diff --git a/core/includes/image.inc b/core/includes/image.inc
index f0b91bf..424525d 100644
--- a/core/includes/image.inc
+++ b/core/includes/image.inc
@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ function image_get_info($filepath, $toolkit = FALSE) {
  *   The target width, in pixels.
  * @param $height
  *   The target height, in pixels.
+ *@param $upscale
+ *   An optional boolean to allow upscale resize. Default TRUE.
  *
  * @return
  *   TRUE on success, FALSE on failure.
@@ -166,8 +168,13 @@ function image_get_info($filepath, $toolkit = FALSE) {
  * @see image_resize()
  * @see image_crop()
  */
-function image_scale_and_crop(stdClass $image, $width, $height) {
+function image_scale_and_crop(stdClass $image, $width, $height, $upscale = TRUE) {
   $scale = max($width / $image->info['width'], $height / $image->info['height']);
+  if (!$upscale && $scale >= 1) {
+    $width = $width / $scale;
+    $height = $height / $scale;
+    $scale = 1;
+  }
   $x = ($image->info['width'] * $scale - $width) / 2;
   $y = ($image->info['height'] * $scale - $height) / 2;
 
diff --git a/core/modules/image/image.admin.inc b/core/modules/image/image.admin.inc
index 933a4ad..d20a536 100644
--- a/core/modules/image/image.admin.inc
+++ b/core/modules/image/image.admin.inc
@@ -500,7 +500,28 @@ function image_scale_form($data) {
   $form['upscale'] = array(
     '#type' => 'checkbox',
     '#default_value' => (isset($data['upscale'])) ? $data['upscale'] : 0,
-    '#title' => t('Allow Upscaling'),
+    '#title' => t('Allow upscaling'),
+    '#description' => t('Let scale make images larger than their original size'),
+  );
+  return $form;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Form structure for the image scale and crop form.
+ *
+ * Note that this is not a complete form, it only contains the portion of the
+ * form for configuring the scale and crop options. Therefore it does not need
+ * to include metadata about the effect, nor a submit button.
+ *
+ * @param $data
+ *   The current configuration for this scale and crop effect.
+ */
+function image_scale_and_crop_form($data) {
+  $form = image_resize_form($data);
+  $form['upscale'] = array(
+    '#type' => 'checkbox',
+    '#default_value' => (isset($data['upscale'])) ? $data['upscale'] : TRUE,
+    '#title' => t('Allow upscaling'),
     '#description' => t('Let scale make images larger than their original size'),
   );
   return $form;
@@ -824,6 +845,23 @@ function theme_image_scale_summary($variables) {
 }
 
 /**
+ * Returns HTML for a summary of an image scale and crop effect.
+ *
+ * @param $variables
+ *   An associative array containing:
+ *   - data: The current configuration for this scale and crop effect.
+ *
+ * @ingroup themeable
+ */
+function theme_image_scale_and_crop_summary($variables) {
+  $data = $variables['data'];
+  if (!isset($data['upscale'])) {
+    $data['upscale'] = TRUE;
+  }
+  return theme('image_resize_summary', array('data' => $data)) . ' ' . ($data['upscale'] ? '(' . t('upscaling allowed') . ')' : '');
+}
+
+/**
  * Returns HTML for a summary of an image crop effect.
  *
  * @param $variables
diff --git a/core/modules/image/image.effects.inc b/core/modules/image/image.effects.inc
index a56a429..7aade2e 100644
--- a/core/modules/image/image.effects.inc
+++ b/core/modules/image/image.effects.inc
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ function image_image_effect_info() {
       'help' => t('Resizing will make images an exact set of dimensions. This may cause images to be stretched or shrunk disproportionately.'),
       'effect callback' => 'image_resize_effect',
       'dimensions callback' => 'image_resize_dimensions',
-      'form callback' => 'image_resize_form',
-      'summary theme' => 'image_resize_summary',
+      'form callback' => 'image_scale_and_crop_form',
+      'summary theme' => 'image_scale_and_crop_summary',
     ),
     'image_scale' => array(
       'label' => t('Scale'),
@@ -200,12 +200,18 @@ function image_crop_effect($image, $data) {
  *   with the following items:
  *   - "width": An integer representing the desired width in pixels.
  *   - "height": An integer representing the desired height in pixels.
+ *   - "upscale": A Boolean indicating that the image should be upscaled if the
+ *     dimensions are larger than the original image.
+ *
  * @return
  *   TRUE on success. FALSE on failure to scale and crop image.
  * @see image_scale_and_crop()
  */
 function image_scale_and_crop_effect($image, $data) {
-  if (!image_scale_and_crop($image, $data['width'], $data['height'])) {
+  if (!isset($data['upscale'])) {
+        $data['upscale'] = TRUE;
+  }
+  if (!image_scale_and_crop($image, $data['width'], $data['height'], $data['upscale'])) {
     watchdog('image', 'Image scale and crop failed using the %toolkit toolkit on %path (%mimetype, %dimensions)', array('%toolkit' => $image->toolkit, '%path' => $image->source, '%mimetype' => $image->info['mime_type'], '%dimensions' => $image->info['width'] . 'x' . $image->info['height']), WATCHDOG_ERROR);
     return FALSE;
   }
diff --git a/core/modules/image/image.module b/core/modules/image/image.module
index c763dc6..88e9c5c 100644
--- a/core/modules/image/image.module
+++ b/core/modules/image/image.module
@@ -210,6 +210,9 @@ function image_theme() {
     'image_scale_summary' => array(
       'variables' => array('data' => NULL),
     ),
+    'image_scale_and_crop_summary' => array(
+      'variables' => array('data' => NULL),
+    ),
     'image_crop_summary' => array(
       'variables' => array('data' => NULL),
     ),
diff --git a/core/modules/image/lib/Drupal/image/Tests/ImageEffectsTest.php b/core/modules/image/lib/Drupal/image/Tests/ImageEffectsTest.php
index 825fd38..b593a34 100644
--- a/core/modules/image/lib/Drupal/image/Tests/ImageEffectsTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/image/lib/Drupal/image/Tests/ImageEffectsTest.php
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ function testScaleAndCropEffect() {
     $this->assertEqual($calls['crop'][0][2], 0, 'Y was computed and passed correctly');
     $this->assertEqual($calls['crop'][0][3], 5, 'Width was computed and passed correctly');
     $this->assertEqual($calls['crop'][0][4], 10, 'Height was computed and passed correctly');
+    $this->assertTrue($calls['crop'][0][5], t('Upscale was passed correctly'));
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/modules/system/tests/modules/image_test/image_test.module b/core/modules/system/tests/modules/image_test/image_test.module
index de640f0..2239a87 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/tests/modules/image_test/image_test.module
+++ b/core/modules/system/tests/modules/image_test/image_test.module
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ function image_test_save(stdClass $image, $destination) {
 /**
  * Image tookit's crop operation.
  */
-function image_test_crop(stdClass $image, $x, $y, $width, $height) {
-  _image_test_log_call('crop', array($image, $x, $y, $width, $height));
+function image_test_crop(stdClass $image, $x, $y, $width, $height, $upscale = TRUE) {
+  _image_test_log_call('crop', array($image, $x, $y, $width, $height, $upscale));
   return TRUE;
 }