diff --git a/ui/xemu-hud.cc b/ui/xemu-hud.cc
index c9ed338737..9a38b085b8 100644
--- a/ui/xemu-hud.cc
+++ b/ui/xemu-hud.cc
@@ -204,6 +204,11 @@ void xemu_hud_init(SDL_Window* window, void* sdl_gl_context)
     if (show_first_boot_window) {
         show_main_menu = false;
     }
+
+    int ui_scale_int = 1;
+    xemu_settings_get_int(XEMU_SETTINGS_DISPLAY_UI_SCALE, &ui_scale_int);
+    if (ui_scale_int < 1) ui_scale_int = 1;
+    ui_scale = ui_scale_int;
 }
 
 void xemu_hud_process_sdl_events(SDL_Event *event)
@@ -269,6 +274,8 @@ static void ShowMainMenu()
             if (ui_scale_combo > 1) ui_scale_combo = 1;
             if (ImGui::Combo("UI Scale", &ui_scale_combo, "1x\0" "2x\0")) {
                 ui_scale = ui_scale_combo + 1;
+                xemu_settings_set_int(XEMU_SETTINGS_DISPLAY_UI_SCALE, ui_scale);
+                xemu_settings_save();
                 trigger_style_update = true;
             }
 
diff --git a/ui/xemu-settings.c b/ui/xemu-settings.c
index defab17b6a..70234e5f96 100644
--- a/ui/xemu-settings.c
+++ b/ui/xemu-settings.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ struct xemu_settings {
 
 	// [display]
 	int scale;
+	int ui_scale;
 
 	// [input]
 	char *controller_1_guid;
@@ -87,7 +88,8 @@ struct config_offset_table {
 	[XEMU_SETTINGS_SYSTEM_MEMORY]       = { CONFIG_TYPE_INT,    "system", "memory",       offsetof(struct xemu_settings, memory),          { .default_int  = 64 } },
 	[XEMU_SETTINGS_SYSTEM_SHORTANIM]    = { CONFIG_TYPE_BOOL,   "system", "shortanim",    offsetof(struct xemu_settings, short_animation), { .default_bool = 0  } },
 
-	[XEMU_SETTINGS_DISPLAY_SCALE] = { CONFIG_TYPE_ENUM, "display", "scale", offsetof(struct xemu_settings, scale), { .default_int = DISPLAY_SCALE_SCALE }, display_scale_map },
+	[XEMU_SETTINGS_DISPLAY_SCALE] =    { CONFIG_TYPE_ENUM, "display", "scale",    offsetof(struct xemu_settings, scale),    { .default_int = DISPLAY_SCALE_SCALE }, display_scale_map },
+	[XEMU_SETTINGS_DISPLAY_UI_SCALE] = { CONFIG_TYPE_INT,  "display", "ui_scale", offsetof(struct xemu_settings, ui_scale), { .default_int = 1                   }                    },
 
 	[XEMU_SETTINGS_INPUT_CONTROLLER_1_GUID] = { CONFIG_TYPE_STRING,   "input", "controller_1_guid", offsetof(struct xemu_settings, controller_1_guid), { .default_str = "" } },
 	[XEMU_SETTINGS_INPUT_CONTROLLER_2_GUID] = { CONFIG_TYPE_STRING,   "input", "controller_2_guid", offsetof(struct xemu_settings, controller_2_guid), { .default_str = "" } },
diff --git a/ui/xemu-settings.h b/ui/xemu-settings.h
index 4e851fe6da..eba56427dc 100644
--- a/ui/xemu-settings.h
+++ b/ui/xemu-settings.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ enum xemu_settings_keys {
 	XEMU_SETTINGS_SYSTEM_MEMORY,
 	XEMU_SETTINGS_SYSTEM_SHORTANIM,
 	XEMU_SETTINGS_DISPLAY_SCALE,
+	XEMU_SETTINGS_DISPLAY_UI_SCALE,
 	XEMU_SETTINGS_INPUT_CONTROLLER_1_GUID,
 	XEMU_SETTINGS_INPUT_CONTROLLER_2_GUID,
 	XEMU_SETTINGS_INPUT_CONTROLLER_3_GUID,