diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
index 648660669..fac6fcff2 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
@@ -744,17 +744,19 @@ namespace MWRender
     class NotifyDrawCompletedCallback : public osg::Camera::DrawCallback
     {
     public:
-        NotifyDrawCompletedCallback()
-            : mDone(false)
+        NotifyDrawCompletedCallback(unsigned int frame)
+            : mDone(false), mFrame(frame)
         {
         }
 
         virtual void operator () (osg::RenderInfo& renderInfo) const
         {
-            mMutex.lock();
-            mDone = true;
-            mMutex.unlock();
-            mCondition.signal();
+            OpenThreads::ScopedLock<OpenThreads::Mutex> lock(mMutex);
+            if (renderInfo.getState()->getFrameStamp()->getFrameNumber() >= mFrame)
+            {
+                mDone = true;
+                mCondition.signal();
+            }
         }
 
         void waitTillDone()
@@ -769,6 +771,7 @@ namespace MWRender
         mutable OpenThreads::Condition mCondition;
         mutable OpenThreads::Mutex mMutex;
         mutable bool mDone;
+        unsigned int mFrame;
     };
 
     bool RenderingManager::screenshot360(osg::Image* image, std::string settingStr)
@@ -948,7 +951,7 @@ namespace MWRender
         mRootNode->addChild(camera);
 
         // The draw needs to complete before we can copy back our image.
-        osg::ref_ptr<NotifyDrawCompletedCallback> callback (new NotifyDrawCompletedCallback);
+        osg::ref_ptr<NotifyDrawCompletedCallback> callback (new NotifyDrawCompletedCallback(0));
         camera->setFinalDrawCallback(callback);
 
         MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->getLoadingScreen()->loadingOn(false);
@@ -967,6 +970,51 @@ namespace MWRender
         mRootNode->removeChild(camera);
     }
 
+    class ReadImageFromFramebufferCallback : public osg::Drawable::DrawCallback
+    {
+    public:
+        ReadImageFromFramebufferCallback(osg::Image* image, int width, int height)
+            : mWidth(width), mHeight(height), mImage(image)
+        {
+        }
+        virtual void drawImplementation(osg::RenderInfo& renderInfo,const osg::Drawable* /*drawable*/) const
+        {
+            int screenW = renderInfo.getCurrentCamera()->getViewport()->width();
+            int screenH = renderInfo.getCurrentCamera()->getViewport()->height();
+            double imageaspect = (double)mWidth/(double)mHeight;
+            int leftPadding = std::max(0, static_cast<int>(screenW - screenH * imageaspect) / 2);
+            int topPadding = std::max(0, static_cast<int>(screenH - screenW / imageaspect) / 2);
+            int width = screenW - leftPadding*2;
+            int height = screenH - topPadding*2;
+            mImage->readPixels(leftPadding, topPadding, width, height, GL_RGB, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE);
+            mImage->scaleImage(mWidth, mHeight, 1);
+        }
+    private:
+        int mWidth;
+        int mHeight;
+        osg::ref_ptr<osg::Image> mImage;
+    };
+
+    void RenderingManager::screenshotScreen(osg::Image* image, int w, int h)
+    {
+        osg::Camera* camera = mViewer->getCamera();
+        osg::ref_ptr<osg::Drawable> tempDrw = new osg::Drawable;
+        tempDrw->setDrawCallback(new ReadImageFromFramebufferCallback(image, w, h));
+        tempDrw->setCullingActive(false);
+        tempDrw->getOrCreateStateSet()->setRenderBinDetails(100, "RenderBin", osg::StateSet::USE_RENDERBIN_DETAILS); // so its after all scene bins but before POST_RENDER gui camera
+        camera->addChild(tempDrw);
+        osg::ref_ptr<NotifyDrawCompletedCallback> callback (new NotifyDrawCompletedCallback(mViewer->getFrameStamp()->getFrameNumber()));
+        camera->setFinalDrawCallback(callback);
+        mViewer->eventTraversal();
+        mViewer->updateTraversal();
+        mViewer->renderingTraversals();
+        callback->waitTillDone();
+        // now that we've "used up" the current frame, get a fresh framenumber for the next frame() following after the screenshot is completed
+        mViewer->advance(mViewer->getFrameStamp()->getSimulationTime());
+        camera->removeChild(tempDrw);
+        camera->setFinalDrawCallback(nullptr);
+    }
+
     void RenderingManager::screenshot(osg::Image *image, int w, int h, osg::Matrixd cameraTransform)
     {
         osg::ref_ptr<osg::Camera> rttCamera (new osg::Camera);
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.hpp
index d4b0b1840..2efe10cf9 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.hpp
@@ -144,7 +144,8 @@ namespace MWRender
         void setWaterHeight(float level);
 
         /// Take a screenshot of w*h onto the given image, not including the GUI.
-        void screenshot(osg::Image* image, int w, int h, osg::Matrixd cameraTransform=osg::Matrixd());
+        void screenshotScreen(osg::Image* image, int w, int h); // copie directly from framebuffer and scale to given size
+        void screenshot(osg::Image* image, int w, int h, osg::Matrixd cameraTransform=osg::Matrixd()); // make a new render at given size
         bool screenshot360(osg::Image* image, std::string settingStr);
 
         struct RayResult
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.cpp
index 49b55f2a9..73be0e6f4 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.cpp
@@ -2554,7 +2554,7 @@ namespace MWWorld
 
     void World::screenshot(osg::Image* image, int w, int h)
     {
-        mRendering->screenshot(image, w, h);
+        mRendering->screenshotScreen(image, w, h);
     }
 
     bool World::screenshot360(osg::Image* image, std::string settingStr)