diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/Settings/Sections/UserInterface/MainMenuSettings.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/Settings/Sections/UserInterface/MainMenuSettings.cs
index 95e2e9da30..707f8cd314 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/Settings/Sections/UserInterface/MainMenuSettings.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/Settings/Sections/UserInterface/MainMenuSettings.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
+using osu.Framework.Bindables;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Game.Configuration;
+using osu.Game.Online.API;
+using osu.Game.Users;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Settings.Sections.UserInterface
 {
@@ -11,9 +14,15 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Settings.Sections.UserInterface
     {
         protected override string Header => "Main Menu";
 
+        private IBindable<User> user;
+
+        private SettingsEnumDropdown<BackgroundSource> backgroundSourceDropdown;
+
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
-        private void load(OsuConfigManager config)
+        private void load(OsuConfigManager config, IAPIProvider api)
         {
+            user = api.LocalUser.GetBoundCopy();
+
             Children = new Drawable[]
             {
                 new SettingsCheckbox
@@ -31,7 +40,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Settings.Sections.UserInterface
                     LabelText = "Intro sequence",
                     Current = config.GetBindable<IntroSequence>(OsuSetting.IntroSequence),
                 },
-                new SettingsEnumDropdown<BackgroundSource>
+                backgroundSourceDropdown = new SettingsEnumDropdown<BackgroundSource>
                 {
                     LabelText = "Background source",
                     Current = config.GetBindable<BackgroundSource>(OsuSetting.MenuBackgroundSource),
@@ -43,5 +52,17 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Settings.Sections.UserInterface
                 }
             };
         }
+
+        protected override void LoadComplete()
+        {
+            base.LoadComplete();
+
+            backgroundSourceDropdown.Current.BindValueChanged(source =>
+            {
+                const string not_supporter_note = "Changes to this setting will only apply with an active osu!supporter tag.";
+
+                backgroundSourceDropdown.NoteText = user.Value?.IsSupporter == false ? not_supporter_note : string.Empty;
+            }, true);
+        }
     }
 }