diff --git a/adafruit_button/button.py b/adafruit_button/button.py
index 007a8f1..45c87f7 100644
--- a/adafruit_button/button.py
+++ b/adafruit_button/button.py
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ def __init__(
         label_color=0x0,
         selected_fill=None,
         selected_outline=None,
-        selected_label=None
+        selected_label=None,
+        label_scale=None
     ):
         super().__init__(
             x=x,
@@ -142,6 +143,7 @@ def __init__(
             label_font=label_font,
             label_color=label_color,
             selected_label=selected_label,
+            label_scale=label_scale,
         )
 
         self.body = self.fill = self.shadow = None
diff --git a/adafruit_button/button_base.py b/adafruit_button/button_base.py
index d33cfc4..bcebc7e 100644
--- a/adafruit_button/button_base.py
+++ b/adafruit_button/button_base.py
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ def __init__(
         label=None,
         label_font=None,
         label_color=0x0,
-        selected_label=None
+        selected_label=None,
+        label_scale=None
     ):
         super().__init__(x=x, y=y)
         self.x = x
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ def __init__(
         self._label_color = label_color
         self._label_font = label_font
         self._selected_label = _check_color(selected_label)
+        self._label_scale = label_scale or 1
 
     @property
     def label(self):
@@ -89,14 +91,18 @@ def label(self, newtext):
 
         if not self._label_font:
             raise RuntimeError("Please provide label font")
-        self._label = Label(self._label_font, text=newtext)
-        dims = self._label.bounding_box
+        self._label = Label(self._label_font, text=newtext, scale=self._label_scale)
+        dims = list(self._label.bounding_box)
+        dims[2] *= self._label.scale
+        dims[3] *= self._label.scale
         if dims[2] >= self.width or dims[3] >= self.height:
             while len(self._label.text) > 1 and (
                 dims[2] >= self.width or dims[3] >= self.height
             ):
                 self._label.text = "{}.".format(self._label.text[:-2])
-                dims = self._label.bounding_box
+                dims = list(self._label.bounding_box)
+                dims[2] *= self._label.scale
+                dims[3] *= self._label.scale
             if len(self._label.text) <= 1:
                 raise RuntimeError("Button not large enough for label")
         self._label.x = (self.width - dims[2]) // 2
diff --git a/adafruit_button/sprite_button.py b/adafruit_button/sprite_button.py
index c2f02ba..67fd9ee 100644
--- a/adafruit_button/sprite_button.py
+++ b/adafruit_button/sprite_button.py
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ def __init__(
         selected_label=None,
         bmp_path=None,
         selected_bmp_path=None,
-        transparent_index=None
+        transparent_index=None,
+        label_scale=None
     ):
         if bmp_path is None:
             raise ValueError("Please supply bmp_path. It cannot be None.")
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ def __init__(
             label_font=label_font,
             label_color=label_color,
             selected_label=selected_label,
+            label_scale=label_scale,
         )
 
         self._bmp, self._bmp_palette = load(bmp_path)