diff --git a/core/fileprinter.cpp b/core/fileprinter.cpp
--- a/core/fileprinter.cpp
+++ b/core/fileprinter.cpp
@@ -617,10 +617,16 @@
     } else {
         qreal l, t, r, b;
         printer.getPageMargins( &l, &t, &r, &b, QPrinter::Point );
-        return QStringList(QStringLiteral("-o")) << QStringLiteral("page-left=%1").arg(l)
-                       <<  QStringLiteral("-o")  << QStringLiteral("page-top=%1").arg(t)
-                       <<  QStringLiteral("-o")  << QStringLiteral("page-right=%1").arg(r)
-                       <<  QStringLiteral("-o")  << QStringLiteral("page-bottom=%1").arg(b) << QStringLiteral("-o") << QStringLiteral("fit-to-page");
+        QStringList marginOptions;
+        if (!printer.fullPage()) {
+            marginOptions << QStringLiteral("-o") << QStringLiteral("page-left=%1").arg(l)
+                           <<  QStringLiteral("-o")  << QStringLiteral("page-top=%1").arg(t)
+                           <<  QStringLiteral("-o")  << QStringLiteral("page-right=%1").arg(r)
+                           <<  QStringLiteral("-o")  << QStringLiteral("page-bottom=%1").arg(b);
+        }
+        marginOptions << QStringLiteral("-o") << QStringLiteral("fit-to-page");
+
+        return marginOptions;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/generators/poppler/generator_pdf.cpp b/generators/poppler/generator_pdf.cpp
--- a/generators/poppler/generator_pdf.cpp
+++ b/generators/poppler/generator_pdf.cpp
@@ -70,6 +70,41 @@
 static const int defaultPageWidth = 595;
 static const int defaultPageHeight = 842;
 
+// TODO: either move this class out of the PDF generator so that it can be used by
+// other generators for printing as well or merge it with the 'PDFOptionsPage' class below
+class PrintScalingOptionWidget : public QWidget
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+
+    public:
+       explicit PrintScalingOptionWidget(QWidget *parent = nullptr)
+           :QWidget(parent)
+       {
+           setWindowTitle( i18n( "Print Options" ) );
+           QVBoxLayout *layout = new QVBoxLayout(this);
+           m_scaleToPrintableArea = new QCheckBox(i18n("Fit to printable area"), this);
+           m_scaleToPrintableArea->setToolTip(i18n("Scale the printout to the printable area on paper when printing"));
+           m_scaleToPrintableArea->setWhatsThis(i18n("Scales the pages to the size that fits into the printable area when printing. This means that the printer margins set in the \"Properties\" dialog are taken into account."));
+           layout->addWidget(m_scaleToPrintableArea);
+           layout->addStretch(1);
+           // enable scaling by default
+           setScaleToPrintableArea( true );
+       }
+
+       bool scaleToPrintableArea()
+       {
+           return m_scaleToPrintableArea->isChecked();
+       }
+
+       void setScaleToPrintableArea( bool scaleToPrintableArea )
+       {
+           m_scaleToPrintableArea->setChecked( scaleToPrintableArea );
+       }
+
+    private:
+        QCheckBox *m_scaleToPrintableArea;
+};
+
 class PDFOptionsPage : public QWidget
 {
     Q_OBJECT
@@ -87,6 +122,8 @@
            m_forceRaster->setToolTip(i18n("Rasterize into an image before printing"));
            m_forceRaster->setWhatsThis(i18n("Forces the rasterization of each page into an image before printing it. This usually gives somewhat worse results, but is useful when printing documents that appear to print incorrectly."));
            layout->addWidget(m_forceRaster);
+           m_printScalingOptionWidget = new PrintScalingOptionWidget(this);
+           layout->addWidget(m_printScalingOptionWidget);
            layout->addStretch(1);
 
 #if defined(Q_OS_WIN) && !defined HAVE_POPPLER_0_60
@@ -115,9 +152,14 @@
            m_forceRaster->setChecked( forceRaster );
        }
 
+       bool printScaleToPrintableArea() {
+           return m_printScalingOptionWidget->scaleToPrintableArea();
+       }
+
     private:
         QCheckBox *m_printAnnots;
         QCheckBox *m_forceRaster;
+        PrintScalingOptionWidget *m_printScalingOptionWidget;
 };
 
 
@@ -1233,6 +1275,7 @@
     {
         printAnnots = pdfOptionsPage->printAnnots();
         forceRasterize = pdfOptionsPage->printForceRaster();
+        printer.setFullPage(!pdfOptionsPage->printScaleToPrintableArea());
     }
 
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN