diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 89b3c63a..f1ad66eb 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ num-traits = "0.2.15"
 rand = "0.8.5"
 rand_distr = "0.4.3"
 rayon = "1.7.0"
+rusttype = { version = "0.9", default-features = false }
 safetensors = "0.3.1"
 serde = { version = "1.0.171", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.99"
diff --git a/candle-examples/Cargo.toml b/candle-examples/Cargo.toml
index 731052ea..8383ab37 100644
--- a/candle-examples/Cargo.toml
+++ b/candle-examples/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ hf-hub = { workspace = true, features=["tokio"]}
 imageproc = { workspace = true }
 memmap2 = { workspace = true }
 rand = { workspace = true }
+rusttype = { workspace = true }
 tokenizers = { workspace = true, features = ["onig"] }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
 tracing-chrome = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/candle-examples/examples/yolo-v8/main.rs b/candle-examples/examples/yolo-v8/main.rs
index 1a378680..ab047304 100644
--- a/candle-examples/examples/yolo-v8/main.rs
+++ b/candle-examples/examples/yolo-v8/main.rs
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ pub fn report_detect(
     h: usize,
     confidence_threshold: f32,
     nms_threshold: f32,
+    legend_size: u32,
 ) -> Result<DynamicImage> {
     let (pred_size, npreds) = pred.dims2()?;
     let nclasses = pred_size - 4;
@@ -96,6 +97,8 @@ pub fn report_detect(
     let w_ratio = initial_w as f32 / w as f32;
     let h_ratio = initial_h as f32 / h as f32;
     let mut img = img.to_rgb8();
+    let font = Vec::from(include_bytes!("roboto-mono-stripped.ttf") as &[u8]);
+    let font = rusttype::Font::try_from_vec(font);
     for (class_index, bboxes_for_class) in bboxes.iter().enumerate() {
         for b in bboxes_for_class.iter() {
             println!(
@@ -114,6 +117,29 @@ pub fn report_detect(
                     image::Rgb([255, 0, 0]),
                 );
             }
+            if legend_size > 0 {
+                if let Some(font) = font.as_ref() {
+                    imageproc::drawing::draw_filled_rect_mut(
+                        &mut img,
+                        imageproc::rect::Rect::at(xmin, ymin).of_size(dx as u32, legend_size),
+                        image::Rgb([170, 0, 0]),
+                    );
+                    let legend = format!(
+                        "{}   {:.0}%",
+                        candle_examples::coco_classes::NAMES[class_index],
+                        100. * b.confidence
+                    );
+                    imageproc::drawing::draw_text_mut(
+                        &mut img,
+                        image::Rgb([255, 255, 255]),
+                        xmin,
+                        ymin,
+                        rusttype::Scale::uniform(legend_size as f32 - 1.),
+                        font,
+                        &legend,
+                    )
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
     Ok(DynamicImage::ImageRgb8(img))
@@ -255,6 +281,10 @@ pub struct Args {
     /// The task to be run.
     #[arg(long, default_value = "detect")]
     task: YoloTask,
+
+    /// The size for the legend, 0 means no legend.
+    #[arg(long, default_value_t = 14)]
+    legend_size: u32,
 }
 
 impl Args {
@@ -291,6 +321,7 @@ pub trait Task: Module + Sized {
         h: usize,
         confidence_threshold: f32,
         nms_threshold: f32,
+        legend_size: u32,
     ) -> Result<DynamicImage>;
 }
 
@@ -306,8 +337,17 @@ impl Task for YoloV8 {
         h: usize,
         confidence_threshold: f32,
         nms_threshold: f32,
+        legend_size: u32,
     ) -> Result<DynamicImage> {
-        report_detect(pred, img, w, h, confidence_threshold, nms_threshold)
+        report_detect(
+            pred,
+            img,
+            w,
+            h,
+            confidence_threshold,
+            nms_threshold,
+            legend_size,
+        )
     }
 }
 
@@ -323,6 +363,7 @@ impl Task for YoloV8Pose {
         h: usize,
         confidence_threshold: f32,
         nms_threshold: f32,
+        _legend_size: u32,
     ) -> Result<DynamicImage> {
         report_pose(pred, img, w, h, confidence_threshold, nms_threshold)
     }
@@ -385,6 +426,7 @@ pub fn run<T: Task>(args: Args) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
             height,
             args.confidence_threshold,
             args.nms_threshold,
+            args.legend_size,
         )?;
         image_name.set_extension("pp.jpg");
         println!("writing {image_name:?}");
diff --git a/candle-examples/examples/yolo-v8/roboto-mono-stripped.ttf b/candle-examples/examples/yolo-v8/roboto-mono-stripped.ttf
new file mode 100644
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