diff --git a/Assets/Mirror/Components/InterestManagement/Distance/DistanceInterestManagement.cs b/Assets/Mirror/Components/InterestManagement/Distance/DistanceInterestManagement.cs
index e435d1e22..111054a6e 100644
--- a/Assets/Mirror/Components/InterestManagement/Distance/DistanceInterestManagement.cs
+++ b/Assets/Mirror/Components/InterestManagement/Distance/DistanceInterestManagement.cs
@@ -6,21 +6,30 @@ namespace Mirror
 {
     public class DistanceInterestManagement : InterestManagement
     {
-        [Tooltip("The maximum range that objects will be visible at.")]
+        [Tooltip("The maximum range that objects will be visible at. Add DistanceInterestManagementCustomRange onto NetworkIdentities for custom ranges.")]
         public int visRange = 10;
 
         [Tooltip("Rebuild all every 'rebuildInterval' seconds.")]
         public float rebuildInterval = 1;
         double lastRebuildTime;
 
+        // helper function to get vis range for a given object, or default.
+        int GetVisRange(NetworkIdentity identity)
+        {
+            DistanceInterestManagementCustomRange custom = identity.GetComponent<DistanceInterestManagementCustomRange>();
+            return custom != null ? custom.visRange : visRange;
+        }
+
         public override bool OnCheckObserver(NetworkIdentity identity, NetworkConnection newObserver)
         {
-            return Vector3.Distance(identity.transform.position, newObserver.identity.transform.position) < visRange;
+            int range = GetVisRange(identity);
+            return Vector3.Distance(identity.transform.position, newObserver.identity.transform.position) < range;
         }
 
         public override void OnRebuildObservers(NetworkIdentity identity, HashSet<NetworkConnection> newObservers, bool initialize)
         {
-            // 'transform.' calls GetComponent, only do it once
+            // cache range and .transform because both call GetComponent.
+            int range = GetVisRange(identity);
             Vector3 position = identity.transform.position;
 
             // brute force distance check
@@ -36,7 +45,7 @@ public override void OnRebuildObservers(NetworkIdentity identity, HashSet<Networ
                 if (conn != null && conn.isAuthenticated && conn.identity != null)
                 {
                     // check distance
-                    if (Vector3.Distance(conn.identity.transform.position, position) < visRange)
+                    if (Vector3.Distance(conn.identity.transform.position, position) < range)
                     {
                         newObservers.Add(conn);
                     }
diff --git a/Assets/Mirror/Components/InterestManagement/Distance/DistanceInterestManagementCustomRange.cs b/Assets/Mirror/Components/InterestManagement/Distance/DistanceInterestManagementCustomRange.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..03b1fc501
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Assets/Mirror/Components/InterestManagement/Distance/DistanceInterestManagementCustomRange.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// add this to NetworkIdentities for custom range if needed.
+// only works with DistanceInterestManagement.
+using UnityEngine;
+
+namespace Mirror
+{
+    [RequireComponent(typeof(NetworkIdentity))]
+    [DisallowMultipleComponent]
+    public class DistanceInterestManagementCustomRange : MonoBehaviour
+    {
+        [Tooltip("The maximum range that objects will be visible at.")]
+        public int visRange = 20;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Assets/Mirror/Components/InterestManagement/Distance/DistanceInterestManagementCustomRange.cs.meta b/Assets/Mirror/Components/InterestManagement/Distance/DistanceInterestManagementCustomRange.cs.meta
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..406ca787e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Assets/Mirror/Components/InterestManagement/Distance/DistanceInterestManagementCustomRange.cs.meta
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
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