diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c473f068dd..b649ebcb90 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@
     Bug #7724: Guards don't help vs werewolves
     Bug #7733: Launcher shows incorrect data paths when there's two plugins with the same name
     Bug #7742: Governing attribute training limit should use the modified attribute
+    Bug #7753: Editor: Actors Don't Scale According to Their Race
     Bug #7758: Water walking is not taken into account to compute path cost on the water
     Bug #7761: Rain and ambient loop sounds are mutually exclusive
     Bug #7765: OpenMW-CS: Touch Record option is broken
diff --git a/apps/opencs/model/world/actoradapter.cpp b/apps/opencs/model/world/actoradapter.cpp
index 37aaf08445..e4b577480d 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/model/world/actoradapter.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/model/world/actoradapter.cpp
@@ -163,6 +163,11 @@ namespace CSMWorld
         return it->second.first;
     }
 
+    const ESM::RefId& ActorAdapter::ActorData::getActorRaceName() const
+    {
+        return mRaceData->getId();
+    }
+
     bool ActorAdapter::ActorData::hasDependency(const ESM::RefId& id) const
     {
         return mDependencies.find(id) != mDependencies.end();
diff --git a/apps/opencs/model/world/actoradapter.hpp b/apps/opencs/model/world/actoradapter.hpp
index 9747f448ae..5ab4da2e58 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/model/world/actoradapter.hpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/model/world/actoradapter.hpp
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ namespace CSMWorld
             std::string getSkeleton() const;
             /// Retrieves the associated actor part
             ESM::RefId getPart(ESM::PartReferenceType index) const;
+
+            const ESM::RefId& getActorRaceName() const;
             /// Checks if the actor has a data dependency
             bool hasDependency(const ESM::RefId& id) const;
 
diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/render/actor.cpp b/apps/opencs/view/render/actor.cpp
index d1bfac0ec6..cfa06012ff 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/render/actor.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/render/actor.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <osg/Group>
 #include <osg/MatrixTransform>
 #include <osg/Node>
+#include <osg/Vec3d>
 
 #include <apps/opencs/model/world/actoradapter.hpp>
 #include <apps/opencs/model/world/idcollection.hpp>
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <components/sceneutil/attach.hpp>
 #include <components/sceneutil/skeleton.hpp>
 
+#include "../../model/world/columns.hpp"
 #include "../../model/world/data.hpp"
 
 namespace CSVRender
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ namespace CSVRender
     Actor::Actor(const ESM::RefId& id, CSMWorld::Data& data)
         : mId(id)
         , mData(data)
-        , mBaseNode(new osg::Group())
+        , mBaseNode(new osg::PositionAttitudeTransform())
         , mSkeleton(nullptr)
     {
         mActorData = mData.getActorAdapter()->getActorData(mId);
@@ -60,6 +62,16 @@ namespace CSVRender
 
             // Attach parts to skeleton
             loadBodyParts();
+
+            const CSMWorld::IdCollection<ESM::Race>& races = mData.getRaces();
+            const auto& targetRace = races.getRecord(mActorData->getActorRaceName()).get().mData;
+            osg::Vec3d scale;
+
+            mActorData.get()->isFemale()
+                ? scale = osg::Vec3(targetRace.mFemaleWeight, targetRace.mFemaleWeight, targetRace.mFemaleHeight)
+                : scale = osg::Vec3(targetRace.mMaleWeight, targetRace.mMaleWeight, targetRace.mMaleHeight);
+
+            mBaseNode->setScale(scale);
         }
         else
         {
diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/render/actor.hpp b/apps/opencs/view/render/actor.hpp
index 86c7e7ff2d..a9cc34b00d 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/render/actor.hpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/render/actor.hpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <string_view>
 
 #include <osg/Group>
+#include <osg/PositionAttitudeTransform>
 #include <osg/ref_ptr>
 
 #include <QObject>
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ namespace CSVRender
         CSMWorld::Data& mData;
         CSMWorld::ActorAdapter::ActorDataPtr mActorData;
 
-        osg::ref_ptr<osg::Group> mBaseNode;
+        osg::ref_ptr<osg::PositionAttitudeTransform> mBaseNode;
         SceneUtil::Skeleton* mSkeleton;
         SceneUtil::NodeMapVisitor::NodeMap mNodeMap;
     };