diff --git a/docs/user/interface/Region.dox b/docs/user/interface/Region.dox
index 4162a08943..738fb8a04c 100644
--- a/docs/user/interface/Region.dox
+++ b/docs/user/interface/Region.dox
@@ -332,6 +332,29 @@
 */
 
 
+/*!
+	\fn void BRegion::ScaleBy(BSize scale)
+	\brief Resize each of the contained rectangles by the given factor
+	       and recalculates the region's bounds.
+
+	\param scale The scale factor
+
+	\since Haiku R1
+*/
+
+
+/*!
+	\fn void BRegion::ScaleBy(float x, float y)
+	\brief Resize each of the contained rectangles by the given factors
+	       and recalculates the region's bounds.
+
+	\param x The horizontal scale.
+	\param y The vertical scale.
+
+	\since Haiku R1
+*/
+
+
 /*!
 	\fn void BRegion::MakeEmpty()
 	\brief Empties the region so that it doesn't containt any rects, and
diff --git a/headers/os/interface/Region.h b/headers/os/interface/Region.h
index 07ad81e348..b5e729004d 100644
--- a/headers/os/interface/Region.h
+++ b/headers/os/interface/Region.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ public:
 
 			void				OffsetBy(const BPoint& point);
 			void				OffsetBy(int32 x, int32 y);
+			void				ScaleBy(BSize scale);
 			void				ScaleBy(float x, float y);
 
 			void				MakeEmpty();
diff --git a/src/kits/interface/Region.cpp b/src/kits/interface/Region.cpp
index 1ce133c8e9..e5b77d4025 100644
--- a/src/kits/interface/Region.cpp
+++ b/src/kits/interface/Region.cpp
@@ -306,6 +306,13 @@ BRegion::OffsetBy(int32 x, int32 y)
 }
 
 
+void
+BRegion::ScaleBy(BSize scale)
+{
+	ScaleBy(scale.Width(), scale.Height());
+}
+
+
 void
 BRegion::ScaleBy(float x, float y)
 {