diff --git a/base/VulkanTextOverlay.hpp b/base/VulkanTextOverlay.hpp
index 2325c4b4..5f74598f 100644
--- a/base/VulkanTextOverlay.hpp
+++ b/base/VulkanTextOverlay.hpp
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@
 #include "VulkanBuffer.hpp"
 #include "VulkanDevice.hpp"
 
+#if defined(__ANDROID__)
+#include "vulkanandroid.h"
+#endif
+
 #include "../external/stb/stb_font_consolas_24_latin1.inl"
 
 // Defines for the STB font used
@@ -116,6 +120,23 @@ public:
 		this->frameBufferWidth = framebufferwidth;
 		this->frameBufferHeight = framebufferheight;
 
+#if defined(__ANDROID__)		
+		// Scale text on Android devices with high DPI
+		int32_t screenDensity = vks::android::getScreenDensity();
+		if (screenDensity >= ACONFIGURATION_DENSITY_XXHIGH) {
+			LOGD("XXHIGH");
+			scale = 2.0f;
+		} 
+		else if (screenDensity >= ACONFIGURATION_DENSITY_XHIGH) {
+			LOGD("XHIGH");
+			scale = 1.5f;
+		} 
+		else if (screenDensity >= ACONFIGURATION_DENSITY_HIGH) {
+			LOGD("HIGH");
+			scale = 1.25f;
+		};
+#endif
+
 		cmdBuffers.resize(framebuffers.size());
 		prepareResources();
 		prepareRenderPass();
diff --git a/base/vulkanandroid.cpp b/base/vulkanandroid.cpp
index 7c0ce23c..ff599691 100644
--- a/base/vulkanandroid.cpp
+++ b/base/vulkanandroid.cpp
@@ -281,6 +281,15 @@ namespace vks
 		{
 			dlclose(libVulkan);
 		}
+
+		int32_t getScreenDensity()
+		{
+			AConfiguration* config = AConfiguration_new();
+			AConfiguration_fromAssetManager(config, androidApp->activity->assetManager);
+			int32_t density = AConfiguration_getDensity(config);
+			AConfiguration_delete(config);
+			return density;
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/base/vulkanandroid.h b/base/vulkanandroid.h
index afde52c5..63748c20 100644
--- a/base/vulkanandroid.h
+++ b/base/vulkanandroid.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 #include <android/log.h>
 #include <android_native_app_glue.h>
+#include <android/configuration.h>
 #include <memory>
 
 // Missing from the NDK
@@ -158,6 +159,8 @@ namespace vks
 		bool loadVulkanLibrary();
 		void loadVulkanFunctions(VkInstance instance);
 		void freeVulkanLibrary();
+		/** @brief Returns the density of the device screen (in DPI) */
+		int32_t getScreenDensity();
 	}
 }