diff --git a/include/qbsp/qbsp.hh b/include/qbsp/qbsp.hh
index 6184b9f1..f5512e18 100644
--- a/include/qbsp/qbsp.hh
+++ b/include/qbsp/qbsp.hh
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ public:
     setting_validator<setting_int32> maxedges;
     setting_numeric<vec_t> midsplitbrushfraction;
     setting_string add;
+    setting_scalar scale;
     setting_bool loghulls;
     setting_bool logbmodels;
 
diff --git a/qbsp/map.cc b/qbsp/map.cc
index 43d2cf45..16d57582 100644
--- a/qbsp/map.cc
+++ b/qbsp/map.cc
@@ -2582,6 +2582,12 @@ static void ScaleMapFace(mapface_t &face, const qvec3d &scale)
     }
 
     face.set_texvecs(newtexvecs);
+
+    // update winding
+
+    for (qvec3d &p : face.winding) {
+        p = scaleM * p;
+    }
 }
 
 static void RotateMapFace(mapface_t &face, const qvec3d &angles)
@@ -3070,6 +3076,27 @@ void ProcessMapBrushes()
                 }
             }
 
+            // apply global scale
+            if (qbsp_options.scale.value() != 1.0) {
+                // scale brushes
+                for (auto &brush : entity.mapbrushes) {
+                    for (auto &f : brush.faces) {
+                        ScaleMapFace(f, qvec3d(qbsp_options.scale.value()));
+                    }
+                    CalculateBrushBounds(brush);
+                }
+
+                // scale point entity origin
+                if (entity.epairs.find("origin") != entity.epairs.end()) {
+                    qvec3d origin;
+                    if (3 == entity.epairs.get_vector("origin", origin)) {
+                        origin *= qbsp_options.scale.value();
+
+                        entity.epairs.set("origin", qv::to_string(origin));
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
             // remove windings, we no longer need them
             for (auto &brush : entity.mapbrushes) {
                 for (auto &f : brush.faces) {
@@ -3474,6 +3501,10 @@ inline vec_t GetBrushExtents(const mapbrush_t &hullbrush)
         }
     }
 
+    if (qbsp_options.scale.value() != 1) {
+        extents *= qbsp_options.scale.value();
+    }
+
     return extents;
 }
 
diff --git a/qbsp/qbsp.cc b/qbsp/qbsp.cc
index a5b0b651..520eab14 100644
--- a/qbsp/qbsp.cc
+++ b/qbsp/qbsp.cc
@@ -569,6 +569,8 @@ qbsp_settings::qbsp_settings()
       midsplitbrushfraction{this, "midsplitbrushfraction", 0.0, &common_format_group,
           "switch to cheaper partitioning if a node contains this % of brushes in the map"},
       add{this, "add", "", "", &common_format_group, "the given map file will be appended to the base map"},
+      scale{this, "scale", 1.0, &map_development_group,
+          "scales the map brushes and point entity origins by a give factor"},
       loghulls{this, {"loghulls"}, false, &logging_group, "print log output for collision hulls"},
       logbmodels{this, {"logbmodels"}, false, &logging_group, "print log output for bmodels"}
 {