diff --git a/src/Gui/Application.cpp b/src/Gui/Application.cpp
index 7258045a4d..15213b3eb4 100644
--- a/src/Gui/Application.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/Application.cpp
@@ -1904,6 +1904,10 @@ void Application::runApplication(void)
 #if QT_VERSION >= 0x050600
     //Enable automatic scaling based on pixel density of display (added in Qt 5.6)
     QCoreApplication::setAttribute(Qt::AA_EnableHighDpiScaling);
+#ifdef FC_OS_WIN32
+    SetProcessDPIAware(); // call before the main event loop
+    QApplication::setAttribute(Qt::AA_DisableHighDpiScaling);
+#endif
 #endif
 #if QT_VERSION >= 0x050100
     //Enable support for highres images (added in Qt 5.1, but off by default)