diff --git a/recipes-games/freeciv/freeciv/IntroScreenDimensionsGtk3-2.patch b/recipes-games/freeciv/freeciv/IntroScreenDimensionsGtk3-2.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ffcd753
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-games/freeciv/freeciv/IntroScreenDimensionsGtk3-2.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+diff -Nurd -X.diff_ignore freeciv/client/gui-gtk-3.0/gui_main.c freeciv/client/gui-gtk-3.0/gui_main.c
+--- freeciv/client/gui-gtk-3.0/gui_main.c	2014-09-16 23:53:39.830014392 +0300
++++ freeciv/client/gui-gtk-3.0/gui_main.c	2014-11-23 01:32:49.707591376 +0200
+@@ -2218,3 +2218,31 @@
+ {
+   gui_gtk3_allied_chat_only = gtk_toggle_button_get_active(button);
+ }
++
++/**************************************************************************
++  Return width of the default screen
++**************************************************************************/
++int screen_width(void)
++{
++  GdkScreen *screen = gdk_screen_get_default();
++
++  if (screen == NULL) {
++    return 0;
++  }
++
++  return gdk_screen_get_width(screen);
++}
++
++/**************************************************************************
++  Return height of the default screen
++**************************************************************************/
++int screen_height(void)
++{
++  GdkScreen *screen = gdk_screen_get_default();
++
++  if (screen == NULL) {
++    return 0;
++  }
++
++  return gdk_screen_get_height(screen);
++}
+diff -Nurd -X.diff_ignore freeciv/client/gui-gtk-3.0/gui_main.h freeciv/client/gui-gtk-3.0/gui_main.h
+--- freeciv/client/gui-gtk-3.0/gui_main.h	2014-03-22 13:45:17.773688733 +0200
++++ freeciv/client/gui-gtk-3.0/gui_main.h	2014-11-23 01:32:49.719591376 +0200
+@@ -75,4 +75,7 @@
+ void quit_gtk_main(void);
+ void refresh_chat_buttons(void);
+ 
++int screen_width(void);
++int screen_height(void);
++
+ #endif  /* FC__GUI_MAIN_H */
+diff -Nurd -X.diff_ignore freeciv/client/gui-gtk-3.0/pages.c freeciv/client/gui-gtk-3.0/pages.c
+--- freeciv/client/gui-gtk-3.0/pages.c	2014-08-28 20:47:59.041650258 +0300
++++ freeciv/client/gui-gtk-3.0/pages.c	2014-11-23 02:28:43.771583967 +0200
+@@ -153,12 +153,16 @@
+ /**************************************************************************
+   This is called whenever the intro graphic needs a graphics refresh.
+ **************************************************************************/
+-static gboolean intro_expose(GtkWidget *w, cairo_t *cr)
++static gboolean intro_expose(GtkWidget *w, cairo_t *cr, gpointer *data)
+ {
+   static PangoLayout *layout;
+   static int width, height;
+   static bool left = FALSE;
+   GtkAllocation allocation;
++  struct sprite *intro = (struct sprite *)data;
++
++  cairo_set_source_surface(cr, intro->surface, 0, 0);
++  cairo_paint(cr);
+ 
+   if (!layout) {
+     char msgbuf[128];
+@@ -193,7 +197,7 @@
+     pango_layout_get_pixel_size(layout, &width, &height);
+   }
+   gtk_widget_get_allocation(w, &allocation);
+- 
++
+   cairo_set_source_rgb(cr, 0, 0, 0);
+   cairo_move_to(cr, left ? 4 : allocation.width - width - 3,
+                 allocation.height - height - 3);
+@@ -223,8 +227,12 @@
+ **************************************************************************/
+ GtkWidget *create_main_page(void)
+ {
+-  GtkWidget *widget, *vbox, *frame, *image, *button, *table;
++  GtkWidget *widget, *vbox, *frame, *darea, *button, *table;
+   GtkSizeGroup *size;
++  struct sprite *intro_in, *intro;
++  int width, height;
++  int sh;
++  int space_needed;
+ 
+   size = gtk_size_group_new(GTK_SIZE_GROUP_BOTH);
+ 
+@@ -239,10 +247,37 @@
+   gtk_frame_set_shadow_type(GTK_FRAME(frame), GTK_SHADOW_ETCHED_OUT);
+   gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(vbox), frame);
+ 
+-  image = gtk_image_new_from_file(tileset_main_intro_filename(tileset));
+-  g_signal_connect_after(image, "draw",
+-                         G_CALLBACK(intro_expose), NULL);
+-  gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(frame), image);
++  intro_in = load_gfxfile(tileset_main_intro_filename(tileset));
++  get_sprite_dimensions(intro_in, &width, &height);
++  sh = screen_height();
++
++  space_needed = 250;
++#if IS_BETA_VERSION
++  /* Beta notice takes extra space */
++  space_needed += 50;
++#endif
++
++  if (sh - height < space_needed) {
++    float scale;
++
++    if (sh < (space_needed + 0.2 * height)) {
++      /* Screen is simply too small, use minimum scale */
++      scale = 0.2;
++    } else  {
++      scale = (double)(sh - space_needed) / height;
++    }
++    height *= scale;
++    width *= scale;
++    intro = sprite_scale(intro_in, width, height);
++    free_sprite(intro_in);
++  } else {
++    intro = intro_in;
++  }
++  darea = gtk_drawing_area_new();
++  gtk_widget_set_size_request(darea, width, height);
++  g_signal_connect(darea, "draw",
++                   G_CALLBACK(intro_expose), intro);
++  gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(frame), darea);
+ 
+ #if IS_BETA_VERSION
+   {
diff --git a/recipes-games/freeciv/freeciv_2.5.0-beta2.bb b/recipes-games/freeciv/freeciv_2.5.0-beta2.bb
index 693f18d..fc72cb9 100644
--- a/recipes-games/freeciv/freeciv_2.5.0-beta2.bb
+++ b/recipes-games/freeciv/freeciv_2.5.0-beta2.bb
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ EXTRA_OECONF += "--disable-mapimg"
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "ab652fd019b9ab8081a92016388fe0d0"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "9fa7d78ada7ff675ac249ab347a888dad62e49dbe4e2fc02b40c65a5169900e2"
 
+SRC_URI += "\
+file://IntroScreenDimensionsGtk3-2.patch \
+"
+
 PACKAGES += "${PN}-gtk3"
 
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-gtk3 = "freeciv-common freeciv-client-common"