diff --git a/doomsday/engine/portable/include/gl_defer.h b/doomsday/engine/portable/include/gl_defer.h
index 8b7144b9c1..e714e8a871 100644
--- a/doomsday/engine/portable/include/gl_defer.h
+++ b/doomsday/engine/portable/include/gl_defer.h
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ typedef struct texturecontent_s {
 #define TXCF_UPLOAD_ARG_ALPHACHANNEL    0x10
 #define TXCF_UPLOAD_ARG_RGBDATA         0x20
 #define TXCF_UPLOAD_ARG_NOSTRETCH       0x40
-#define TXCF_NEVER_DEFER                0x80
+#define TXCF_UPLOAD_ARG_NOSMARTFILTER   0x80
+#define TXCF_NEVER_DEFER                0x100
 
 void            GL_InitDeferred(void);
 void            GL_ShutdownDeferred(void);
diff --git a/doomsday/engine/portable/src/con_busy.c b/doomsday/engine/portable/src/con_busy.c
index d107b7ed44..f7331c23d0 100644
--- a/doomsday/engine/portable/src/con_busy.c
+++ b/doomsday/engine/portable/src/con_busy.c
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ void Con_AcquireScreenshotTexture(void)
     texScreenshot = GL_UploadTexture(frame, glScreenWidth, glScreenHeight,
                                      false, false, true, false, 
                                      DGL_LINEAR, DGL_LINEAR, DGL_CLAMP, DGL_CLAMP,
-                                     TXCF_NEVER_DEFER);
+                                     (TXCF_NEVER_DEFER | TXCF_UPLOAD_ARG_NOSMARTFILTER));
     glMaxTexSize = oldMaxTexSize;
     M_Free(frame);
     
diff --git a/doomsday/engine/portable/src/gl_texmanager.c b/doomsday/engine/portable/src/gl_texmanager.c
index f12bf515d4..f2fae6a3e4 100644
--- a/doomsday/engine/portable/src/gl_texmanager.c
+++ b/doomsday/engine/portable/src/gl_texmanager.c
@@ -909,6 +909,7 @@ DGLuint GL_UploadTexture2(texturecontent_t *content)
     boolean generateMipmaps = ((content->flags & TXCF_MIPMAP) != 0);
     boolean RGBData = ((content->flags & TXCF_UPLOAD_ARG_RGBDATA) != 0);
     boolean noStretch = ((content->flags & TXCF_UPLOAD_ARG_NOSTRETCH) != 0);
+    boolean noSmartFilter = ((content->flags & TXCF_UPLOAD_ARG_NOSMARTFILTER) != 0);
     byte   *palette = GL_GetPalette();
     int     i, levelWidth, levelHeight; // width and height at the current level
     int     comps;
@@ -941,7 +942,7 @@ DGLuint GL_UploadTexture2(texturecontent_t *content)
     }
 
     // If smart filtering is enabled, all textures are magnified 2x.
-    if(useSmartFilter /* && comps == 3 */ )
+    if(useSmartFilter && !noSmartFilter /* && comps == 3 */ )
     {
         byte   *filtered = M_Malloc(4 * width * height * 4);