diff --git a/code/nel/include/nel/gui/view_renderer.h b/code/nel/include/nel/gui/view_renderer.h
index c737037a1..64cbfc888 100644
--- a/code/nel/include/nel/gui/view_renderer.h
+++ b/code/nel/include/nel/gui/view_renderer.h
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		 */
 		void setInterfaceScale(float scale, sint32 width = 0, sint32 height = 0);
 		float getInterfaceScale() const { return _InterfaceScale; }
+		void setBilinearFiltering(bool b) { _Bilinear = b; }
 
 		/*
 		 * is the Screen minimized?
@@ -537,6 +538,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		float		_InterfaceUserScale;
 		sint32		_InterfaceBaseW, _InterfaceBaseH;
 		sint32		_EffectiveScreenW, _EffectiveScreenH;
+		bool		_Bilinear;
 
 		void updateInterfaceScale();
 
diff --git a/code/nel/src/gui/view_renderer.cpp b/code/nel/src/gui/view_renderer.cpp
index f8a8152b9..fe86dce1f 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/gui/view_renderer.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/gui/view_renderer.cpp
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			_EmptyLayer[i]= true;
 		}
 		_BlankGlobalTexture  = NULL;
+		_Bilinear = false;
 
 		updateInterfaceScale();
 	}
@@ -1279,7 +1280,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 					_Material.setTexture(0, ite->Texture);
 
 					// Special Case if _WorldSpaceTransformation and _WorldSpaceScale, enable bilinear
-					if(_WorldSpaceTransformation && _WorldSpaceScale)
+					if(_Bilinear || (_WorldSpaceTransformation && _WorldSpaceScale))
 						ite->Texture->setFilterMode(UTexture::Linear, UTexture::LinearMipMapOff);
 
 					// draw quads and empty list
@@ -1296,7 +1297,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 					}
 
 					// Special Case if _WorldSpaceTransformation and _WorldSpaceScale, reset
-					if(_WorldSpaceTransformation && _WorldSpaceScale)
+					if(_Bilinear || (_WorldSpaceTransformation && _WorldSpaceScale))
 						ite->Texture->setFilterMode(UTexture::Nearest, UTexture::NearestMipMapOff);
 				}
 				if (!layer.FilteredAlphaBlendedQuads.empty() ||
diff --git a/code/ryzom/client/src/client_cfg.cpp b/code/ryzom/client/src/client_cfg.cpp
index e321fdd6a..237892dbf 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/client/src/client_cfg.cpp
+++ b/code/ryzom/client/src/client_cfg.cpp
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ CClientConfig::CClientConfig()
 	Gamma				= 0.f;						// Default Monitor Gamma.
 
 	InterfaceScale		= 1.0f;                     // Resize UI
+	BilinearUI			= false;
 
 	VREnable			= false;
 	VRDisplayDevice		= "Auto";
@@ -839,6 +840,7 @@ void CClientConfig::setValues()
 	READ_FLOAT_FV(InterfaceScale);
 	// 50% smaller / 2x bigger
 	clamp(ClientCfg.InterfaceScale, 0.5f, 2.0f);
+	READ_BOOL_FV(BilinearUI);
 	// 3D Driver
 	varPtr = ClientCfg.ConfigFile.getVarPtr ("Driver3D");
 	if (varPtr)
diff --git a/code/ryzom/client/src/client_cfg.h b/code/ryzom/client/src/client_cfg.h
index 157503957..2fc561c4d 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/client/src/client_cfg.h
+++ b/code/ryzom/client/src/client_cfg.h
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ struct CClientConfig
 
 	// UI scaling
 	float			InterfaceScale;
+	bool			BilinearUI;
 
 	// VR
 	bool			VREnable;
diff --git a/code/ryzom/client/src/init.cpp b/code/ryzom/client/src/init.cpp
index 8105d9351..d0f38f7b6 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/client/src/init.cpp
+++ b/code/ryzom/client/src/init.cpp
@@ -1317,6 +1317,7 @@ void prelogInit()
 
 		CInterfaceManager::getInstance();
 		CViewRenderer::getInstance()->setInterfaceScale(1.0f, 1024, 768);
+		CViewRenderer::getInstance()->setBilinearFiltering(ClientCfg.BilinearUI);
 
 		// Yoyo: initialize NOW the InputHandler for Event filtering.
 		CInputHandlerManager *InputHandlerManager = CInputHandlerManager::getInstance();
diff --git a/code/ryzom/client/src/main_loop_utilities.cpp b/code/ryzom/client/src/main_loop_utilities.cpp
index e62c033e4..37bfc3247 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/client/src/main_loop_utilities.cpp
+++ b/code/ryzom/client/src/main_loop_utilities.cpp
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ void updateFromClientCfg()
 	if (ClientCfg.InterfaceScale != LastClientCfg.InterfaceScale)
 		CInterfaceManager::getInstance()->setInterfaceScale(ClientCfg.InterfaceScale);
 
+	if (ClientCfg.BilinearUI != LastClientCfg.BilinearUI)
+		CViewRenderer::getInstance()->setBilinearFiltering(ClientCfg.BilinearUI);
+
 	//---------------------------------------------------
 	if (ClientCfg.WaitVBL != LastClientCfg.WaitVBL)
 	{