diff --git a/include/light/light.hh b/include/light/light.hh
index 1332bc6a..1d5b9d87 100644
--- a/include/light/light.hh
+++ b/include/light/light.hh
@@ -415,6 +415,8 @@ public:
         this, "lightmap_scale", 0, &experimental_group, "force change lightmap scale; vanilla engines only allow 16"};
     setting_extra extra{
         this, {"extra", "extra4"}, 1, &performance_group, "supersampling; 2x2 (extra) or 4x4 (extra4) respectively"};
+    setting_extra bounceextra{
+        this, {"bounceextra", "bounceextra4"}, 1, &performance_group, "bounce light supersampling; 2x2 (bounceextra) or 4x4 (bounceextra4) respectively"};
     setting_enum<visapprox_t> visapprox{this, "visapprox", visapprox_t::AUTO,
         {{"auto", visapprox_t::AUTO}, {"none", visapprox_t::NONE}, {"vis", visapprox_t::VIS},
             {"rays", visapprox_t::RAYS}},
diff --git a/light/bounce.cc b/light/bounce.cc
index 278d4210..1fef82fe 100644
--- a/light/bounce.cc
+++ b/light/bounce.cc
@@ -171,15 +171,27 @@ static void MakeBounceLightsThread(const settings::worldspawn_keys &cfg, const m
         return;
     }
 
+    // point divisor on one axis;
+    // extra4 + bounceextra4 = 1
+    // extra2 + bounceextra4 = 0.5 (for every point, we get two bounce lights)
+    // extra4 + bounceextra = 2 (for every two points, we get one bounce light)
+    // extra4 + (no bounce extra) = 4 (for every 4 points, we get one bounce light)
+    const vec_t bounce_step = light_options.extra.value() / light_options.bounceextra.value();
+    // color divisor;
+    // extra4 + (no bounce extra) = 16, since surf.points is 16x larger than vanilla
+    const vec_t bounce_divisor = bounce_step * bounce_step;
+
     const vec_t area_divisor = sqrt(area);
-    const vec_t sample_divisor = surf.points.size() / (surf.vanilla_extents.width() * surf.vanilla_extents.height());
+    const vec_t sample_divisor = (surf.points.size() / bounce_divisor) / (surf.vanilla_extents.width() * surf.vanilla_extents.height());
 
     // average them, area weighted
     std::unordered_map<int, qvec3d> sum;
 
     for (const auto &lightmap : surf.lightmapsByStyle) {
-        for (const auto &sample : lightmap.samples) {
-            sum[lightmap.style] += sample.color / sample_divisor;
+        for (vec_t x = 0; x < surf.width; x += bounce_step) {
+            for (vec_t y = 0; y < surf.height; y += bounce_step) {
+                sum[lightmap.style] += lightmap.samples[(y * surf.width) + x].color / sample_divisor;
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -209,10 +221,13 @@ static void MakeBounceLightsThread(const settings::worldspawn_keys &cfg, const m
 
     qplane3d faceplane = winding.plane();
 
-    area /= surf.points.size();
-
-    for (auto &pt : surf.points) {
-        AddBounceLight(pt, emitcolors, faceplane.normal, area, &face, bsp);
+    area /= surf.points.size() / bounce_divisor;
+    
+    for (vec_t x = 0; x < surf.width; x += bounce_step) {
+        for (vec_t y = 0; y < surf.height; y += bounce_step) {
+            auto &pt = surf.points[(y * surf.width) + x];
+            AddBounceLight(pt, emitcolors, faceplane.normal, area, &face, bsp);
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/light/ltface.cc b/light/ltface.cc
index b044b7a9..b63821d6 100644
--- a/light/ltface.cc
+++ b/light/ltface.cc
@@ -1689,7 +1689,7 @@ inline bool BounceLight_SphereCull(const mbsp_t *bsp, const bouncelight_t *vpl,
 }
 
 static bool // mxd
-SurfaceLight_SphereCull(const surfacelight_t *vpl, const lightsurf_t *lightsurf)
+SurfaceLight_SphereCull(const surfacelight_t *vpl, const lightsurf_t *lightsurf, const vec_t &bouncelight_gate)
 {
     if (light_options.visapprox.value() == visapprox_t::RAYS &&
         vpl->bounds.disjoint(lightsurf->extents.bounds, 0.001)) {
@@ -1703,7 +1703,7 @@ SurfaceLight_SphereCull(const surfacelight_t *vpl, const lightsurf_t *lightsurf)
     // Get light contribution
     const qvec3f color = SurfaceLight_ColorAtDist(cfg, vpl->totalintensity, vpl->color, dist);
 
-    return qv::gate(color, 0.01f);
+    return qv::gate(color, (float) bouncelight_gate);
 }
 
 #if 0
@@ -1824,9 +1824,10 @@ static void // mxd
 LightFace_SurfaceLight(const mbsp_t *bsp, lightsurf_t *lightsurf, lightmapdict_t *lightmaps)
 {
     const settings::worldspawn_keys &cfg = *lightsurf->cfg;
+    const vec_t bouncelight_gate = 0.01 / light_options.bounceextra.value();
 
     for (const surfacelight_t &vpl : GetSurfaceLights()) {
-        if (SurfaceLight_SphereCull(&vpl, lightsurf))
+        if (SurfaceLight_SphereCull(&vpl, lightsurf, bouncelight_gate))
             continue;
 
         raystream_occlusion_t &rs = lightsurf->occlusion_stream;
@@ -1856,7 +1857,7 @@ LightFace_SurfaceLight(const mbsp_t *bsp, lightsurf_t *lightsurf, lightmapdict_t
                     dir /= dist;
 
                 const qvec3d indirect = GetSurfaceLighting(cfg, &vpl, dir, dist, lightsurf_normal);
-                if (!qv::gate(indirect, 0.01)) { // Each point contributes very little to the final result
+                if (!qv::gate(indirect, bouncelight_gate)) { // Each point contributes very little to the final result
                     rs.pushRay(i, pos, dir, dist, &indirect);
                 }
             }