diff --git a/libobs/obs-video.c b/libobs/obs-video.c
index fa1b436e00ef31c23dc8b77e489af88389d61e8b..b50f304d11ca5d61ebdb8c6175c2ef3264ba34a1 100644
--- a/libobs/obs-video.c
+++ b/libobs/obs-video.c
@@ -156,6 +156,14 @@ static inline void render_main_texture(struct obs_core_video *video,
 static inline gs_effect_t *get_scale_effect_internal(
 		struct obs_core_video *video)
 {
+	/* if the dimension is under half the size of the original image,
+	 * bicubic/lanczos can't sample enough pixels to create an accurate
+	 * image, so use the bilinear low resolution effect instead */
+	if (video->output_width  < (video->base_width  / 2) &&
+	    video->output_height < (video->base_height / 2)) {
+		return video->bilinear_lowres_effect;
+	}
+
 	switch (video->scale_type) {
 	case OBS_SCALE_BILINEAR: return video->default_effect;
 	case OBS_SCALE_LANCZOS:  return video->lanczos_effect;