diff --git a/neo/ui/UserInterface.cpp b/neo/ui/UserInterface.cpp
index 7cbed1ed..01208acd 100644
--- a/neo/ui/UserInterface.cpp
+++ b/neo/ui/UserInterface.cpp
@@ -563,13 +563,19 @@ void idUserInterfaceLocal::StateChanged( int _time, bool redraw ) {
 		// DG: little hack: allow game DLLs to do
 		//     ui->SetStateBool("scaleto43", true);
 		//     ui->StateChanged(gameLocal.time);
-		//     so we can force cursors.gui (crosshair) to be scaled, for example
-		bool scaleTo43 = false;
-		if(state.GetBool("scaleto43", "0", scaleTo43)) {
-			if(scaleTo43)
+		//     so we can force cursors.gui (crosshair) to be scaled, for example.
+		//     Not sure if/where that's needed, but ui->SetStateBool("scaleto43", false);
+		//     is now also supported to explicitly disable scaling from the code
+		int scaleTo43 = 0;
+		if(state.GetInt("scaleto43", "-1", scaleTo43)) {
+			if(scaleTo43 > 0) {
 				desktop->SetFlag(WIN_SCALETO43);
-			else
+				desktop->ClearFlag(WIN_NO_SCALETO43);
+				// TODO
+			} else if(scaleTo43 == 0) {
 				desktop->ClearFlag(WIN_SCALETO43);
+				desktop->SetFlag(WIN_NO_SCALETO43);
+			} // do nothing for -1, it means that it wasn't set at all
 		}
 		// DG end
 
diff --git a/neo/ui/Window.cpp b/neo/ui/Window.cpp
index bf900ae8..518a6abb 100644
--- a/neo/ui/Window.cpp
+++ b/neo/ui/Window.cpp
@@ -1238,7 +1238,7 @@ void idWindow::Redraw(float x, float y) {
 		// only scale desktop windows (will automatically scale its sub-windows)
 		// that EITHER have the scaleto43 flag set OR are fullscreen menus and r_scaleMenusTo43 is 1
 		if( (flags & WIN_SCALETO43) ||
-			((flags & WIN_MENUGUI) && r_scaleMenusTo43.GetBool()) )
+			( (flags & WIN_MENUGUI) && r_scaleMenusTo43.GetBool() && !(flags & WIN_NO_SCALETO43) ) )
 		{
 			fixupFor43 = true;
 			dc->SetMenuScaleFix(true);
@@ -2028,8 +2028,11 @@ bool idWindow::ParseInternalVar(const char *_name, idParser *src) {
 	// DG: added this window flag for Windows that should be scaled to 4:3
 	//     (with "empty" bars left/right or above/below)
 	if (idStr::Icmp(_name, "scaleto43") == 0) {
-		if ( src->ParseBool() ) {
+		int scaleTo43 = src->ParseInt();
+		if(scaleTo43 > 0) {
 			flags |= WIN_SCALETO43;
+		} else if(scaleTo43 == 0) {
+			flags |= WIN_NO_SCALETO43;
 		}
 		return true;
 	}
diff --git a/neo/ui/Window.h b/neo/ui/Window.h
index 1cf29f85..a862213f 100644
--- a/neo/ui/Window.h
+++ b/neo/ui/Window.h
@@ -65,7 +65,11 @@ const int WIN_WANTENTER		= 0x01000000;
 
 const int WIN_DESKTOP		= 0x10000000;
 
-const int WIN_SCALETO43		= 0x20000000; // DG: for the "scaleto43" window flag (=> scale window to 4:3 with "empty" bars left/right or above/below)
+// DG: for the "scaleto43" window flag (=> scale window to 4:3 with "empty" bars left/right or above/below)
+const int WIN_SCALETO43		= 0x20000000;
+// DG: if a gui explicitly wants to be stretched despite r_scaleMenusTo43 1 it can set `scaleto43 0`
+//     (useful when using anchors in fullscreen menus)
+const int WIN_NO_SCALETO43	= 0x40000000;
 
 const char CAPTION_HEIGHT[] = "16.0";
 const char SCROLLER_SIZE[] = "16.0";