diff --git a/src/frontends/qt/GuiApplication.cpp b/src/frontends/qt/GuiApplication.cpp
index 6395f8e98a..fc2210aa22 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt/GuiApplication.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt/GuiApplication.cpp
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 #include "support/convert.h"
 #include "support/debug.h"
 #include "support/ExceptionMessage.h"
+#include "support/environment.h"
 #include "support/FileName.h"
 #include "support/filetools.h"
 #include "support/ForkedCalls.h"
@@ -180,6 +181,19 @@ frontend::Application * createApplication(int & argc, char * argv[])
 	AllowSetForegroundWindow(ASFW_ANY);
 #endif
 
+#if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 6, 0)
+    // Attribute Qt::AA_EnableHighDpiScaling must be set before QCoreApplication is created
+    if (getEnv("QT_ENABLE_HIGHDPI_SCALING").empty()
+		&& getEnv("QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR").empty())
+        QApplication::setAttribute(Qt::AA_EnableHighDpiScaling, true);
+#endif
+
+#if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 14, 0)
+    // HighDPI scale factor policy must be set before QGuiApplication is created
+    if (getEnv("QT_SCALE_FACTOR_ROUNDING_POLICY").empty())
+        QApplication::setHighDpiScaleFactorRoundingPolicy(Qt::HighDpiScaleFactorRoundingPolicy::PassThrough);
+#endif
+
 	frontend::GuiApplication * guiApp = new frontend::GuiApplication(argc, argv);
 	// I'd rather do that in the constructor, but I do not think that
 	// the palette is accessible there.