diff --git a/panels/display/cc-display-config-dbus.c b/panels/display/cc-display-config-dbus.c
index dbcc8e2db..16c1927b9 100644
--- a/panels/display/cc-display-config-dbus.c
+++ b/panels/display/cc-display-config-dbus.c
@@ -716,6 +716,8 @@ cc_display_monitor_dbus_set_scale (CcDisplayMonitor *pself,
       /* See comment in ensure_gapless() for why we disregard the
          existing layout here. */
       cc_display_config_dbus_make_linear (self->config);
+
+      g_signal_emit_by_name (self, "scale");
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/panels/display/cc-display-config.c b/panels/display/cc-display-config.c
index aee1efe06..af1ff78cd 100644
--- a/panels/display/cc-display-config.c
+++ b/panels/display/cc-display-config.c
@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ cc_display_monitor_class_init (CcDisplayMonitorClass *klass)
                 G_SIGNAL_RUN_LAST,
                 0, NULL, NULL, NULL,
                 G_TYPE_NONE, 0);
+  g_signal_new ("scale",
+                CC_TYPE_DISPLAY_MONITOR,
+                G_SIGNAL_RUN_LAST,
+                0, NULL, NULL, NULL,
+                G_TYPE_NONE, 0);
 }
 
 const char *