diff --git a/xs/src/libslic3r/IO.cpp b/xs/src/libslic3r/IO.cpp
index dddff3e22c..60c1ff686b 100644
--- a/xs/src/libslic3r/IO.cpp
+++ b/xs/src/libslic3r/IO.cpp
@@ -49,11 +49,18 @@ OBJ::write(TriangleMesh& mesh, std::string output_file)
 bool
 POV::write(TriangleMesh& mesh, std::string output_file)
 {
+    TriangleMesh mesh2 = mesh;
+    {
+        Sizef3 size = mesh2.bounding_box().size();
+        coordf_t maxdim = fmax(size.x, fmax(size.y, size.y));
+        mesh2.scale(10.0/maxdim);
+    }
+    
     using namespace std;
     ofstream pov;
     pov.open(output_file.c_str(), ios::out | ios::trunc);
-    for (int i = 0; i < mesh.stl.stats.number_of_facets; ++i) {
-        const stl_facet &f = mesh.stl.facet_start[i];
+    for (int i = 0; i < mesh2.stl.stats.number_of_facets; ++i) {
+        const stl_facet &f = mesh2.stl.facet_start[i];
         pov << "triangle { ";
         pov << "<" << f.vertex[0].x << "," << f.vertex[0].y << "," << f.vertex[0].z << ">,";
         pov << "<" << f.vertex[1].x << "," << f.vertex[1].y << "," << f.vertex[1].z << ">,";