diff --git a/src/hardware/hw_main.c b/src/hardware/hw_main.c
index 0771708eb..376639878 100644
--- a/src/hardware/hw_main.c
+++ b/src/hardware/hw_main.c
@@ -5222,6 +5222,8 @@ static void HWR_SetTransformAiming(FTransform *trans, player_t *player, boolean
 	{
 		fixed_t fixedaiming = AIMINGTODY(aimingangle);
 		trans->viewaiming = FIXED_TO_FLOAT(fixedaiming) * ((float)vid.width / vid.height) / ((float)BASEVIDWIDTH / BASEVIDHEIGHT);
+		if (splitscreen)
+			trans->viewaiming *= 2.125; // splitscreen adjusts fov with 0.8, so compensate (but only halfway, since splitscreen means only half the screen is used)
 		trans->shearing = true;
 		gl_aimingangle = 0;
 	}