diff --git a/docs/env_vars.md b/docs/env_vars.md
index 59c8f078f..b3df7e95f 100644
--- a/docs/env_vars.md
+++ b/docs/env_vars.md
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ wlroots reads these environment variables
 
 * *WLR_SCENE_DEBUG_DAMAGE*: specifies debug options for screen damage related
   tasks for compositors that use scenes (available options: none, rerender,
-  highlight)
+  rerender_node, highlight)
 * *WLR_SCENE_DISABLE_DIRECT_SCANOUT*: disables direct scan-out for debugging.
 * *WLR_SCENE_DISABLE_VISIBILITY*: If set to 1, the visibility of all scene nodes
   will be considered to be the full node. Intelligent visibility canculations will
diff --git a/include/wlr/types/wlr_scene.h b/include/wlr/types/wlr_scene.h
index 46635f4bf..951bc06ae 100644
--- a/include/wlr/types/wlr_scene.h
+++ b/include/wlr/types/wlr_scene.h
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ struct wlr_scene_node {
 enum wlr_scene_debug_damage_option {
 	WLR_SCENE_DEBUG_DAMAGE_NONE,
 	WLR_SCENE_DEBUG_DAMAGE_RERENDER,
+	WLR_SCENE_DEBUG_DAMAGE_RERENDER_NODE,
 	WLR_SCENE_DEBUG_DAMAGE_HIGHLIGHT
 };
 
diff --git a/types/scene/wlr_scene.c b/types/scene/wlr_scene.c
index aaf9a8d74..d8cda36b4 100644
--- a/types/scene/wlr_scene.c
+++ b/types/scene/wlr_scene.c
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ struct wlr_scene *wlr_scene_create(void) {
 	const char *debug_damage_options[] = {
 		"none",
 		"rerender",
+		"rerender_node",
 		"highlight",
 		NULL
 	};
@@ -981,14 +982,22 @@ void wlr_scene_buffer_set_buffer_with_options(struct wlr_scene_buffer *scene_buf
 	}
 
 	pixman_region32_t trans_damage;
-	pixman_region32_init(&trans_damage);
-	wlr_region_transform(&trans_damage, damage,
-		scene_buffer->transform, buffer->width, buffer->height);
+
+	struct wlr_scene *scene = scene_node_get_root(&scene_buffer->node);
+	if (scene->debug_damage_option == WLR_SCENE_DEBUG_DAMAGE_RERENDER_NODE) {
+		pixman_region32_init_rect(&trans_damage, 0, 0, buffer->width, buffer->height);
+		wlr_region_transform(&trans_damage, &trans_damage,
+			scene_buffer->transform, buffer->width, buffer->height);
+	} else {
+		pixman_region32_init(&trans_damage);
+		wlr_region_transform(&trans_damage, damage,
+			scene_buffer->transform, buffer->width, buffer->height);
+	}
+
 	pixman_region32_intersect_rect(&trans_damage, &trans_damage,
 		box.x, box.y, box.width, box.height);
 	pixman_region32_translate(&trans_damage, -box.x, -box.y);
 
-	struct wlr_scene *scene = scene_node_get_root(&scene_buffer->node);
 	struct wlr_scene_output *scene_output;
 	wl_list_for_each(scene_output, &scene->outputs, link) {
 		float output_scale = scene_output->output->scale;