diff --git a/console/templates/console-vnc-lite.html b/console/templates/console-vnc-lite.html
index cf2e41e1..6de2555f 100755
--- a/console/templates/console-vnc-lite.html
+++ b/console/templates/console-vnc-lite.html
@@ -222,6 +222,13 @@
     bindKeyAction('machineRebootButton', machineReboot);
     bindKeyAction('machineResetButton', machineReset);
     bindKeyAction('fullscreen_button', fullscreen);
+    // fit the remote screen to the window, or show it 1:1 with scrollbars
+    bindKeyAction('scale_button', () => {
+        rfb.scaleViewport = !rfb.scaleViewport;
+        const link = document.querySelector('#scale_button a');
+        link.classList.toggle('active', rfb.scaleViewport);
+        link.setAttribute('aria-pressed', rfb.scaleViewport);
+    });
 
     bindKeyAction('ctrlaltdel', sendCtrlAltDel);
     bindKeyAction('ctrlaltbackspace', () => sendKeyCombo([
@@ -318,6 +325,12 @@
 </script>
 {% endblock %}
 
+{% block navbarmenu %}
+<li class="nav-item" id="scale_button">
+    <a class="nav-link{% if scale %} active{% endif %}" href="#" role="button" aria-pressed="{{ scale|yesno:"true,false" }}">{% trans "Scale" %}</a>
+</li>
+{% endblock %}
+
 {% block content %}
 <div id="noVNC_status_bar">
     <div id="noVNC_left_dummy_elem"></div>
diff --git a/console/tests/test_views.py b/console/tests/test_views.py
index 3ec6c4b0..bc08d0bf 100644
--- a/console/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/console/tests/test_views.py
@@ -108,6 +108,20 @@ class ConsoleViewsTestCase(TestCase):
         self.assertTemplateUsed(response, "console-vnc-full.html")
         self.assertEqual(response.context["ws_port"], 5900)
 
+    @patch("console.views.wvmInstance")
+    def test_the_lite_console_switches_scaling_from_its_menu(self, mock_wvm):
+        mock_wvm.return_value.get_console_type.return_value = "vnc"
+        mock_wvm.return_value.get_console_websocket_port.return_value = None
+        self.client.force_login(self.admin_user)
+        for query, pressed in (("", "false"), ("&scale=true", "true")):
+            with self.subTest(query=query):
+                page = html.fromstring(self.client.get(reverse("console") + f"?token={self.token}&view=lite{query}").content)
+                switch = page.xpath("//*[@id='scale_button']//a")[0]
+                self.assertEqual(switch.get("aria-pressed"), pressed)
+                self.assertEqual("active" in switch.get("class").split(), pressed == "true")
+        page = html.fromstring(self.client.get(reverse("console") + f"?token={self.token}&view=full").content)
+        self.assertEqual(page.xpath("//*[@id='scale_button']"), [])  # noVNC's own settings scale the full view
+
     @patch("console.views.wvmInstance")
     def test_console_unsupported_graphics_type(self, mock_wvm):
         # Only VNC is supported; a VM defined elsewhere may use another type.