diff --git a/code/cgame/cg_draw.c b/code/cgame/cg_draw.c
index e29c10f..7d7126e 100644
--- a/code/cgame/cg_draw.c
+++ b/code/cgame/cg_draw.c
@@ -1650,6 +1650,16 @@ static void CG_DrawDisconnect( void ) {
 	const char		*s;
 	int			w;  // bk010215 - FIXME char message[1024];
 
+	// server demo playback: detect pause from frozen snapshot time
+	if ( cg.svDemoPlayback ) {
+		if ( cg.nextSnap && cg.nextSnap->serverTime == cg.snap->serverTime ) {
+			s = "Playback Paused";
+			w = CG_DrawStrlen( s ) * BIGCHAR_WIDTH;
+			CG_DrawBigString( 320 - w/2, 100, s, 1.0F );
+		}
+		return;
+	}
+
 	// draw the phone jack if we are completely past our buffers
 	cmdNum = trap_GetCurrentCmdNumber() - CMD_BACKUP + 1;
 	trap_GetUserCmd( cmdNum, &cmd );