './viewParts/rulersGpu/rulersGpu.js';
 import { EditContext } from './controller/editContext/native/editContextFactory.js';
+import { GpuMarkOverlay } from './viewParts/gpuMark/gpuMark.js';
 
 
 export interface IContentWidgetData {
@@ -194,6 +195,9 @@ export class View extends ViewEventHandler {
 		marginViewOverlays.addDynamicOverlay(new MarginViewLineDecorationsOverlay(this._context));
 		marginViewOverlays.addDynamicOverlay(new LinesDecorationsOverlay(this._context));
 		marginViewOverlays.addDynamicOverlay(new LineNumbersOverlay(this._context));
+		if (this._viewGpuContext) {
+			marginViewOverlays.addDynamicOverlay(new GpuMarkOverlay(this._context));
+		}
 
 		// Glyph margin widgets
 		this._glyphMarginWidgets = new GlyphMarginWidgets(this._context);
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/gpuMark/gpuMark.css b/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/gpuMark/gpuMark.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0aa4397ea7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/gpuMark/gpuMark.css
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+ *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+.monaco-editor .margin-view-overlays .gpu-mark {
+	position: absolute;
+	top: 0;
+	bottom: 0;
+	left: 0;
+	width: 2px;
+	display: inline-block;
+	background: var(--vscode-editorLineNumber-foreground);
+}
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/gpuMark/gpuMark.ts b/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/gpuMark/gpuMark.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e1d25ac2794
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/gpuMark/gpuMark.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+ *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+import * as viewEvents from '../../../common/viewEvents.js';
+import { ViewContext } from '../../../common/viewModel/viewContext.js';
+import { ViewGpuContext } from '../../gpu/viewGpuContext.js';
+import { DynamicViewOverlay } from '../../view/dynamicViewOverlay.js';
+import { RenderingContext } from '../../view/renderingContext.js';
+import { ViewLineOptions } from '../viewLines/viewLineOptions.js';
+import './gpuMark.css';
+
+/**
+ * A mark on lines to make identification of GPU-rendered lines vs DOM easier.
+ */
+export class GpuMarkOverlay extends DynamicViewOverlay {
+
+	public static readonly CLASS_NAME = 'gpu-mark';
+
+	private readonly _context: ViewContext;
+
+	private _renderResult: string[] | null;
+
+	constructor(context: ViewContext) {
+		super();
+		this._context = context;
+		this._renderResult = null;
+		this._context.addEventHandler(this);
+	}
+
+	public override dispose(): void {
+		this._context.removeEventHandler(this);
+		this._renderResult = null;
+		super.dispose();
+	}
+
+	// --- begin event handlers
+
+	public override onConfigurationChanged(e: viewEvents.ViewConfigurationChangedEvent): boolean {
+		return true;
+	}
+	public override onCursorStateChanged(e: viewEvents.ViewCursorStateChangedEvent): boolean {
+		return true;
+	}
+	public override onFlushed(e: viewEvents.ViewFlushedEvent): boolean {
+		return true;
+	}
+	public override onLinesChanged(e: viewEvents.ViewLinesChangedEvent): boolean {
+		return true;
+	}
+	public override onLinesDeleted(e: viewEvents.ViewLinesDeletedEvent): boolean {
+		return true;
+	}
+	public override onLinesInserted(e: viewEvents.ViewLinesInsertedEvent): boolean {
+		return true;
+	}
+	public override onScrollChanged(e: viewEvents.ViewScrollChangedEvent): boolean {
+		return e.scrollTopChanged;
+	}
+	public override onZonesChanged(e: viewEvents.ViewZonesChangedEvent): boolean {
+		return true;
+	}
+	public override onDecorationsChanged(e: viewEvents.ViewDecorationsChangedEvent): boolean {
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	// --- end event handlers
+
+	public prepareRender(ctx: RenderingContext): void {
+		const visibleStartLineNumber = ctx.visibleRange.startLineNumber;
+		const visibleEndLineNumber = ctx.visibleRange.endLineNumber;
+
+		const viewportData = ctx.viewportData;
+		const options = new ViewLineOptions(this._context.configuration, this._context.theme.type);
+
+		const output: string[] = [];
+		for (let lineNumber = visibleStartLineNumber; lineNumber <= visibleEndLineNumber; lineNumber++) {
+			const lineIndex = lineNumber - visibleStartLineNumber;
+			const canRender = ViewGpuContext.canRender(options, viewportData, lineNumber);
+			output[lineIndex] = canRender ? `<div class="${GpuMarkOverlay.CLASS_NAME}"></div>` : '';
+		}
+
+		this._renderResult = output;
+	}
+
+	public render(startLineNumber: number, lineNumber: number): string {
+		if (!this._renderResult) {
+			return '';
+		}
+		const lineIndex = lineNumber - startLineNumber;
+		if (lineIndex < 0 || lineIndex >= this._renderResult.length) {
+			return '';
+		}
+		return this._renderResult[lineIndex];
+	}
+}