diff --git a/d3xp/Player.cpp b/d3xp/Player.cpp
index 7ad5243..d5fdb37 100644
--- a/d3xp/Player.cpp
+++ b/d3xp/Player.cpp
@@ -1779,6 +1779,13 @@ void idPlayer::Spawn( void ) {
 			cursor = uiManager->FindGui( temp, true, gameLocal.isMultiplayer, gameLocal.isMultiplayer );
 		}
 		if ( cursor ) {
+			// DG: make it scale to 4:3 so crosshair looks properly round
+			//     yes, like so many scaling-related things this is a bit hacky
+			//     and note that this is special cased in StateChanged and you
+			//     can *not* generally set windowDef properties like this.
+			cursor->SetStateBool("scaleto43", true);
+			cursor->StateChanged(gameLocal.time); // DG end
+
 			cursor->Activate( true, gameLocal.time );
 		}
 
@@ -2473,6 +2480,12 @@ void idPlayer::Restore( idRestoreGame *savefile ) {
 	savefile->ReadInt( focusTime );
 	savefile->ReadObject( reinterpret_cast<idClass *&>( focusVehicle ) );
 	savefile->ReadUserInterface( cursor );
+	// DG: make it scale to 4:3 so crosshair looks properly round
+	//     yes, like so many scaling-related things this is a bit hacky
+	//     and note that this is special cased in StateChanged and you
+	//     can *not* generally set windowDef properties like this.
+	cursor->SetStateBool("scaleto43", true);
+	cursor->StateChanged(gameLocal.time); // DG end
 
 	savefile->ReadInt( oldMouseX );
 	savefile->ReadInt( oldMouseY );