diff --git a/lib/src/main/java/com/soundcloud/android/crop/Crop.java b/lib/src/main/java/com/soundcloud/android/crop/Crop.java
index 564f5b52..65dc0b69 100644
--- a/lib/src/main/java/com/soundcloud/android/crop/Crop.java
+++ b/lib/src/main/java/com/soundcloud/android/crop/Crop.java
@@ -26,6 +26,19 @@ interface Extra {
         String MAX_X = "max_x";
         String MAX_Y = "max_y";
         String ERROR = "error";
+        String SCALE_METHOD = "scale_method";
+    }
+
+    public enum ScaleMethod {
+        /**
+         * Using the exact dimensions provided and using a scaling function for creating a scale bitmap. When scaling a large amount, the quality can suffer.
+         */
+        EXACT,
+        /**
+         * This approach uses sampling while decoding the image which provides better results; however, this requires the image be scaled by powers of 2 and cannot provide
+         * dimensions exactly requested. This will result in better quality images when the scale amount is large.
+         */
+        BETTER_QUALITY_BEST_FIT;
     }
 
     private Intent cropIntent;
@@ -44,6 +57,7 @@ private Crop(Uri source, Uri destination) {
         cropIntent = new Intent();
         cropIntent.setData(source);
         cropIntent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, destination);
+        cropIntent.putExtra(Extra.SCALE_METHOD, ScaleMethod.EXACT.ordinal());
     }
 
     /**
@@ -79,6 +93,16 @@ public Crop withMaxSize(int width, int height) {
         return this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set how the image will be scaled when providing {@link Extra#MAX_X} and {@link Extra#MAX_Y} with the {@link #withMaxSize(int, int)}
+     * @param type
+     * @return
+     */
+    public Crop withScaleMethod(ScaleMethod type) {
+        cropIntent.putExtra(Extra.SCALE_METHOD, type.ordinal());
+        return this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Send the crop Intent from an Activity
      *
diff --git a/lib/src/main/java/com/soundcloud/android/crop/CropImageActivity.java b/lib/src/main/java/com/soundcloud/android/crop/CropImageActivity.java
index 97a0466a..26358a5d 100644
--- a/lib/src/main/java/com/soundcloud/android/crop/CropImageActivity.java
+++ b/lib/src/main/java/com/soundcloud/android/crop/CropImageActivity.java
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@
 import android.graphics.Bitmap;
 import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
 import android.graphics.BitmapRegionDecoder;
+import android.graphics.Canvas;
 import android.graphics.Matrix;
+import android.graphics.Paint;
 import android.graphics.Rect;
 import android.graphics.RectF;
 import android.net.Uri;
@@ -56,6 +58,7 @@ public class CropImageActivity extends MonitoredActivity {
     private int maxX;
     private int maxY;
     private int exifRotation;
+    private Crop.ScaleMethod scaleMethod;
 
     private Uri sourceUri;
     private Uri saveUri;
@@ -126,6 +129,7 @@ private void loadInput() {
             maxX = extras.getInt(Crop.Extra.MAX_X);
             maxY = extras.getInt(Crop.Extra.MAX_Y);
             saveUri = extras.getParcelable(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT);
+            scaleMethod = Crop.ScaleMethod.values()[extras.getInt(Crop.Extra.SCALE_METHOD, 0)];
         }
 
         sourceUri = intent.getData();
@@ -343,11 +347,29 @@ private Bitmap decodeRegionCrop(Rect rect, int outWidth, int outHeight) {
             }
 
             try {
-                croppedImage = decoder.decodeRegion(rect, new BitmapFactory.Options());
-                if (croppedImage != null && (rect.width() > outWidth || rect.height() > outHeight)) {
-                    Matrix matrix = new Matrix();
-                    matrix.postScale((float) outWidth / rect.width(), (float) outHeight / rect.height());
-                    croppedImage = Bitmap.createBitmap(croppedImage, 0, 0, croppedImage.getWidth(), croppedImage.getHeight(), matrix, true);
+                BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
+                if ((rect.width() > outWidth || rect.height() > outHeight)) {
+                    switch (scaleMethod) {
+                        case EXACT:
+                            croppedImage = decoder.decodeRegion(rect, options);
+                            Matrix matrix = new Matrix();
+                            matrix.postScale((float) outWidth / rect.width(), (float) outHeight / rect.height());
+                            croppedImage = Bitmap.createBitmap(croppedImage, 0, 0, croppedImage.getWidth(), croppedImage.getHeight(), matrix, true);
+                            break;
+                        case BETTER_QUALITY_BEST_FIT:
+                            int w, h;
+                            int inSampleSize = 1;
+                            do {
+                                inSampleSize *= 2;
+                                w = rect.width() / inSampleSize;
+                                h = rect.height() / inSampleSize;
+                            } while(w > outWidth && h > outHeight);
+                            options.inSampleSize = inSampleSize;
+                            croppedImage = decoder.decodeRegion(rect, options);
+                            break;
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    croppedImage = decoder.decodeRegion(rect, options);
                 }
             } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
                 // Rethrow with some extra information
@@ -433,5 +455,4 @@ private void setResultUri(Uri uri) {
     private void setResultException(Throwable throwable) {
         setResult(Crop.RESULT_ERROR, new Intent().putExtra(Crop.Extra.ERROR, throwable));
     }
-
 }