diff --git a/applets/digital-clock/package/contents/ui/DigitalClock.qml b/applets/digital-clock/package/contents/ui/DigitalClock.qml
--- a/applets/digital-clock/package/contents/ui/DigitalClock.qml
+++ b/applets/digital-clock/package/contents/ui/DigitalClock.qml
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
                 height: sizehelper.height
                 width: sizehelper.contentWidth
 
-                font.pixelSize: timeLabel.height
+                font.pointSize: Math.min(plasmoid.configuration.fontSize || theme.defaultFont.pointSize, Math.round(timeLabel.height * 72 / 96))
             }
 
             PropertyChanges {
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
                 height: main.showDate ? 0.7 * timeLabel.height : 0.8 * timeLabel.height
                 width: main.showDate ? timezoneLabel.paintedWidth : timeLabel.width
 
-                font.pixelSize: timezoneLabel.height
+                font.pointSize: Math.min(plasmoid.configuration.fontSize || theme.defaultFont.pointSize, Math.round(timezoneLabel.height * 72 / 96))
             }
 
             PropertyChanges {
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
                 height: 0.8 * timeLabel.height
                 width: dateLabel.paintedWidth
 
-                font.pixelSize: dateLabel.height
+                font.pointSize: Math.min(plasmoid.configuration.fontSize || theme.defaultFont.pointSize, Math.round(dateLabel.height * 72 / 96))
             }
 
             AnchorChanges {
@@ -265,7 +265,6 @@
                 height: sizehelper.contentHeight
                 width: main.width
 
-                font.pixelSize: Math.min(timeLabel.height, 3 * theme.defaultFont.pixelSize)
                 fontSizeMode: Text.HorizontalFit
             }
 
@@ -469,7 +468,7 @@
                     family: plasmoid.configuration.fontFamily || theme.defaultFont.family
                     weight: plasmoid.configuration.boldText ? Font.Bold : theme.defaultFont.weight
                     italic: plasmoid.configuration.italicText
-                    pixelSize: 1024
+                    pointSize: plasmoid.configuration.fontSize || theme.defaultFont.pointSize
                 }
                 minimumPixelSize: 1
 
@@ -494,7 +493,7 @@
 
                 font.weight: timeLabel.font.weight
                 font.italic: timeLabel.font.italic
-                font.pixelSize: 1024
+                font.pixelSize: timeLabel.font.pixelSize
                 minimumPixelSize: 1
 
                 visible: text.length > 0
@@ -511,7 +510,7 @@
             font.family: timeLabel.font.family
             font.weight: timeLabel.font.weight
             font.italic: timeLabel.font.italic
-            font.pixelSize: 1024
+            font.pixelSize: timeLabel.font.pixelSize
             minimumPixelSize: 1
 
             horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
diff --git a/applets/digital-clock/package/contents/ui/configAppearance.qml b/applets/digital-clock/package/contents/ui/configAppearance.qml
--- a/applets/digital-clock/package/contents/ui/configAppearance.qml
+++ b/applets/digital-clock/package/contents/ui/configAppearance.qml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
     signal configurationChanged
 
     property string cfg_fontFamily
+    property string cfg_fontSize
     property alias cfg_boldText: boldCheckBox.checked
     property string cfg_timeFormat: ""
     property alias cfg_italicText: italicCheckBox.checked
@@ -72,6 +73,20 @@
         }
     }
 
+    ListModel {
+        id: fontSizesModel
+        Component.onCompleted: {
+            var arr = [] // use temp array to avoid constant binding stuff
+            arr.push({text: i18n("Default"), value: ""})
+
+            var sizes = [6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 36, 48, 72]
+            for (var i = 0, j = sizes.length; i < j; ++i) {
+                arr.push({text: sizes[i], value: sizes[i]})
+            }
+            append(arr)
+        }
+    }
+
     QtLayouts.ColumnLayout {
         anchors.left: parent.left
         QtControls.GroupBox {
@@ -107,6 +122,24 @@
                     }
                 }
 
+                QtControls.ComboBox {
+                    id: fontSizeComboBox
+                    QtLayouts.Layout.fillWidth: true
+                    // ComboBox's sizing is just utterly broken
+                    QtLayouts.Layout.minimumWidth: units.gridUnit * 10
+                    model: fontSizesModel
+                    // doesn't autodeduce from model because we manually populate it
+                    textRole: "text"
+
+                    onCurrentIndexChanged: {
+                        var current = model.get(currentIndex)
+                        if (current) {
+                            cfg_fontSize = current.value
+                            appearancePage.configurationChanged()
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
                 // spacer, cannot do Qt.AlignTop on the font style label + rowSpan 3, otherwise looks odd
                 Item {
                     QtLayouts.Layout.fillWidth: true