diff --git a/BaseMenu.cpp b/BaseMenu.cpp
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 9d72bd2..21827d1
--- a/BaseMenu.cpp
+++ b/BaseMenu.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ cvar_t		*ui_showmodels;
 cvar_t		*ui_show_window_stack;
 cvar_t		*ui_borderclip;
 cvar_t		*ui_prefer_won_background;
+cvar_t		*ui_background_stretch;
 
 uiStatic_t	uiStatic;
 static CMenuEntry	*s_pEntries = NULL;
@@ -1138,6 +1139,7 @@ void UI_Init( void )
 	ui_show_window_stack = EngFuncs::CvarRegister( "ui_show_window_stack", "0", FCVAR_ARCHIVE );
 	ui_borderclip = EngFuncs::CvarRegister( "ui_borderclip", "0", FCVAR_ARCHIVE );
 	ui_prefer_won_background = EngFuncs::CvarRegister( "ui_prefer_won_background", "0", FCVAR_ARCHIVE );
+	ui_background_stretch = EngFuncs::CvarRegister( "ui_background_stretch", "0", FCVAR_ARCHIVE );
 
 	// show cl_predict dialog
 	EngFuncs::CvarRegister( "menu_mp_firsttime2", "1", FCVAR_ARCHIVE );
diff --git a/BaseMenu.h b/BaseMenu.h
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 3616421..f51edfa
--- a/BaseMenu.h
+++ b/BaseMenu.h
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ extern cvar_t	*ui_showmodels;
 extern cvar_t   *ui_show_window_stack;
 extern cvar_t	*ui_borderclip;
 extern cvar_t	*ui_prefer_won_background;
+extern cvar_t	*ui_background_stretch;
 
 enum EUISounds
 {
diff --git a/controls/BackgroundBitmap.cpp b/controls/BackgroundBitmap.cpp
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 56fd251..7797ac4
--- a/controls/BackgroundBitmap.cpp
+++ b/controls/BackgroundBitmap.cpp
@@ -174,25 +174,37 @@ void CMenuBackgroundBitmap::Draw()
 #else
 	p.x = p.y = 0;
 
-	// work out scaling factors
-	if( ScreenWidth * s.h > ScreenHeight * s.w )
+	// Stretch the background image if the user chose to do so
+	if( ui_background_stretch->value )
 	{
 		xScale = ScreenWidth / s.w;
-		yScale = xScale;
+		yScale = ScreenHeight / s.h;
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		yScale = ScreenHeight / s.h;
-		xScale = yScale;
+		// work out scaling factors
+		if( ScreenWidth * s.h > ScreenHeight * s.w )
+		{
+			xScale = ScreenWidth / s.w;
+			yScale = xScale;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			yScale = ScreenHeight / s.h;
+			xScale = yScale;
+		}
 	}
 #endif
 
-	// center wide background (for example if background is wider than our window)
 	int xOffset = 0, yOffset = 0;
-	if( s.w * xScale > ScreenWidth )
-		xOffset = ( ScreenWidth - s.w * xScale ) / 2;
-	else if( s.h * yScale > ScreenHeight )
-		yOffset = ( ScreenHeight - s.h * yScale ) / 2;
+	if( !ui_background_stretch->value )
+	{
+		// center wide background (for example if background is wider than our window)
+		if( s.w * xScale > ScreenWidth )
+			xOffset = ( ScreenWidth - s.w * xScale ) / 2;
+		else if( s.h * yScale > ScreenHeight )
+			yOffset = ( ScreenHeight - s.h * yScale ) / 2;
+	}
 
 	if( s_state == DRAW_WON )
 		DrawBackgroundPiece( s_WONBackground, p, xOffset, yOffset, xScale, yScale );
@@ -274,8 +286,6 @@ bool CMenuBackgroundBitmap::LoadSteamBackground( bool gamedirOnly )
 
 bool CMenuBackgroundBitmap::LoadWONBackground( bool gamedirOnly )
 {
-	s_bEnableLogoMovie = false;
-
 	if( EngFuncs::FileExists( ART_BACKGROUND, gamedirOnly ))
 	{
 		bimage_t img;
@@ -290,12 +300,6 @@ bool CMenuBackgroundBitmap::LoadWONBackground( bool gamedirOnly )
 		img.size.h = EngFuncs::PIC_Height( img.hImage );
 		s_WONBackground = img;
 
-		if( gamedirOnly )
-		{
-			// if we doesn't have logo.avi in gamedir we don't want to draw it
-			s_bEnableLogoMovie = EngFuncs::FileExists( "media/logo.avi", true );
-		}
-
 		return true;
 	}
 
@@ -359,5 +363,8 @@ void CMenuBackgroundBitmap::LoadBackground()
 	else if( LoadWONBackground( false ))
 		Con_DPrintf( "%s: found %s background in %s directory\n", __func__, "won", "game" );
 
+	// logo.avi should be an independent asset from the background image
+	s_bEnableLogoMovie = EngFuncs::FileExists( "media/logo.avi", false );
+
 	UpdatePreference();
 }
diff --git a/controls/MovieBanner.cpp b/controls/MovieBanner.cpp
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index cc92fda..d56a95d
--- a/controls/MovieBanner.cpp
+++ b/controls/MovieBanner.cpp
@@ -19,25 +19,62 @@ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
 */
 #include "MovieBanner.h"
 
+// In WON menus the background is always 640x480
+const float splashWidth = 640.0f;
+const float splashHeight = 480.0f;
+
 void CMenuMovieBanner::VidInit()
 {
-	float scaleX = ScreenWidth / 640.0f;
-	float scaleY = ScreenHeight / 480.0f;
+	EngFuncs::PrecacheLogo( "logo.avi" );
+
+	float xScale, yScale;
+	float xOffset = 0, yOffset = 0;
+
+	// Adapt to stretched or cropped background
+	if( ui_background_stretch->value )
+	{
+		xScale = ScreenWidth / splashWidth;
+		yScale = ScreenHeight / splashHeight;
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if( ScreenWidth * splashHeight > ScreenHeight * splashWidth )
+		{
+			xScale = ScreenWidth / splashWidth;
+			yScale = xScale;
+
+			yOffset = ( ScreenHeight - 480.0f * yScale ) / 2;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			yScale = ScreenHeight / splashHeight;
+			xScale = yScale;
 
-	m_scPos.x = 0;
-	m_scPos.y = 70 * scaleY * uiStatic.scaleY; // 70 is empirically determined value (magic number)
+			xOffset = ( ScreenWidth - 640.0f * xScale ) / 2;
+		}
+	}
 
-	// a1ba: multiply by height scale to look better on wide screens
-	m_scSize.w = EngFuncs::GetLogoWidth() * scaleX;
-	m_scSize.h = EngFuncs::GetLogoHeight() * scaleY * uiStatic.scaleY;
+	m_scPos.x = (int)xOffset;
+	m_scPos.y = (int)( yOffset + 70.0f * yScale ); // 70 is empirically determined value (magic number)
+
+	m_scSize.w = (int)( EngFuncs::GetLogoWidth( ) * xScale );
+	m_scSize.h = (int)( EngFuncs::GetLogoHeight( ) * yScale );
 }
 
 void CMenuMovieBanner::Draw()
 {
+	if( FBitSet( ui_background_stretch->flags, FCVAR_CHANGED ) )
+	{
+		ClearBits( ui_background_stretch->flags, FCVAR_CHANGED );
+
+		// Logo needs to be reset when this CVAR changes
+		VidInit();
+	}
+
 	if( EngFuncs::ClientInGame() && EngFuncs::GetCvarFloat( "ui_renderworld" ))
 		return;
 
-	if( EngFuncs::GetLogoLength() <= 0.05f || EngFuncs::GetLogoWidth() <= 32 )
+	if( EngFuncs::GetLogoLength() <= 0 || EngFuncs::GetLogoWidth() <= 32 )
 		return;
 
 	EngFuncs::DrawLogo( "logo.avi", m_scPos.x, m_scPos.y, m_scSize.w, m_scSize.h );