diff --git a/flixel/FlxSprite.hx b/flixel/FlxSprite.hx
index d718fe1a89..ae2542ae4d 100644
--- a/flixel/FlxSprite.hx
+++ b/flixel/FlxSprite.hx
@@ -275,7 +275,14 @@ class FlxSprite extends FlxObject
 	 * Set to `null` to discard graphic frame clipping.
 	 */
 	public var clipRect(default, set):FlxRect;
-
+	
+	/**
+	 * If true, clipRect will behave as it did in flixel 4 and earlier.
+	 * Where the clipRect will scale up proportionally with the sprite.
+	 * @since 5.0.0
+	 */
+	public var clipRectIgnoreScale(default, set):Bool = false;
+	
 	/**
 	 * GLSL shader for this sprite. Only works with OpenFL Next or WebGL.
 	 * Avoid changing it frequently as this is a costly operation.
@@ -1403,7 +1410,29 @@ class FlxSprite extends FlxObject
 
 		if (clipRect != null)
 		{
-			_frame = frame.clipTo(clipRect, _frame);
+			if (clipRectIgnoreScale)
+				_frame = frame.clipTo(clipRect, _frame);
+			else
+			{
+				//translate clipRect's world coorinates to graphical cooridinates
+				var rect = FlxRect.get();
+				var point = FlxPoint.get();
+				
+				point.set(x + clipRect.x, y + clipRect.y);
+				transformClipRectPoint(point);
+				rect.x = point.x;
+				rect.y = point.y;
+				
+				point.set(x + clipRect.right, y + clipRect.bottom);
+				transformClipRectPoint(point);
+				rect.right = point.x;
+				rect.bottom = point.y;
+				
+				_frame = frame.clipTo(rect, _frame);
+				
+				point.put();
+				rect.put();
+			}
 		}
 		else
 		{
@@ -1412,6 +1441,20 @@ class FlxSprite extends FlxObject
 
 		return frame;
 	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Copied from transformWorldToPixelsSimple with angle and offset ignored.
+	 */
+	function transformClipRectPoint(worldPoint:FlxPoint)
+	{
+		worldPoint.subtract(x, y);
+		// result.addPoint(offset);
+		worldPoint.subtractPoint(origin);
+		worldPoint.scale(1 / scale.x, 1 / scale.y);
+		// can't clip an angled rect.
+		// result.degrees -= angle;
+		worldPoint.addPoint(origin);
+	}
 
 	@:noCompletion
 	function set_facing(Direction:FlxDirectionFlags):FlxDirectionFlags
@@ -1517,6 +1560,12 @@ class FlxSprite extends FlxObject
 		return rect;
 	}
 
+	@:noCompletion
+	function set_clipRectIgnoreScale(value:Bool):Bool
+	{
+		return this.clipRectIgnoreScale = value;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Frames setter. Used by `loadGraphic` methods, but you can load generated frames yourself
 	 * (this should be even faster since engine doesn't need to do bunch of additional stuff).
diff --git a/flixel/group/FlxSpriteGroup.hx b/flixel/group/FlxSpriteGroup.hx
index 2b83d0eb94..8a5800e34e 100644
--- a/flixel/group/FlxSpriteGroup.hx
+++ b/flixel/group/FlxSpriteGroup.hx
@@ -796,6 +796,14 @@ class FlxTypedSpriteGroup<T:FlxSprite> extends FlxSprite
 			transformChildren(clipRectTransform, rect);
 		return super.set_clipRect(rect);
 	}
+	
+	
+	override function set_clipRectIgnoreScale(value:Bool):Bool
+	{
+		if (exists && clipRectIgnoreScale != value)
+			transformChildren(clipRectIgnoreScaleTransform, value);
+		return super.set_clipRectIgnoreScale(value);
+	}
 
 	override function set_pixelPerfectRender(Value:Bool):Bool
 	{
@@ -1010,6 +1018,9 @@ class FlxTypedSpriteGroup<T:FlxSprite> extends FlxSprite
 	inline function flipXTransform(Sprite:FlxSprite, FlipX:Bool)
 		Sprite.flipX = FlipX;
 
+	inline function clipRectIgnoreScaleTransform(sprite:FlxSprite, value:Bool)
+		sprite.clipRectIgnoreScale = value;
+
 	inline function flipYTransform(Sprite:FlxSprite, FlipY:Bool)
 		Sprite.flipY = FlipY;