diff --git a/src/tint2conf/properties.c b/src/tint2conf/properties.c
index 1f5961b..cf798a8 100644
--- a/src/tint2conf/properties.c
+++ b/src/tint2conf/properties.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "gradient_gui.h"
 #include "strlcat.h"
 
+GtkWidget *scale_relative_to_dpi;
 GtkWidget *panel_width, *panel_height, *panel_margin_x, *panel_margin_y, *panel_padding_x, *panel_padding_y,
     *panel_spacing;
 GtkWidget *panel_wm_menu, *panel_dock, *panel_autohide, *panel_autohide_show_time, *panel_autohide_hide_time,
@@ -600,6 +601,19 @@ void create_panel(GtkWidget *parent)
                            "for centered panels, it is evenly distributed on both sides of the panel."),
                          NULL);
 
+    row++;
+    col = 2;
+    label = gtk_label_new(_("Scale relative to DPI"));
+    gtk_misc_set_alignment(GTK_MISC(label), 0, 0);
+    gtk_widget_show(label);
+    gtk_table_attach(GTK_TABLE(table), label, col, col + 1, row, row + 1, GTK_FILL, 0, 0, 0);
+    col++;
+
+    scale_relative_to_dpi = gtk_spin_button_new_with_range(0, 9000, 1);
+    gtk_widget_show(scale_relative_to_dpi);
+    gtk_table_attach(GTK_TABLE(table), scale_relative_to_dpi, col, col + 1, row, row + 1, GTK_FILL, 0, 0, 0);
+    col++;
+
     change_paragraph(parent);
 
     label = gtk_label_new(_("<b>Appearance</b>"));
diff --git a/src/tint2conf/properties.h b/src/tint2conf/properties.h
index ae918ca..67e6a8e 100644
--- a/src/tint2conf/properties.h
+++ b/src/tint2conf/properties.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "../launcher/icon-theme-common.h"
 
 // panel
+extern GtkWidget *scale_relative_to_dpi;
 extern GtkWidget *panel_width, *panel_height, *panel_margin_x, *panel_margin_y, *panel_padding_x, *panel_padding_y,
     *panel_spacing;
 extern GtkWidget *panel_wm_menu, *panel_dock, *panel_autohide, *panel_autohide_show_time, *panel_autohide_hide_time,
diff --git a/src/tint2conf/properties_rw.c b/src/tint2conf/properties_rw.c
index 62dc719..9883ab6 100644
--- a/src/tint2conf/properties_rw.c
+++ b/src/tint2conf/properties_rw.c
@@ -378,6 +378,10 @@ void config_write_panel(FILE *fp)
             (int)gtk_spin_button_get_value(GTK_SPIN_BUTTON(mouse_pressed_icon_saturation)),
             (int)gtk_spin_button_get_value(GTK_SPIN_BUTTON(mouse_pressed_icon_brightness)));
 
+    fprintf(fp,
+            "scale_relative_to_dpi = %d\n",
+            (int)gtk_spin_button_get_value(GTK_SPIN_BUTTON(scale_relative_to_dpi)));
+
     fprintf(fp, "\n");
 }
 
@@ -1108,7 +1112,10 @@ void add_entry(char *key, char *value)
     char *value1 = 0, *value2 = 0, *value3 = 0;
 
     /* Gradients */
-    if (strcmp(key, "gradient") == 0) {
+    if (strcmp(key, "scale_relative_to_dpi") == 0) {
+        extract_values(value, &value1, &value2, &value3);
+        gtk_spin_button_set_value(GTK_SPIN_BUTTON(scale_relative_to_dpi), atoi(value1));
+    } else if (strcmp(key, "gradient") == 0) {
         finalize_gradient();
         GradientConfigType t;
         if (g_str_equal(value, "horizontal"))