diff --git a/src/core/Boxes/boundingbox.cpp b/src/core/Boxes/boundingbox.cpp
index 25c398429..63b8de3c2 100644
--- a/src/core/Boxes/boundingbox.cpp
+++ b/src/core/Boxes/boundingbox.cpp
@@ -732,6 +732,11 @@ void BoundingBox::scale(const qreal scaleXBy, const qreal scaleYBy) {
     mTransformAnimator->scale(scaleXBy, scaleYBy);
 }
 
+void BoundingBox::scaleBy(const qreal scale)
+{
+    mTransformAnimator->setScale(scale, scale);
+}
+
 void BoundingBox::rotateBy(const qreal rot) {
     mTransformAnimator->rotateRelativeToSavedValue(rot);
 }
diff --git a/src/core/Boxes/boundingbox.h b/src/core/Boxes/boundingbox.h
index 99497db56..baf172b01 100644
--- a/src/core/Boxes/boundingbox.h
+++ b/src/core/Boxes/boundingbox.h
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ class CORE_EXPORT BoundingBox : public eBoxOrSound {
     void rotateBy(const qreal rot);
     void scale(const qreal scaleBy);
     void scale(const qreal scaleXBy, const qreal scaleYBy);
+    void scaleBy(const qreal scale);
     void saveTransformPivotAbsPos(const QPointF &absPivot);
 
     void startPosTransform();
diff --git a/src/core/canvasselectedboxesactions.cpp b/src/core/canvasselectedboxesactions.cpp
index d4c7ce72b..5a237649a 100644
--- a/src/core/canvasselectedboxesactions.cpp
+++ b/src/core/canvasselectedboxesactions.cpp
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ void Canvas::scaleSelectedBoxesStartAndFinish(const qreal scaleBy)
     if (mDocument.fLocalPivot) {
         for(const auto &box : mSelectedBoxes) {
             box->startScaleTransform();
-            box->scale(scaleBy);
+            box->scaleBy(scaleBy);
             box->finishTransform();
         }
     } else {