diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ff3ed739..c76fe5bf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ An example `defaults.json` with completely new defaults (not all entries need to
     "portRepeater": 5556,
     "scaling": 0.7,
     "password": "supersecure"
+    "removePadding": true
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/net/christianbeier/droidvnc_ng/Constants.java b/app/src/main/java/net/christianbeier/droidvnc_ng/Constants.java
index fd1940f3..91905559 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/net/christianbeier/droidvnc_ng/Constants.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/net/christianbeier/droidvnc_ng/Constants.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ public class Constants {
     public static final String PREFS_KEY_SETTINGS_PASSWORD = "settings_password" ;
     public static final String PREFS_KEY_SETTINGS_START_ON_BOOT = "settings_start_on_boot" ;
     public static final String PREFS_KEY_SETTINGS_SCALING = "settings_scaling" ;
+    public static final String PREFS_KEY_SETTINGS_REMOVE_PADDING = "settings_remove_padding";
     public static final String PREFS_KEY_REVERSE_VNC_LAST_HOST = "reverse_vnc_last_host" ;
     public static final String PREFS_KEY_REPEATER_VNC_LAST_HOST = "repeater_vnc_last_host" ;
     public static final String PREFS_KEY_REPEATER_VNC_LAST_ID = "repeater_vnc_last_id" ;
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/net/christianbeier/droidvnc_ng/Defaults.kt b/app/src/main/java/net/christianbeier/droidvnc_ng/Defaults.kt
index 8af5bd4c..c92f0b7e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/net/christianbeier/droidvnc_ng/Defaults.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/net/christianbeier/droidvnc_ng/Defaults.kt
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ class Defaults {
     @EncodeDefault
     var password = ""
         private set
+
+    @EncodeDefault
+    var removePadding = false
+        private set
     /*
        NB if adding fields here, don't forget to add their copying in the constructor as well!
      */
@@ -68,6 +72,7 @@ class Defaults {
             this.portRepeater = readDefault.portRepeater
             this.scaling = readDefault.scaling
             this.password = readDefault.password
+            this.removePadding = readDefault.removePadding
             // add here!
         } catch (e: Exception) {
             Log.w(TAG, "${e.message}")
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/net/christianbeier/droidvnc_ng/MainActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/net/christianbeier/droidvnc_ng/MainActivity.java
index 52daa5ad..29b7bb23 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/net/christianbeier/droidvnc_ng/MainActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/net/christianbeier/droidvnc_ng/MainActivity.java
@@ -287,6 +287,14 @@ public void afterTextChanged(Editable editable) {
             ed.apply();
         });
 
+        final SwitchMaterial removePadding = findViewById(R.id.settings_remove_padding);
+        removePadding.setChecked(prefs.getBoolean(Constants.PREFS_KEY_SETTINGS_REMOVE_PADDING, mDefaults.getRemovePadding()));
+        removePadding.setOnCheckedChangeListener((compoundButton, b) -> {
+            SharedPreferences.Editor ed = prefs.edit();
+            ed.putBoolean(Constants.PREFS_KEY_SETTINGS_REMOVE_PADDING, b);
+            ed.apply();
+        });
+
         TextView about = findViewById(R.id.about);
         about.setText(getString(R.string.main_activity_about, BuildConfig.VERSION_NAME));
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/net/christianbeier/droidvnc_ng/MainService.java b/app/src/main/java/net/christianbeier/droidvnc_ng/MainService.java
index de538a2e..5c7c2ac9 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/net/christianbeier/droidvnc_ng/MainService.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/net/christianbeier/droidvnc_ng/MainService.java
@@ -335,6 +335,9 @@ private void startScreenCapture() {
         int scaledWidth = (int) (metrics.widthPixels * scaling);
         int scaledHeight = (int) (metrics.heightPixels * scaling);
 
+        // remove padding
+        boolean removePadding = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this).getBoolean(Constants.PREFS_KEY_SETTINGS_REMOVE_PADDING, mDefaults.getRemovePadding());
+
         // only set this by detecting quirky hardware if the user has not set manually
         if(!mHasPortraitInLandscapeWorkaroundSet && Build.FINGERPRINT.contains("rk3288")  && metrics.widthPixels > 800) {
             Log.w(TAG, "detected >10in rk3288 applying workaround for portrait-in-landscape quirk");
@@ -419,11 +422,28 @@ private void startScreenCapture() {
                 int pixelStride = planes[0].getPixelStride();
                 int rowStride = planes[0].getRowStride();
                 int rowPadding = rowStride - pixelStride * scaledWidth;
-                int w = scaledWidth + rowPadding / pixelStride;
+                int w = scaledWidth;
+
+                // Crop
+                if (removePadding && rowPadding > 0) {
+                    int rowPaddingPx = rowPadding / pixelStride;
+                    Bitmap dest = Bitmap.createBitmap(scaledWidth + rowPaddingPx, scaledHeight, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
+
+                    buffer.rewind();
+                    dest.copyPixelsFromBuffer(buffer);
+
+                    Bitmap croppedDest = Bitmap.createBitmap(dest, 0, 0, scaledWidth, scaledHeight);
+
+                    buffer.rewind();
+                    croppedDest.copyPixelsToBuffer(buffer);
+                } else {
+                    w += rowPadding / pixelStride;
+                }
 
                 // if needed, setup a new VNC framebuffer that matches the image plane's parameters
-                if (w != vncGetFramebufferWidth() || scaledHeight != vncGetFramebufferHeight())
+                if (w != vncGetFramebufferWidth() || scaledHeight != vncGetFramebufferHeight()) {
                     vncNewFramebuffer(w, scaledHeight);
+                }
 
                 buffer.rewind();
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_main.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_main.xml
index b2b95819..d7e07d0e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_main.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_main.xml
@@ -142,6 +142,34 @@
 
             </TableRow>
 
+            <TableRow
+                android:layout_width="match_parent"
+                android:layout_height="match_parent">
+
+                <TextView
+                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
+                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+                    android:layout_column="0"
+                    android:padding="10dp"
+                    android:text="@string/main_activity_settings_remove_padding" />
+
+                <TextView
+                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
+                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+                    android:layout_column="1"
+                    android:padding="10dp"
+                    android:text="@string/main_activity_colon" />
+
+                <com.google.android.material.switchmaterial.SwitchMaterial
+                    android:id="@+id/settings_remove_padding"
+                    android:layout_width="match_parent"
+                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+                    android:layout_column="2"
+                    android:layout_weight="1"
+                    android:text="" />
+
+            </TableRow>
+
         </TableLayout>
 
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values-zh-rCN/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values-zh-rCN/strings.xml
index 0a70fae2..022bba21 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values-zh-rCN/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values-zh-rCN/strings.xml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     <string name="main_activity_settings_password">密码</string>
     <string name="main_activity_settings_start_on_boot">开机启动</string>
     <string name="main_activity_settings_scaling">缩放</string>
+    <string name="main_activity_settings_remove_padding">删除填充</string>
     <string name="main_activity_permissions_dashboard">权限仪表盘</string>
     <string name="main_activity_colon">：</string>
     <string name="main_activity_screen_capturing">截屏</string>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 9708578a..1f06e17b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     <string name="main_activity_settings_password">Password</string>
     <string name="main_activity_settings_start_on_boot">Start on Boot</string>
     <string name="main_activity_settings_scaling">Scaling</string>
+    <string name="main_activity_settings_remove_padding">Remove padding</string>
     <string name="main_activity_permissions_dashboard">Permissions Dashboard</string>
     <string name="main_activity_colon">:</string>
     <string name="main_activity_screen_capturing">Screen Capturing</string>