diff --git a/doc/040_cvarlist.md b/doc/040_cvarlist.md
index 531521c8..eb7bc7d1 100644
--- a/doc/040_cvarlist.md
+++ b/doc/040_cvarlist.md
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ Set `0` by default.
 
 ## Graphics (OpenGL 1.4 only)
 
-* **gl1_biglightmaps**: Enables lightmaps to use a bigger
+* **gl1_biglightmaps**: Enables lightmaps and scrap to use a bigger
   texture size, which means fewer texture switches, improving
   performance. Default is `1` (enabled). Requires a `vid_restart`.
 
diff --git a/src/client/refresh/gl1/gl1_image.c b/src/client/refresh/gl1/gl1_image.c
index 1bfd886f..83061cd2 100644
--- a/src/client/refresh/gl1/gl1_image.c
+++ b/src/client/refresh/gl1/gl1_image.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ int numgltextures;
 static int image_max = 0;
 int base_textureid; /* gltextures[i] = base_textureid+i */
 extern qboolean scrap_dirty;
-extern byte scrap_texels[MAX_SCRAPS][BLOCK_WIDTH * BLOCK_HEIGHT];
+extern byte *scrap_texels[MAX_SCRAPS];
 
 static byte intensitytable[256];
 static unsigned char gammatable[256];
@@ -1040,17 +1040,17 @@ R_LoadPic(const char *name, byte *pic, int width, int realwidth,
 		{
 			for (j = 0; j < image->width; j++, k++)
 			{
-				scrap_texels[texnum][(y + i) * BLOCK_WIDTH + x + j] = pic[k];
+				scrap_texels[texnum][(y + i) * gl_state.scrap_width + x + j] = pic[k];
 			}
 		}
 
 		image->texnum = TEXNUM_SCRAPS + texnum;
 		image->scrap = true;
 		image->has_alpha = true;
-		image->sl = (x + 0.01) / (float)BLOCK_WIDTH;
-		image->sh = (x + image->width - 0.01) / (float)BLOCK_WIDTH;
-		image->tl = (y + 0.01) / (float)BLOCK_WIDTH;
-		image->th = (y + image->height - 0.01) / (float)BLOCK_WIDTH;
+		image->sl = (float)x / gl_state.scrap_width;
+		image->sh = (float)(x + image->width) / gl_state.scrap_width;
+		image->tl = (float)y / gl_state.scrap_height;
+		image->th = (float)(y + image->height) / gl_state.scrap_height;
 	}
 	else
 	{
diff --git a/src/client/refresh/gl1/gl1_main.c b/src/client/refresh/gl1/gl1_main.c
index 914590b9..b9f21f39 100644
--- a/src/client/refresh/gl1/gl1_main.c
+++ b/src/client/refresh/gl1/gl1_main.c
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ cvar_t *gl1_stereo_convergence;
 refimport_t ri;
 
 void LM_FreeLightmapBuffers(void);
+void Scrap_Free(void);
+void Scrap_Init(void);
 
 void
 R_RotateForEntity(entity_t *e)
@@ -1647,6 +1649,8 @@ RI_Init(void)
 	gl_state.block_width = BLOCK_WIDTH;
 	gl_state.block_height = BLOCK_HEIGHT;
 	gl_state.max_lightmaps = MAX_LIGHTMAPS;
+	gl_state.scrap_width = BLOCK_WIDTH;
+	gl_state.scrap_height = BLOCK_HEIGHT;
 	glGetIntegerv (GL_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE, &max_tex_size);
 	if (max_tex_size > BLOCK_WIDTH)
 	{
@@ -1655,6 +1659,8 @@ RI_Init(void)
 			gl_state.block_width = gl_state.block_height = Q_min(max_tex_size, 512);
 			gl_state.max_lightmaps = (BLOCK_WIDTH * BLOCK_HEIGHT * MAX_LIGHTMAPS)
 					/ (gl_state.block_width * gl_state.block_height);
+			gl_state.scrap_width = gl_state.scrap_height =
+					(gl_config.npottextures)? Q_min(max_tex_size, 384) : Q_min(max_tex_size, 256);
 			R_Printf(PRINT_ALL, "Okay\n");
 		}
 		else
@@ -1671,6 +1677,7 @@ RI_Init(void)
 
 	R_SetDefaultState();
 
+	Scrap_Init();
 	R_InitImages();
 	Mod_Init();
 	R_InitParticleTexture();
@@ -1688,6 +1695,7 @@ RI_Shutdown(void)
 	ri.Cmd_RemoveCommand("gl_strings");
 
 	LM_FreeLightmapBuffers();
+	Scrap_Free();
 	Mod_FreeAll();
 
 	R_ShutdownImages();
diff --git a/src/client/refresh/gl1/gl1_scrap.c b/src/client/refresh/gl1/gl1_scrap.c
index 3a769300..0f729683 100644
--- a/src/client/refresh/gl1/gl1_scrap.c
+++ b/src/client/refresh/gl1/gl1_scrap.c
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 
 #include "header/local.h"
 
-int scrap_allocated[MAX_SCRAPS][BLOCK_WIDTH];
-byte scrap_texels[MAX_SCRAPS][BLOCK_WIDTH * BLOCK_HEIGHT];
+int *scrap_allocated[MAX_SCRAPS];
+byte *scrap_texels[MAX_SCRAPS];
 qboolean scrap_dirty;
 
 qboolean R_Upload8(byte *data,
@@ -44,12 +44,14 @@ Scrap_AllocBlock(int w, int h, int *x, int *y)
 	int i, j;
 	int best, best2;
 	int texnum;
+	w += 2;	// add an empty border to all sides
+	h += 2;
 
 	for (texnum = 0; texnum < MAX_SCRAPS; texnum++)
 	{
-		best = BLOCK_HEIGHT;
+		best = gl_state.scrap_height;
 
-		for (i = 0; i < BLOCK_WIDTH - w; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < gl_state.scrap_width - w; i++)
 		{
 			best2 = 0;
 
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ Scrap_AllocBlock(int w, int h, int *x, int *y)
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (best + h > BLOCK_HEIGHT)
+		if (best + h > gl_state.scrap_height)
 		{
 			continue;
 		}
@@ -82,6 +84,8 @@ Scrap_AllocBlock(int w, int h, int *x, int *y)
 		{
 			scrap_allocated[texnum][*x + i] = best + h;
 		}
+		(*x)++;	// jump the border
+		(*y)++;
 
 		return texnum;
 	}
@@ -93,7 +97,57 @@ void
 Scrap_Upload(void)
 {
 	R_Bind(TEXNUM_SCRAPS);
-	R_Upload8(scrap_texels[0], BLOCK_WIDTH, BLOCK_HEIGHT, false, false);
+	R_Upload8(scrap_texels[0], gl_state.scrap_width,
+			gl_state.scrap_height, false, false);
 	scrap_dirty = false;
 }
 
+void
+Scrap_Free(void)
+{
+	for (int i = 0; i < MAX_SCRAPS; i++)
+	{
+		if (scrap_allocated[i])
+		{
+			free(scrap_allocated[i]);
+		}
+		scrap_allocated[i] = NULL;
+
+		if (scrap_texels[i])
+		{
+			free(scrap_texels[i]);
+		}
+		scrap_texels[i] = NULL;
+	}
+}
+
+void
+Scrap_Init(void)
+{
+	const unsigned int allocd_size = gl_state.scrap_width * sizeof(int);
+	const unsigned int texels_size = gl_state.scrap_width
+			* gl_state.scrap_height * sizeof(byte);
+	int i;
+
+	Scrap_Free();
+
+	for (i = 0; i < MAX_SCRAPS; i++)
+	{
+		if (!scrap_allocated[i])
+		{
+			scrap_allocated[i] = malloc (allocd_size) ;
+		}
+		if (!scrap_texels[i])
+		{
+			scrap_texels[i] = malloc (texels_size) ;
+		}
+
+		if (!scrap_allocated[i] || !scrap_texels[i])
+		{
+			ri.Sys_Error(ERR_FATAL, "Could not allocate scrap memory.\n");
+		}
+		memset (scrap_allocated[i], 0, allocd_size);	// empty
+		memset (scrap_texels[i], 255, texels_size);	// transparent
+	}
+}
+
diff --git a/src/client/refresh/gl1/header/local.h b/src/client/refresh/gl1/header/local.h
index b912543b..03cfe3d4 100644
--- a/src/client/refresh/gl1/header/local.h
+++ b/src/client/refresh/gl1/header/local.h
@@ -394,7 +394,9 @@ typedef struct
 
 	int	block_width,	// replaces BLOCK_WIDTH
 		block_height,	// replaces BLOCK_HEIGHT
-		max_lightmaps;	// the larger the lightmaps, the fewer the max lightmaps
+		max_lightmaps,	// the larger the lightmaps, the fewer the max lightmaps
+		scrap_width,	// size for scrap (atlas of 2D elements)
+		scrap_height;
 } glstate_t;
 
 typedef struct