diff --git a/gui/choc_WebView.h b/gui/choc_WebView.h
index c87cbdf..bec5738 100644
--- a/gui/choc_WebView.h
+++ b/gui/choc_WebView.h
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ class WebView
         /// If supported, this enables developer features in the browser
         bool enableDebugMode = false;
 
+        /// If supported, this pops up a separate debug inspector window
+        bool enableDebugInspector = false;
+
         /// On OSX, setting this to true will allow the first click on a non-focused
         /// webview to be used as input, rather than the default behaviour, which is
         /// for the first click to give the webview focus but not trigger any action.
@@ -248,6 +251,12 @@ struct choc::ui::WebView::Pimpl
             webkit_settings_set_enable_developer_extras (settings, true);
         }
 
+        if (options.enableDebugInspector)
+        {
+            if (auto inspector = WEBKIT_WEB_INSPECTOR (webkit_web_view_get_inspector (WEBKIT_WEB_VIEW (webview))))
+                webkit_web_inspector_show (inspector);
+        }
+
         if (! options.customUserAgent.empty())
             webkit_settings_set_user_agent (settings, options.customUserAgent.c_str());