diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7b726fc4..9006ab6c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ keywords = ["markdown", "viewer", "gpu"]
 default = ["wayland", "x11"]
 x11 = ["copypasta/x11", "winit/x11"]
 wayland = ["copypasta/wayland", "winit/wayland"]
+debug = []
 
 [dependencies]
 winit = { version = "0.28.7", default-features = false }
diff --git a/src/renderer.rs b/src/renderer.rs
index 5661c619..177b3762 100644
--- a/src/renderer.rs
+++ b/src/renderer.rs
@@ -524,6 +524,17 @@ impl Renderer {
                     }
                 }
             }
+            #[cfg(feature = "debug")]
+            {
+                let mut rect = element
+                    .bounds
+                    .as_ref()
+                    .context("Element not positioned")?
+                    .clone();
+                rect.pos.1 -= self.scroll_y;
+                let color = glyphon::Color::rgb(255, 0, 255).0;
+                let _ = self.stroke_rectangle(rect, native_color(color, &self.surface_format), 1.0);
+            }
         }
         self.draw_scrollbar()?;
         Ok(text_areas)