diff --git a/src/renderer/Metal.zig b/src/renderer/Metal.zig
index e71e7431e..c07fdfdce 100644
--- a/src/renderer/Metal.zig
+++ b/src/renderer/Metal.zig
@@ -737,6 +737,25 @@ pub fn setFocus(self: *Metal, focus: bool) !void {
     }
 }
 
+/// Callback when the window is visible or occluded.
+///
+/// Must be called on the render thread.
+pub fn setVisible(self: *Metal, visible: bool) void {
+    // If we're not visible, then we want to stop the display link
+    // because it is a waste of resources and we can move to pure
+    // change-driven updates.
+    if (comptime DisplayLink != void) link: {
+        const display_link = self.display_link orelse break :link;
+        if (visible and self.focused) {
+            log.warn("starting display link because window is visible", .{});
+            display_link.start() catch {};
+        } else {
+            log.warn("stopping display link because window is not visible", .{});
+            display_link.stop() catch {};
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Set the new font size.
 ///
 /// Must be called on the render thread.
diff --git a/src/renderer/OpenGL.zig b/src/renderer/OpenGL.zig
index 2a845d602..8fbf4654c 100644
--- a/src/renderer/OpenGL.zig
+++ b/src/renderer/OpenGL.zig
@@ -579,6 +579,14 @@ pub fn setFocus(self: *OpenGL, focus: bool) !void {
     self.focused = focus;
 }
 
+/// Callback when the window is visible or occluded.
+///
+/// Must be called on the render thread.
+pub fn setVisible(self: *OpenGL, visible: bool) void {
+    _ = self;
+    _ = visible;
+}
+
 /// Set the new font size.
 ///
 /// Must be called on the render thread.
diff --git a/src/renderer/Thread.zig b/src/renderer/Thread.zig
index ce7fc4d7c..3ed9385da 100644
--- a/src/renderer/Thread.zig
+++ b/src/renderer/Thread.zig
@@ -272,6 +272,9 @@ fn drainMailbox(self: *Thread) !void {
                 // still be happening.
                 if (v) self.drawFrame();
 
+                // Notify the renderer so it can update any state.
+                self.renderer.setVisible(v);
+
                 // Note that we're explicitly today not stopping any
                 // cursor timers, draw timers, etc. These things have very
                 // little resource cost and properly maintaining their active