diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
index af4e46f62..b8620d60b 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ namespace MWRender
 
         osg::Camera::CullingMode cullingMode = osg::Camera::DEFAULT_CULLING|osg::Camera::FAR_PLANE_CULLING;
 
-        if (!Settings::Manager::getBool("small feature culling", "Viewing distance"))
+        if (!Settings::Manager::getBool("small feature culling", "Camera"))
             cullingMode &= ~(osg::CullStack::SMALL_FEATURE_CULLING);
         else
             cullingMode |= osg::CullStack::SMALL_FEATURE_CULLING;
@@ -144,7 +144,8 @@ namespace MWRender
 
         mViewer->getCamera()->setCullMask(~(Mask_UpdateVisitor));
 
-        mViewDistance = Settings::Manager::getFloat("viewing distance", "Viewing distance");
+        mNearClip = Settings::Manager::getFloat("near clip", "Camera");
+        mViewDistance = Settings::Manager::getFloat("viewing distance", "Camera");
         mFieldOfView = Settings::Manager::getFloat("field of view", "General");
         updateProjectionMatrix();
     }
@@ -372,7 +373,7 @@ namespace MWRender
         double fovy, aspect, zNear, zFar;
         mViewer->getCamera()->getProjectionMatrixAsPerspective(fovy, aspect, zNear, zFar);
         fovy = mFieldOfView;
-        zNear = 5.f;
+        zNear = mNearClip;
         zFar = mViewDistance;
         mViewer->getCamera()->setProjectionMatrixAsPerspective(fovy, aspect, zNear, zFar);
     }
@@ -401,9 +402,9 @@ namespace MWRender
                 mFieldOfView = Settings::Manager::getFloat("field of view", "General");
                 updateProjectionMatrix();
             }
-            else if (it->first == "Viewing distance" && it->second == "viewing distance")
+            else if (it->first == "Camera" && it->second == "viewing distance")
             {
-                mViewDistance = Settings::Manager::getFloat("viewing distance", "Viewing distance");
+                mViewDistance = Settings::Manager::getFloat("viewing distance", "Camera");
                 mStateUpdater->setFogEnd(mViewDistance);
                 updateProjectionMatrix();
             }
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.hpp
index 8a81aacd7..2978c9983 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.hpp
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ namespace MWRender
 
         osg::ref_ptr<StateUpdater> mStateUpdater;
 
+        float mNearClip;
         float mViewDistance;
         float mFieldOfView;
 
diff --git a/files/mygui/openmw_settings_window.layout b/files/mygui/openmw_settings_window.layout
index 3fb4adf42..19e3bcf88 100644
--- a/files/mygui/openmw_settings_window.layout
+++ b/files/mygui/openmw_settings_window.layout
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@
                             <Property key="Range" value="10000"/>
                             <Property key="Page" value="300"/>
                             <UserString key="SettingType" value="Slider"/>
-                            <UserString key="SettingCategory" value="Viewing distance"/>
+                            <UserString key="SettingCategory" value="Camera"/>
                             <UserString key="SettingName" value="viewing distance"/>
                             <UserString key="SettingValueType" value="Float"/>
                             <UserString key="SettingMin" value="2000"/>
diff --git a/files/settings-default.cfg b/files/settings-default.cfg
index 6653966cf..0581d7356 100644
--- a/files/settings-default.cfg
+++ b/files/settings-default.cfg
@@ -99,8 +99,9 @@ local map hud widget size = 256
 [Cells]
 exterior grid size = 3
 
-[Viewing distance]
-# Viewing distance at normal weather conditions
+[Camera]
+near clip = 5
+
 # The maximum distance with no pop-in will be: (see RenderingManager::configureFog)
 # viewing distance * view frustum factor <= cell size (8192) - loading threshold (1024)
 # view frustum factor takes into account that the view frustum end is a plane, so at the edges of the screen you can see further than you should be able to.