diff --git a/include/osgViewer/ViewerEventHandlers b/include/osgViewer/ViewerEventHandlers
index 76d26e532..51ffd9d64 100644
--- a/include/osgViewer/ViewerEventHandlers
+++ b/include/osgViewer/ViewerEventHandlers
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ class OSGVIEWER_EXPORT StatsHandler : public osgGA::GUIEventHandler
 protected:
 
         void setUpHUDCamera(osgViewer::ViewerBase* viewer);
+        void setWindowSize(int width, int height);
 
         osg::Geometry* createBackgroundRectangle(const osg::Vec3& pos, const float width, const float height, osg::Vec4& color);
 
diff --git a/src/osgViewer/StatsHandler.cpp b/src/osgViewer/StatsHandler.cpp
index fa6c5286a..9b7c46bec 100644
--- a/src/osgViewer/StatsHandler.cpp
+++ b/src/osgViewer/StatsHandler.cpp
@@ -235,6 +235,9 @@ bool StatsHandler::handle(const osgGA::GUIEventAdapter& ea, osgGA::GUIActionAdap
                 return true;
             }
         }
+        case(osgGA::GUIEventAdapter::RESIZE):
+            setWindowSize(ea.getWindowWidth(), ea.getWindowHeight());
+            break;
         default: break;
     }
 
@@ -315,13 +318,11 @@ void StatsHandler::setUpHUDCamera(osgViewer::ViewerBase* viewer)
 
     _camera->setGraphicsContext(context);
 
-    _camera->setViewport(0, 0, context->getTraits()->width, context->getTraits()->height);
-    
     _camera->setRenderOrder(osg::Camera::POST_RENDER, 10);
 
-    _camera->setProjectionMatrix(osg::Matrix::ortho2D(0.0,_statsWidth,0.0,_statsHeight));
     _camera->setReferenceFrame(osg::Transform::ABSOLUTE_RF);
     _camera->setViewMatrix(osg::Matrix::identity());
+    setWindowSize(context->getTraits()->width, context->getTraits()->height);
 
     // only clear the depth buffer
     _camera->setClearMask(0);
@@ -331,6 +332,22 @@ void StatsHandler::setUpHUDCamera(osgViewer::ViewerBase* viewer)
     _initialized = true;
 }
 
+void StatsHandler::setWindowSize(int width, int height)
+{
+    if (width <= 0 || height <= 0)
+        return;
+
+    _camera->setViewport(0, 0, width, height);
+    if (fabs(height*_statsWidth) <= fabs(width*_statsHeight))
+    {
+        _camera->setProjectionMatrix(osg::Matrix::ortho2D(0.0,width*_statsHeight/height,0.0,_statsHeight));
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        _camera->setProjectionMatrix(osg::Matrix::ortho2D(0.0,_statsWidth,_statsHeight-height*_statsWidth/width,_statsHeight));
+    }
+}
+
 // Drawcallback to draw averaged attribute
 struct AveragedValueTextDrawCallback : public virtual osg::Drawable::DrawCallback
 {