diff --git a/plugins/platforms/drm/drm_backend.h b/plugins/platforms/drm/drm_backend.h
--- a/plugins/platforms/drm/drm_backend.h
+++ b/plugins/platforms/drm/drm_backend.h
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@
     void initCursor();
     void outputDpmsChanged();
     void readOutputsConfiguration();
+    void writeOutputsConfiguration();
     QByteArray generateOutputConfigurationUuid() const;
     DrmOutput *findOutput(quint32 connector);
     DrmOutput *findOutput(const QByteArray &uuid);
diff --git a/plugins/platforms/drm/drm_backend.cpp b/plugins/platforms/drm/drm_backend.cpp
--- a/plugins/platforms/drm/drm_backend.cpp
+++ b/plugins/platforms/drm/drm_backend.cpp
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
 
 DrmBackend::~DrmBackend()
 {
+    writeOutputsConfiguration();
 #if HAVE_GBM
     if (m_gbmDevice) {
         gbm_device_destroy(m_gbmDevice);
@@ -529,6 +530,21 @@
     }
 }
 
+void DrmBackend::writeOutputsConfiguration()
+{
+    if (m_outputs.isEmpty()) {
+        return;
+    }
+    const QByteArray uuid = generateOutputConfigurationUuid();
+    auto configGroup = KSharedConfig::openConfig()->group("DrmOutputs").group(uuid);
+    // default position goes from left to right
+    for (auto it = m_outputs.cbegin(); it != m_outputs.cend(); ++it) {
+        qCDebug(KWIN_DRM) << "Writing output configuration for [" << uuid << "] ["<< (*it)->uuid() << "]";
+        auto outputConfig = configGroup.group((*it)->uuid());
+        outputConfig.writeEntry("Scale", (*it)->scale());
+    }
+}
+
 QByteArray DrmBackend::generateOutputConfigurationUuid() const
 {
     auto it = m_outputs.constBegin();