diff --git a/panda/src/gobj/config_gobj.cxx b/panda/src/gobj/config_gobj.cxx
index b8307c8f95..df2de36ce4 100644
--- a/panda/src/gobj/config_gobj.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/gobj/config_gobj.cxx
@@ -82,6 +82,14 @@ ConfigVariableDouble texture_scale
           "scale factor is applied before textures-power-2 or "
           "max-texture-dimension."));
 
+ConfigVariableList exclude_texture_scale
+("exclude-texture-scale", 
+ PRC_DESC("This is a list of glob patterns for texture filenames "
+          "(excluding the directory part of the filename, but including "
+          "the extension); for instance, 'digits_*.png'.  Any texture "
+          "filenames that match one of these patterns will not be affected "
+          "by max-texture-dimension or texture-scale."));
+
 ConfigVariableBool keep_texture_ram
 ("keep-texture-ram", false,
  PRC_DESC("Set this to true to retain the ram image for each texture after it "
diff --git a/panda/src/gobj/config_gobj.h b/panda/src/gobj/config_gobj.h
index 9dadb68f43..924990d4bf 100644
--- a/panda/src/gobj/config_gobj.h
+++ b/panda/src/gobj/config_gobj.h
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ EXPCL_PANDA istream &operator >> (istream &in, AutoTextureScale &ats);
 // Configure variables for gobj package.
 extern EXPCL_PANDA ConfigVariableInt max_texture_dimension;
 extern EXPCL_PANDA ConfigVariableDouble texture_scale;
+extern EXPCL_PANDA ConfigVariableList exclude_texture_scale;
+
+
 extern EXPCL_PANDA ConfigVariableBool keep_texture_ram;
 extern EXPCL_PANDA ConfigVariableBool preload_textures;
 extern EXPCL_PANDA ConfigVariableBool compressed_textures;
diff --git a/panda/src/gobj/texture.cxx b/panda/src/gobj/texture.cxx
index d39d96cb40..a79e58e9c7 100644
--- a/panda/src/gobj/texture.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/gobj/texture.cxx
@@ -2830,11 +2830,23 @@ clear_prepared(PreparedGraphicsObjects *prepared_objects) {
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 void Texture::
 consider_rescale(PNMImage &pnmimage, const string &name) {
+  string basename = _filename.get_basename();
+  bool exclude = false;
+  int num_excludes = exclude_texture_scale.get_num_unique_values();
+  for (int i = 0; i < num_excludes && !exclude; ++i) {
+    GlobPattern pat(exclude_texture_scale.get_unique_value(i));
+    if (pat.matches(basename)) {
+      exclude = true;
+    }
+  }
+
   int new_x_size = pnmimage.get_x_size();
   int new_y_size = pnmimage.get_y_size();
 
-  new_x_size = (int)cfloor(new_x_size * texture_scale + 0.5);
-  new_y_size = (int)cfloor(new_y_size * texture_scale + 0.5);
+  if (!exclude) {
+    new_x_size = (int)cfloor(new_x_size * texture_scale + 0.5);
+    new_y_size = (int)cfloor(new_y_size * texture_scale + 0.5);
+  }
 
   switch (textures_power_2) {
   case ATS_down:
@@ -2864,7 +2876,7 @@ consider_rescale(PNMImage &pnmimage, const string &name) {
     break;
   }
 
-  if (max_texture_dimension > 0) {
+  if (max_texture_dimension > 0 && !exclude) {
     new_x_size = min(new_x_size, (int)max_texture_dimension);
     new_y_size = min(new_y_size, (int)max_texture_dimension);
   }