diff --git a/data/gui/screens/options_ui.stkgui b/data/gui/screens/options_ui.stkgui
index d1c75f2b7..fd367ecf4 100644
--- a/data/gui/screens/options_ui.stkgui
+++ b/data/gui/screens/options_ui.stkgui
@@ -51,6 +51,16 @@
 
                 <spacer width="5" height="2%"/>
 
+                <div layout="horizontal-row" width="100%" height="fit">
+                    <label proportion="1" I18N="In the ui settings" text="Font size" align="center"/>
+                    <spacer width="2%" height="20"/>
+                    <div layout="horizontal-row" proportion="5" height="100%">
+                        <gauge id="font_size" min_value="1" max_value="5" width="60%"/>
+                    </div>
+                </div>
+
+                <spacer width="5" height="2%"/>
+
                 <div layout="horizontal-row" width="100%" height="fit">
                     <checkbox id="showfps"/>
                     <spacer width="1%" height="100%" />
diff --git a/src/config/user_config.hpp b/src/config/user_config.hpp
index c1d82e38b..d1831fb90 100644
--- a/src/config/user_config.hpp
+++ b/src/config/user_config.hpp
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ namespace UserConfigParams
         &m_video_group, "Generate mipmap for textures using "
                         "high quality method with SSE"));
     PARAM_PREFIX FloatUserConfigParam         m_fonts_size
-        PARAM_DEFAULT(  FloatUserConfigParam(2, "fonts_size",
+        PARAM_DEFAULT(  FloatUserConfigParam(3, "fonts_size",
         &m_video_group,"The size of fonts. 0 is the smallest and 6 is the biggest") );
 
     // ---- Recording
diff --git a/src/main_android.cpp b/src/main_android.cpp
index 7375a09fc..9afbdcc18 100644
--- a/src/main_android.cpp
+++ b/src/main_android.cpp
@@ -52,14 +52,17 @@ void override_default_params()
     case ACONFIGURATION_SCREENSIZE_NORMAL:
         UserConfigParams::m_multitouch_scale = 1.3f;
         UserConfigParams::m_multitouch_sensitivity_x = 0.1f;
+        UserConfigParams::m_fonts_size = 5.0f;
         break;
     case ACONFIGURATION_SCREENSIZE_LARGE:
         UserConfigParams::m_multitouch_scale = 1.2f;
         UserConfigParams::m_multitouch_sensitivity_x = 0.15f;
+        UserConfigParams::m_fonts_size = 5.0f;
         break;
     case ACONFIGURATION_SCREENSIZE_XLARGE:
         UserConfigParams::m_multitouch_scale = 1.1f;
         UserConfigParams::m_multitouch_sensitivity_x = 0.2f;
+        UserConfigParams::m_fonts_size = 4.0f;
         break;
     default:
         break;
@@ -68,9 +71,6 @@ void override_default_params()
     // Enable screen keyboard
     UserConfigParams::m_screen_keyboard = 1;
     
-    // Set bigger fonts and buttons
-    UserConfigParams::m_fonts_size = 4.5f;
-    
     // It shouldn't matter, but STK is always run in fullscreen on android
     UserConfigParams::m_fullscreen = true;
     
diff --git a/src/states_screens/options/options_screen_ui.cpp b/src/states_screens/options/options_screen_ui.cpp
index 4685ff6a9..908115015 100644
--- a/src/states_screens/options/options_screen_ui.cpp
+++ b/src/states_screens/options/options_screen_ui.cpp
@@ -160,6 +160,12 @@ void OptionsScreenUI::init()
         UserConfigParams::m_minimap_display = 1;
     }
     minimap_options->setValue(UserConfigParams::m_minimap_display);
+    
+    GUIEngine::SpinnerWidget* font_size = getWidget<GUIEngine::SpinnerWidget>("font_size");
+    assert( font_size != NULL );
+    
+    font_size->setValue((int)roundf(UserConfigParams::m_fonts_size));
+    m_prev_font_size = UserConfigParams::m_fonts_size;
 
     // ---- video modes
     CheckBoxWidget* splitscreen_method = getWidget<CheckBoxWidget>("split_screen_horizontally");
@@ -248,6 +254,12 @@ void OptionsScreenUI::eventCallback(Widget* widget, const std::string& name, con
         assert( minimap_options != NULL );
         UserConfigParams::m_minimap_display = minimap_options->getValue();
     }
+    else if (name == "font_size")
+    {
+        GUIEngine::SpinnerWidget* font_size = getWidget<GUIEngine::SpinnerWidget>("font_size");
+        assert( font_size != NULL );
+        UserConfigParams::m_fonts_size = font_size->getValue();
+    }
     else if (name == "split_screen_horizontally")
     {
         CheckBoxWidget* split_screen_horizontally = getWidget<CheckBoxWidget>("split_screen_horizontally");
@@ -268,6 +280,11 @@ void OptionsScreenUI::eventCallback(Widget* widget, const std::string& name, con
 
 void OptionsScreenUI::tearDown()
 {
+    if (m_prev_font_size != UserConfigParams::m_fonts_size)
+    {
+        irr_driver->sameRestart();
+    }
+    
     Screen::tearDown();
     // save changes when leaving screen
     user_config->saveConfig();
diff --git a/src/states_screens/options/options_screen_ui.hpp b/src/states_screens/options/options_screen_ui.hpp
index 959cc9723..9e196d4f4 100644
--- a/src/states_screens/options/options_screen_ui.hpp
+++ b/src/states_screens/options/options_screen_ui.hpp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class OptionsScreenUI : public GUIEngine::Screen, public GUIEngine::ScreenSingle
 {
     OptionsScreenUI();
     bool m_inited;
+    float m_prev_font_size;
 
     std::vector<std::string> m_skins;