1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/display/canvas-grid.cpp b/src/display/canvas-grid.cpp
index 1a284b46e..0a43ed8b7 100644
--- a/src/display/canvas-grid.cpp
+++ b/src/display/canvas-grid.cpp
@@ -544,6 +544,11 @@ CanvasXYGrid::readRepr()
     if( root->viewBox_set ) {
         scale_x = root->width.computed  / root->viewBox.width();
         scale_y = root->height.computed / root->viewBox.height();
+        if (Geom::are_near(scale_x / scale_y, 1.0, Geom::EPSILON)) {
+            // scaling is uniform, try to reduce numerical error
+            scale_x = (scale_x + scale_y)/2.0;
+            scale_y = scale_x;
+        }
     }
 
     gchar const *value;