diff --git a/render/textplain.c b/render/textplain.c
index 708c6b2f6..05d2fbe33 100644
--- a/render/textplain.c
+++ b/render/textplain.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "css/css.h"
 #include "css/utils.h"
 #include "desktop/gui.h"
+#include "desktop/options.h"
 #include "desktop/plotters.h"
 #include "desktop/selection.h"
 #include "render/box.h"
@@ -79,6 +80,8 @@ bool textplain_create(struct content *c, struct content *parent,
 	iconv_t iconv_cd;
 	union content_msg_data msg_data;
 
+	textplain_style.size = (option_font_size * FONT_SIZE_SCALE) / 10;
+
 	utf8_data = talloc_array(c, char, CHUNK);
 	if (!utf8_data)
 		goto no_memory;