diff --git a/video/out/gl_video.c b/video/out/gl_video.c
index dc526ec998..eef5dfc467 100644
--- a/video/out/gl_video.c
+++ b/video/out/gl_video.c
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ const struct gl_video_opts gl_video_opts_hq_def = {
     .dither_size = 6,
     .fbo_format = GL_RGBA16,
     .scale_sep = 1,
-    .fancy_downscaling = 0,
+    .fancy_downscaling = 1,
     .scalers = { "spline36", "bilinear" },
     .scaler_params = {{NAN, NAN}, {NAN, NAN}},
     .scaler_radius = {NAN, NAN},