diff --git a/Content.Client/Options/UI/Tabs/GraphicsTab.xaml b/Content.Client/Options/UI/Tabs/GraphicsTab.xaml
index 118b85b87b..ec1b9aa002 100644
--- a/Content.Client/Options/UI/Tabs/GraphicsTab.xaml
+++ b/Content.Client/Options/UI/Tabs/GraphicsTab.xaml
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@
             <CheckBox Name="IntegerScalingCheckBox"
                       Text="{Loc 'ui-options-vp-integer-scaling'}"
                       ToolTip="{Loc 'ui-options-vp-integer-scaling-tooltip'}" />
+            <CheckBox Name="ViewportVerticalFitCheckBox"
+                      Text="{Loc 'ui-options-vp-vertical-fit'}"
+                      ToolTip="{Loc 'ui-options-vp-vertical-fit-tooltip'}" />
             <CheckBox Name="ViewportLowResCheckBox" Text="{Loc 'ui-options-vp-low-res'}" />
             <CheckBox Name="ParallaxLowQualityCheckBox" Text="{Loc 'ui-options-parallax-low-quality'}" />
             <CheckBox Name="FpsCounterCheckBox" Text="{Loc 'ui-options-fps-counter'}" />
diff --git a/Content.Client/Options/UI/Tabs/GraphicsTab.xaml.cs b/Content.Client/Options/UI/Tabs/GraphicsTab.xaml.cs
index 3113e644ba..a22adf3e63 100644
--- a/Content.Client/Options/UI/Tabs/GraphicsTab.xaml.cs
+++ b/Content.Client/Options/UI/Tabs/GraphicsTab.xaml.cs
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ namespace Content.Client.Options.UI.Tabs
                 UpdateApplyButton();
             };
 
+            ViewportVerticalFitCheckBox.OnToggled += _ =>
+            {
+                UpdateViewportScale();
+                UpdateApplyButton();
+            };
+
             IntegerScalingCheckBox.OnToggled += OnCheckBoxToggled;
             ViewportLowResCheckBox.OnToggled += OnCheckBoxToggled;
             ParallaxLowQualityCheckBox.OnToggled += OnCheckBoxToggled;
@@ -79,6 +85,7 @@ namespace Content.Client.Options.UI.Tabs
             ViewportScaleSlider.Value = _cfg.GetCVar(CCVars.ViewportFixedScaleFactor);
             ViewportStretchCheckBox.Pressed = _cfg.GetCVar(CCVars.ViewportStretch);
             IntegerScalingCheckBox.Pressed = _cfg.GetCVar(CCVars.ViewportSnapToleranceMargin) != 0;
+            ViewportVerticalFitCheckBox.Pressed = _cfg.GetCVar(CCVars.ViewportVerticalFit);
             ViewportLowResCheckBox.Pressed = !_cfg.GetCVar(CCVars.ViewportScaleRender);
             ParallaxLowQualityCheckBox.Pressed = _cfg.GetCVar(CCVars.ParallaxLowQuality);
             FpsCounterCheckBox.Pressed = _cfg.GetCVar(CCVars.HudFpsCounterVisible);
@@ -111,6 +118,7 @@ namespace Content.Client.Options.UI.Tabs
             _cfg.SetCVar(CCVars.ViewportFixedScaleFactor, (int) ViewportScaleSlider.Value);
             _cfg.SetCVar(CCVars.ViewportSnapToleranceMargin,
                          IntegerScalingCheckBox.Pressed ? CCVars.ViewportSnapToleranceMargin.DefaultValue : 0);
+            _cfg.SetCVar(CCVars.ViewportVerticalFit, ViewportVerticalFitCheckBox.Pressed);
             _cfg.SetCVar(CCVars.ViewportScaleRender, !ViewportLowResCheckBox.Pressed);
             _cfg.SetCVar(CCVars.ParallaxLowQuality, ParallaxLowQualityCheckBox.Pressed);
             _cfg.SetCVar(CCVars.HudFpsCounterVisible, FpsCounterCheckBox.Pressed);
@@ -140,6 +148,7 @@ namespace Content.Client.Options.UI.Tabs
             var isVPStretchSame = ViewportStretchCheckBox.Pressed == _cfg.GetCVar(CCVars.ViewportStretch);
             var isVPScaleSame = (int) ViewportScaleSlider.Value == _cfg.GetCVar(CCVars.ViewportFixedScaleFactor);
             var isIntegerScalingSame = IntegerScalingCheckBox.Pressed == (_cfg.GetCVar(CCVars.ViewportSnapToleranceMargin) != 0);
+            var isVPVerticalFitSame = ViewportVerticalFitCheckBox.Pressed == _cfg.GetCVar(CCVars.ViewportVerticalFit);
             var isVPResSame = ViewportLowResCheckBox.Pressed == !_cfg.GetCVar(CCVars.ViewportScaleRender);
             var isPLQSame = ParallaxLowQualityCheckBox.Pressed == _cfg.GetCVar(CCVars.ParallaxLowQuality);
             var isFpsCounterVisibleSame = FpsCounterCheckBox.Pressed == _cfg.GetCVar(CCVars.HudFpsCounterVisible);
@@ -152,6 +161,7 @@ namespace Content.Client.Options.UI.Tabs
                                    isVPStretchSame &&
                                    isVPScaleSame &&
                                    isIntegerScalingSame &&
+                                   isVPVerticalFitSame &&
                                    isVPResSame &&
                                    isPLQSame &&
                                    isFpsCounterVisibleSame &&
@@ -235,6 +245,8 @@ namespace Content.Client.Options.UI.Tabs
         {
             ViewportScaleBox.Visible = !ViewportStretchCheckBox.Pressed;
             IntegerScalingCheckBox.Visible = ViewportStretchCheckBox.Pressed;
+            ViewportVerticalFitCheckBox.Visible = ViewportStretchCheckBox.Pressed;
+            ViewportWidthSlider.Visible = ViewportWidthSliderDisplay.Visible = !ViewportStretchCheckBox.Pressed || ViewportStretchCheckBox.Pressed && !ViewportVerticalFitCheckBox.Pressed;
             ViewportScaleText.Text = Loc.GetString("ui-options-vp-scale", ("scale", ViewportScaleSlider.Value));
         }
 
diff --git a/Content.Client/UserInterface/Controls/MainViewport.cs b/Content.Client/UserInterface/Controls/MainViewport.cs
index e334f61572..721d750115 100644
--- a/Content.Client/UserInterface/Controls/MainViewport.cs
+++ b/Content.Client/UserInterface/Controls/MainViewport.cs
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ namespace Content.Client.UserInterface.Controls
             var stretch = _cfg.GetCVar(CCVars.ViewportStretch);
             var renderScaleUp = _cfg.GetCVar(CCVars.ViewportScaleRender);
             var fixedFactor = _cfg.GetCVar(CCVars.ViewportFixedScaleFactor);
+            var verticalFit = _cfg.GetCVar(CCVars.ViewportVerticalFit);
 
             if (stretch)
             {
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ namespace Content.Client.UserInterface.Controls
                     // Did not find a snap, enable stretching.
                     Viewport.FixedStretchSize = null;
                     Viewport.StretchMode = ScalingViewportStretchMode.Bilinear;
+                    Viewport.IgnoreDimension = verticalFit ? ScalingViewportIgnoreDimension.Horizontal : ScalingViewportIgnoreDimension.None;
 
                     if (renderScaleUp)
                     {
@@ -104,6 +106,8 @@ namespace Content.Client.UserInterface.Controls
             // where we are clipping the viewport to make it fit.
             var cfgToleranceClip = _cfg.GetCVar(CCVars.ViewportSnapToleranceClip);
 
+            var cfgVerticalFit = _cfg.GetCVar(CCVars.ViewportVerticalFit);
+
             // Calculate if the viewport, when rendered at an integer scale,
             // is close enough to the control size to enable "snapping" to NN,
             // potentially cutting a tiny bit off/leaving a margin.
@@ -123,7 +127,8 @@ namespace Content.Client.UserInterface.Controls
                 // The rule for which snap fits is that at LEAST one axis needs to be in the tolerance size wise.
                 // One axis MAY be larger but not smaller than tolerance.
                 // Obviously if it's too small it's bad, and if it's too big on both axis we should stretch up.
-                if (Fits(dx) && Fits(dy) || Fits(dx) && Larger(dy) || Larger(dx) && Fits(dy))
+                // Additionally, if the viewport's supposed  to be vertically fit, then the horizontal scale should just be ignored where appropriate.
+                if ((Fits(dx) || cfgVerticalFit) && Fits(dy) || !cfgVerticalFit && Fits(dx) && Larger(dy) || Larger(dx) && Fits(dy))
                 {
                     // Found snap that fits.
                     return i;
diff --git a/Content.Client/UserInterface/Systems/Viewport/ViewportUIController.cs b/Content.Client/UserInterface/Systems/Viewport/ViewportUIController.cs
index d117043f42..59747b1b0f 100644
--- a/Content.Client/UserInterface/Systems/Viewport/ViewportUIController.cs
+++ b/Content.Client/UserInterface/Systems/Viewport/ViewportUIController.cs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ public sealed class ViewportUIController : UIController
         _configurationManager.OnValueChanged(CCVars.ViewportMinimumWidth, _ => UpdateViewportRatio());
         _configurationManager.OnValueChanged(CCVars.ViewportMaximumWidth, _ => UpdateViewportRatio());
         _configurationManager.OnValueChanged(CCVars.ViewportWidth, _ => UpdateViewportRatio());
+        _configurationManager.OnValueChanged(CCVars.ViewportVerticalFit, _ => UpdateViewportRatio());
 
         var gameplayStateLoad = UIManager.GetUIController<GameplayStateLoadController>();
         gameplayStateLoad.OnScreenLoad += OnScreenLoad;
@@ -45,13 +46,19 @@ public sealed class ViewportUIController : UIController
         var min = _configurationManager.GetCVar(CCVars.ViewportMinimumWidth);
         var max = _configurationManager.GetCVar(CCVars.ViewportMaximumWidth);
         var width = _configurationManager.GetCVar(CCVars.ViewportWidth);
+        var verticalfit = _configurationManager.GetCVar(CCVars.ViewportVerticalFit) && _configurationManager.GetCVar(CCVars.ViewportStretch);
 
-        if (width < min || width > max)
+        if (verticalfit)
+        {
+            width = max;
+        }
+        else if (width < min || width > max)
         {
             width = CCVars.ViewportWidth.DefaultValue;
         }
 
         Viewport.Viewport.ViewportSize = (EyeManager.PixelsPerMeter * width, EyeManager.PixelsPerMeter * ViewportHeight);
+        Viewport.UpdateCfg();
     }
 
     public void ReloadViewport()
diff --git a/Content.Client/Viewport/ScalingViewport.cs b/Content.Client/Viewport/ScalingViewport.cs
index 9271e010f3..1fa8f17161 100644
--- a/Content.Client/Viewport/ScalingViewport.cs
+++ b/Content.Client/Viewport/ScalingViewport.cs
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ namespace Content.Client.Viewport
         private int _curRenderScale;
         private ScalingViewportStretchMode _stretchMode = ScalingViewportStretchMode.Bilinear;
         private ScalingViewportRenderScaleMode _renderScaleMode = ScalingViewportRenderScaleMode.Fixed;
+        private ScalingViewportIgnoreDimension _ignoreDimension = ScalingViewportIgnoreDimension.None;
         private int _fixedRenderScale = 1;
 
         private readonly List<CopyPixelsDelegate<Rgba32>> _queuedScreenshots = new();
@@ -106,6 +107,17 @@ namespace Content.Client.Viewport
             }
         }
 
+        [ViewVariables(VVAccess.ReadWrite)]
+        public ScalingViewportIgnoreDimension IgnoreDimension
+        {
+            get => _ignoreDimension;
+            set
+            {
+                _ignoreDimension = value;
+                InvalidateViewport();
+            }
+        }
+
         public ScalingViewport()
         {
             IoCManager.InjectDependencies(this);
@@ -178,7 +190,19 @@ namespace Content.Client.Viewport
             if (FixedStretchSize == null)
             {
                 var (ratioX, ratioY) = ourSize / vpSize;
-                var ratio = Math.Min(ratioX, ratioY);
+                var ratio = 1f;
+                switch (_ignoreDimension)
+                {
+                    case ScalingViewportIgnoreDimension.None:
+                        ratio = Math.Min(ratioX, ratioY);
+                        break;
+                    case ScalingViewportIgnoreDimension.Vertical:
+                        ratio = ratioX;
+                        break;
+                    case ScalingViewportIgnoreDimension.Horizontal:
+                        ratio = ratioY;
+                        break;
+                }
 
                 var size = vpSize * ratio;
                 // Size
@@ -357,4 +381,25 @@ namespace Content.Client.Viewport
         /// </summary>
         CeilInt
     }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     If the viewport is allowed to freely scale, this determines which dimensions should be ignored while fitting the viewport
+    /// </summary>
+    public enum ScalingViewportIgnoreDimension
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     The viewport won't ignore any dimension.
+        /// </summary>
+        None = 0,
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     The viewport will ignore the horizontal dimension, and will exclusively consider the vertical dimension for scaling.
+        /// </summary>
+        Horizontal,
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     The viewport will ignore the vertical dimension, and will exclusively consider the horizontal dimension for scaling.
+        /// </summary>
+        Vertical
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Content.Shared/CCVar/CCVars.cs b/Content.Shared/CCVar/CCVars.cs
index 3e1d3c2b10..70a702a0c5 100644
--- a/Content.Shared/CCVar/CCVars.cs
+++ b/Content.Shared/CCVar/CCVars.cs
@@ -1555,6 +1555,9 @@ namespace Content.Shared.CCVar
         public static readonly CVarDef<int> ViewportWidth =
             CVarDef.Create("viewport.width", 21, CVar.CLIENTONLY | CVar.ARCHIVE);
 
+        public static readonly CVarDef<bool> ViewportVerticalFit =
+            CVarDef.Create("viewport.vertical_fit", true, CVar.CLIENTONLY | CVar.ARCHIVE);
+
         /*
          * UI
          */
diff --git a/Resources/Locale/en-US/escape-menu/ui/options-menu.ftl b/Resources/Locale/en-US/escape-menu/ui/options-menu.ftl
index 86ba4462cf..6173977285 100644
--- a/Resources/Locale/en-US/escape-menu/ui/options-menu.ftl
+++ b/Resources/Locale/en-US/escape-menu/ui/options-menu.ftl
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ ui-options-vp-integer-scaling-tooltip = If this option is enabled, the viewport
                                         at specific resolutions. While this results in crisp textures, it also often
                                         means that black bars appear at the top/bottom of the screen or that part
                                         of the viewport is not visible.
+ui-options-vp-vertical-fit = Vertical viewport fitting
+ui-options-vp-vertical-fit-tooltip = When enabled, the main viewport will ignore the horizontal axis entirely when
+                                     fitting to your screen. If your screen is smaller than the viewport, then this
+                                     will cause the viewport to be cut off on the horizontal axis.
 ui-options-vp-low-res = Low-resolution viewport
 ui-options-parallax-low-quality = Low-quality Parallax (background)
 ui-options-fps-counter = Show FPS counter