diff --git a/src/r_videoscale.cpp b/src/r_videoscale.cpp
index e472ad476..f073b1ec7 100644
--- a/src/r_videoscale.cpp
+++ b/src/r_videoscale.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 //
 // Copyright(C) 2017 Magnus Norddahl
-// Copyright(C) 2017 Rachael Alexanderson
+// Copyright(C) 2018 Rachael Alexanderson
 // All rights reserved.
 //
 // This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -26,7 +26,14 @@
 #include "c_cvars.h"
 #include "v_video.h"
 
-#define NUMSCALEMODES 5
+#define NUMSCALEMODES 6
+
+EXTERN_CVAR(Int, vid_scalemode)
+EXTERN_CVAR(Int, vid_aspect)
+CVAR(Int, vid_scale_customwidth, 0, CVAR_ARCHIVE | CVAR_GLOBALCONFIG)
+CVAR(Int, vid_scale_customheight, 0, CVAR_ARCHIVE | CVAR_GLOBALCONFIG)
+CVAR(Bool, vid_scale_customlinear, false, CVAR_ARCHIVE | CVAR_GLOBALCONFIG)
+CVAR(Bool, vid_scale_customstretched, false, CVAR_ARCHIVE | CVAR_GLOBALCONFIG)
 
 namespace
 {
@@ -37,18 +44,22 @@ namespace
 		uint32_t(*GetScaledWidth)(uint32_t Width);
 		uint32_t(*GetScaledHeight)(uint32_t Height);
 		bool isScaled43;
+		bool isCustom;
 	};
 	v_ScaleTable vScaleTable[NUMSCALEMODES] =
 	{
-		//	isValid,	isLinear,	GetScaledWidth(),										GetScaledHeight(),											isScaled43
-		{ true,			false,		[](uint32_t Width)->uint32_t { return Width; },			[](uint32_t Height)->uint32_t { return Height; },			false	},	// 0  - Native
-		{ true,			true,		[](uint32_t Width)->uint32_t { return Width; },			[](uint32_t Height)->uint32_t { return Height; },			false	},	// 1  - Native (Linear)
-		{ true,			false,		[](uint32_t Width)->uint32_t { return 320; },			[](uint32_t Height)->uint32_t { return 200; },				true	},	// 2  - 320x200
-		{ true,			false,		[](uint32_t Width)->uint32_t { return 640; },			[](uint32_t Height)->uint32_t { return 400; },				true	},	// 3  - 640x400
-		{ true,			true,		[](uint32_t Width)->uint32_t { return 1280; },			[](uint32_t Height)->uint32_t { return 800; },				true	},	// 4  - 1280x800		
+		//	isValid,	isLinear,	GetScaledWidth(),									            	GetScaledHeight(),										        	isScaled43, isCustom
+		{ true,			false,		[](uint32_t Width)->uint32_t { return Width; },		        	[](uint32_t Height)->uint32_t { return Height; },	        		false,  	false   },	// 0  - Native
+		{ true,			true,		[](uint32_t Width)->uint32_t { return Width; },			        [](uint32_t Height)->uint32_t { return Height; },	        		false,  	false   },	// 1  - Native (Linear)
+		{ true,			false,		[](uint32_t Width)->uint32_t { return 320; },		            	[](uint32_t Height)->uint32_t { return 200; },			        	true,   	false   },	// 2  - 320x200
+		{ true,			false,		[](uint32_t Width)->uint32_t { return 640; },		            	[](uint32_t Height)->uint32_t { return 400; },				        true,   	false   },	// 3  - 640x400
+		{ true,			true,		[](uint32_t Width)->uint32_t { return 1280; },		            	[](uint32_t Height)->uint32_t { return 800; },	        			true,   	false   },	// 4  - 1280x800		
+		{ true,			true,		[](uint32_t Width)->uint32_t { return vid_scale_customwidth; },	[](uint32_t Height)->uint32_t { return vid_scale_customheight; },	true,   	true    },	// 5  - Custom
 	};
 	bool isOutOfBounds(int x)
 	{
+        if (vScaleTable[vid_scalemode].isCustom)
+            return ((vid_scale_customwidth < 80) || (vid_scale_customheight < 50));
 		return (x < 0 || x >= NUMSCALEMODES || vScaleTable[x].isValid == false);
 	}
 }
@@ -71,6 +82,9 @@ bool ViewportLinearScale()
 {
 	if (isOutOfBounds(vid_scalemode))
 		vid_scalemode = 0;
+	// hack - use custom scaling if in "custom" mode
+	if (vScaleTable[vid_scalemode].isCustom)
+		return vid_scale_customlinear;
 	// vid_scalefactor > 1 == forced linear scale
 	return (vid_scalefactor > 1.0) ? true : vScaleTable[vid_scalemode].isLinear;
 }
@@ -97,6 +111,9 @@ bool ViewportIsScaled43()
 {
 	if (isOutOfBounds(vid_scalemode))
 		vid_scalemode = 0;
+	// hack - use custom scaling if in "custom" mode
+	if (vScaleTable[vid_scalemode].isCustom)
+		return vid_scale_customstretched;
 	return vScaleTable[vid_scalemode].isScaled43;
 }
 
@@ -114,6 +131,11 @@ bool R_CalcsShouldBeBlocked()
 		Printf("vid_scalemode should be 0 or 1 before using this command.\n");
 		return true;
 	}
+	if (vid_aspect != 0 && vid_cropaspect == true)
+	{   // just warn ... I'm not going to fix this, it's a pretty niche condition anyway.
+        Printf("Warning: Using this command while vid_aspect is not 0 will yield results based on FULL screen geometry, NOT cropped!.\n");
+		return false;
+	}
 	return false;	
 }
 
@@ -143,3 +165,32 @@ CCMD (vid_scaletoheight)
 
 	R_ShowCurrentScaling();
 }
+
+inline bool atob(char* I)
+{
+    if (stricmp (I, "true") == 0 || stricmp (I, "1") == 0)
+        return true;
+    return false;
+}
+
+CCMD (vid_setscale)
+{
+    if (argv.argc() > 2)
+    {
+        vid_scale_customwidth = atoi(argv[1]);
+        vid_scale_customheight = atoi(argv[2]);
+        if (argv.argc() > 3)
+        {
+            vid_scale_customlinear = atob(argv[3]);
+            if (argv.argc() > 4)
+            {
+                vid_scale_customstretched = atob(argv[4]);
+            }
+        }
+        vid_scalemode = 5;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        Printf("Usage: vid_setscale <x> <y> [bool linear] [bool long-pixel-shape]\nThis command will create a custom viewport scaling mode.\n");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/wadsrc/static/menudef.txt b/wadsrc/static/menudef.txt
index 839922ae3..9157b42ae 100644
--- a/wadsrc/static/menudef.txt
+++ b/wadsrc/static/menudef.txt
@@ -1903,6 +1903,7 @@ OptionValue ScaleModes
 	2, "320x200"
 	3, "640x400"
 	4, "1280x800"
+	5, "$OPTVAL_CUSTOM"
 }
 OptionValue CropAspect
 {