diff --git a/doc/type/font.txt b/doc/type/font.txt
index 608b5f21..a79e9b63 100644
--- a/doc/type/font.txt
+++ b/doc/type/font.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ A reference to a normal [[type:font]] for drawing text.
 | @shadow color@	[[type:scriptable]] [[type:color]]	@rgb(0,0,0)@	Color for a shadow below the text.
 | @shadow displacement x@	[[type:double]]			@0@		Relative position of the shadow in pixels. A shadow is only drawn if the displacement is nonzero.
 | @shadow displacement y@	[[type:double]]			@0@		^^^
+| @shadow blur@		[[type:double]]				@0@		How much should the shadow be blurred?
 | @separator color@	[[type:color]]				@rgb(128,128,128)@	Color for @"<sep-soft>"@ tags inserted by the [[fun:combined_editor]] function.
 
 --Example--
diff --git a/src/data/font.cpp b/src/data/font.cpp
index fb6c7808..8b882ff5 100644
--- a/src/data/font.cpp
+++ b/src/data/font.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Font::Font()
 	, scale_down_to(100000)
 	, max_stretch(1.0)
 	, shadow_displacement(0,0)
+	, shadow_blur(0)
 	, separator_color(128,128,128)
 	, flags(FONT_NORMAL)
 {}
@@ -117,5 +118,6 @@ IMPLEMENT_REFLECTION_NO_SCRIPT(Font) {
 	REFLECT_N("shadow_displacement_x", shadow_displacement.width);
 	REFLECT_N("shadow_displacement_y", shadow_displacement.height);
 	REFLECT(shadow_color);
+	REFLECT(shadow_blur);
 	REFLECT(separator_color);
 }
diff --git a/src/data/font.hpp b/src/data/font.hpp
index 9560001f..483844ab 100644
--- a/src/data/font.hpp
+++ b/src/data/font.hpp
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ class Font : public IntrusivePtrBase<Font> {
 	Scriptable<Color>  color;				///< Color to use
 	Scriptable<Color>  shadow_color;		///< Color for shadow
 	RealSize           shadow_displacement;	///< Position of the shadow
+	double             shadow_blur;			///< Blur radius of the shadow
 	Color              separator_color;		///< Color for <sep> text
 	int                flags;				///< FontFlags for this font
 	
diff --git a/src/util/rotation.cpp b/src/util/rotation.cpp
index 2541676a..171c4bf1 100644
--- a/src/util/rotation.cpp
+++ b/src/util/rotation.cpp
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ void RotatedDC::DrawText  (const String& text, const RealPoint& pos, int blur_ra
 void RotatedDC::DrawTextWithShadow(const String& text, const Font& font, const RealPoint& pos, double scale, double stretch) {
 	if (font.hasShadow()) {
 		SetTextForeground(font.shadow_color);
-		DrawText(text, pos + font.shadow_displacement * scale, 0, 1, stretch);
+		DrawText(text, pos + font.shadow_displacement * scale, font.shadow_blur * scale, 1, stretch);
 	}
 	SetTextForeground(font.color);
 	DrawText(text, pos, 0, 1, stretch);