diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Settings.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Settings.cs
index 50923b1193..464e7f2d3c 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Settings.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Settings.cs
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ namespace OpenRA
 		[Desc("At which frames per second to cap the framerate.")]
 		public int MaxFramerate = 60;
 
+		[Desc("Disable high resolution DPI scaling on Windows operating systems.")]
+		public bool DisableWindowsDPIScaling = false;
+
 		public int BatchSize = 8192;
 		public int SheetSize = 2048;
 
diff --git a/OpenRA.Platforms.Default/Sdl2GraphicsDevice.cs b/OpenRA.Platforms.Default/Sdl2GraphicsDevice.cs
index 01466c0c79..7f88207343 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Platforms.Default/Sdl2GraphicsDevice.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Platforms.Default/Sdl2GraphicsDevice.cs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Platforms.Default
 			WindowSize = windowSize;
 
 			// Disable legacy scaling on Windows
-			if (Platform.CurrentPlatform == PlatformType.Windows)
+			if (Platform.CurrentPlatform == PlatformType.Windows && !Game.Settings.Graphics.DisableWindowsDPIScaling)
 				SetProcessDPIAware();
 
 			SDL.SDL_Init(SDL.SDL_INIT_NOPARACHUTE | SDL.SDL_INIT_VIDEO);
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Platforms.Default
 			else if (Platform.CurrentPlatform == PlatformType.Windows)
 			{
 				float ddpi, hdpi, vdpi;
-				if (SDL.SDL_GetDisplayDPI(0, out ddpi, out hdpi, out vdpi) == 0)
+				if (!Game.Settings.Graphics.DisableWindowsDPIScaling && SDL.SDL_GetDisplayDPI(0, out ddpi, out hdpi, out vdpi) == 0)
 				{
 					WindowScale = ddpi / 96;
 					WindowSize = new Size((int)(SurfaceSize.Width / WindowScale), (int)(SurfaceSize.Height / WindowScale));