diff --git a/src/core/window-private.h b/src/core/window-private.h
index 2a96cc83a..be390ae1d 100644
--- a/src/core/window-private.h
+++ b/src/core/window-private.h
@@ -482,6 +482,7 @@ struct _MetaWindowClass
   gboolean (*update_icon)        (MetaWindow       *window,
                                   cairo_surface_t **icon,
                                   cairo_surface_t **mini_icon);
+  void (*update_main_monitor)    (MetaWindow *window);
   void (*main_monitor_changed)   (MetaWindow *window,
                                   const MetaMonitorInfo *old);
 };
@@ -695,4 +696,6 @@ void meta_window_set_alive (MetaWindow *window, gboolean is_alive);
 
 gboolean meta_window_has_pointer (MetaWindow *window);
 
+void meta_window_emit_size_changed (MetaWindow *window);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/src/core/window.c b/src/core/window.c
index 6b5836783..71777aad6 100644
--- a/src/core/window.c
+++ b/src/core/window.c
@@ -3547,8 +3547,7 @@ meta_window_update_monitor (MetaWindow *window,
   const MetaMonitorInfo *old;
 
   old = window->monitor;
-  window->monitor = meta_screen_calculate_monitor_for_window (window->screen,
-                                                              window);
+  META_WINDOW_GET_CLASS (window)->update_main_monitor (window);
   if (old != window->monitor)
     {
       meta_window_on_all_workspaces_changed (window);
@@ -7855,3 +7854,9 @@ meta_window_grab_op_ended (MetaWindow *window,
 {
   META_WINDOW_GET_CLASS (window)->grab_op_ended (window, op);
 }
+
+void
+meta_window_emit_size_changed (MetaWindow *window)
+{
+  g_signal_emit (window, window_signals[SIZE_CHANGED], 0);
+}
diff --git a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-surface.c b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-surface.c
index fe0daffba..accec6a94 100644
--- a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-surface.c
+++ b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-surface.c
@@ -2137,12 +2137,6 @@ meta_wayland_surface_configure_notify (MetaWaylandSurface *surface,
       wl_array_init (&states);
       fill_states (&states, surface->window);
 
-      /* new_width and new_height comes from window->rect, which is based on
-       * the buffer size, not the surface size. The configure event requires
-       * surface size. */
-      new_width /= surface->scale;
-      new_height /= surface->scale;
-
       xdg_surface_send_configure (surface->xdg_surface, new_width, new_height, &states, serial);
 
       wl_array_release (&states);
diff --git a/src/wayland/meta-window-wayland.c b/src/wayland/meta-window-wayland.c
index f19dd4c15..10a006d52 100644
--- a/src/wayland/meta-window-wayland.c
+++ b/src/wayland/meta-window-wayland.c
@@ -166,9 +166,20 @@ meta_window_wayland_move_resize_internal (MetaWindow                *window,
 {
   MetaWindowWayland *wl_window = META_WINDOW_WAYLAND (window);
   gboolean can_move_now;
+  int configured_width;
+  int configured_height;
+  int monitor_scale;
 
   g_assert (window->frame == NULL);
 
+  /* The scale the window is drawn in might change depending on what monitor it
+   * is mainly on. Scale the configured rectangle to be in logical pixel
+   * coordinate space so that we can have a scale independent size to pass
+   * to the Wayland surface. */
+  monitor_scale = meta_window_wayland_get_main_monitor_scale (window);
+  configured_width = constrained_rect.width / monitor_scale;
+  configured_height = constrained_rect.height / monitor_scale;
+
   /* For wayland clients, the size is completely determined by the client,
    * and while this allows to avoid some trickery with frames and the resulting
    * lagging, we also need to insist a bit when the constraints would apply
@@ -223,8 +234,8 @@ meta_window_wayland_move_resize_internal (MetaWindow                *window,
             return;
 
           meta_wayland_surface_configure_notify (window->surface,
-                                                 constrained_rect.width,
-                                                 constrained_rect.height,
+                                                 configured_width,
+                                                 configured_height,
                                                  &wl_window->pending_configure_serial);
 
           /* We need to wait until the resize completes before we can move */
@@ -238,8 +249,8 @@ meta_window_wayland_move_resize_internal (MetaWindow                *window,
         }
     }
 
-  wl_window->last_sent_width = constrained_rect.width;
-  wl_window->last_sent_height = constrained_rect.height;
+  wl_window->last_sent_width = configured_width;
+  wl_window->last_sent_height = configured_height;
 
   if (can_move_now)
     {
@@ -277,12 +288,101 @@ meta_window_wayland_move_resize_internal (MetaWindow                *window,
     }
 }
 
+static void
+scale_rect_size (MetaRectangle *rect, float scale)
+{
+  rect->width = (int)(rect->width * scale);
+  rect->height = (int)(rect->height * scale);
+}
+
+static void
+meta_window_wayland_update_main_monitor (MetaWindow *window)
+{
+  const MetaMonitorInfo *from;
+  const MetaMonitorInfo *to;
+  const MetaMonitorInfo *scaled_new;
+  float scale;
+  MetaRectangle rect;
+
+  /* Require both the current and the new monitor would be the new main monitor,
+   * even given the resulting scale the window would end up having. This is
+   * needed to avoid jumping back and forth between the new and the old, since
+   * changing main monitor may cause the window to be resized so that it no
+   * longer have that same new main monitor. */
+  from = window->monitor;
+  to = meta_screen_calculate_monitor_for_window (window->screen, window);
+
+  if (from == to)
+    return;
+
+  /* If we are setting the first output, unsetting the output, or the new has
+   * the same scale as the old no need to do any further checking. */
+  if (from == NULL || to == NULL || from->scale == to->scale)
+    {
+      window->monitor = to;
+      return;
+    }
+
+  /* To avoid a window alternating between two main monitors because scaling
+   * changes the main monitor, wait until both the current and the new scale
+   * will result in the same main monitor. */
+  scale = (float)to->scale / from->scale;
+  rect = window->rect;
+  scale_rect_size (&rect, scale);
+  scaled_new = meta_screen_get_monitor_for_rect (window->screen, &rect);
+  if (to != scaled_new)
+    return;
+
+  window->monitor = to;
+}
+
 static void
 meta_window_wayland_main_monitor_changed (MetaWindow *window,
                                           const MetaMonitorInfo *old)
 {
-  MetaWaylandSurface *surface = window->surface;
+  float scale_factor;
+  MetaWaylandSurface *surface;
 
+  /* This function makes sure that window geometry, window actor geometry and
+   * surface actor geometry gets set according the old and current main monitor
+   * scale. If there either is no past or current main monitor, or if the scale
+   * didn't change, there is nothing to do. */
+  if (old == NULL ||
+      window->monitor == NULL ||
+      old->scale == window->monitor->scale)
+    return;
+
+  /* MetaWindow keeps its rectangles in the physical pixel coordinate space.
+   * When the main monitor of a window changes, it can cause the corresponding
+   * window surfaces to be scaled given the monitor scale, so we need to scale
+   * the rectangles in MetaWindow accordingly. */
+
+  scale_factor = (float)window->monitor->scale / old->scale;
+
+  /* Window size. */
+  scale_rect_size (&window->rect, scale_factor);
+
+  /* Window geometry offset (XXX: Need a better place, see
+   * meta_window_wayland_move_resize). */
+  window->custom_frame_extents.left =
+    (int)(scale_factor * window->custom_frame_extents.left);
+  window->custom_frame_extents.top =
+    (int)(scale_factor * window->custom_frame_extents.top);
+
+  /* Buffer rect. */
+  scale_rect_size (&window->buffer_rect, scale_factor);
+  window->buffer_rect.x =
+    window->rect.x - window->custom_frame_extents.left;
+  window->buffer_rect.y =
+    window->rect.y - window->custom_frame_extents.top;
+
+  meta_compositor_sync_window_geometry (window->display->compositor,
+                                        window,
+                                        TRUE);
+
+  /* The surface actor needs to update the scale recursively for itself and all
+   * its subsurfaces */
+  surface = window->surface;
   if (surface)
     {
       MetaSurfaceActorWayland *actor =
@@ -290,6 +390,8 @@ meta_window_wayland_main_monitor_changed (MetaWindow *window,
 
       meta_surface_actor_wayland_sync_state_recursive (actor);
     }
+
+  meta_window_emit_size_changed (window);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -330,6 +432,7 @@ meta_window_wayland_class_init (MetaWindowWaylandClass *klass)
   window_class->grab_op_began = meta_window_wayland_grab_op_began;
   window_class->grab_op_ended = meta_window_wayland_grab_op_ended;
   window_class->move_resize_internal = meta_window_wayland_move_resize_internal;
+  window_class->update_main_monitor = meta_window_wayland_update_main_monitor;
   window_class->main_monitor_changed = meta_window_wayland_main_monitor_changed;
 }
 
@@ -434,6 +537,22 @@ meta_window_wayland_move_resize (MetaWindow        *window,
   int gravity;
   MetaRectangle rect;
   MetaMoveResizeFlags flags;
+  int monitor_scale;
+
+  /* new_geom is in the logical pixel coordinate space, but MetaWindow wants its
+   * rects to represent what in turn will end up on the stage, i.e. we need to
+   * scale new_geom to physical pixels given what buffer scale and texture scale
+   * is in use. */
+  monitor_scale = meta_window_wayland_get_main_monitor_scale (window);
+  new_geom.x *= monitor_scale;
+  new_geom.y *= monitor_scale;
+  new_geom.width *= monitor_scale;
+  new_geom.height *= monitor_scale;
+
+  /* The (dx, dy) offset is also in logical pixel coordinate space and needs
+   * to be scaled in the same way as new_geom. */
+  dx *= monitor_scale;
+  dy *= monitor_scale;
 
   /* XXX: Find a better place to store the window geometry offsets. */
   window->custom_frame_extents.left = new_geom.x;
diff --git a/src/x11/window-x11.c b/src/x11/window-x11.c
index bac473d8b..c883c6f46 100644
--- a/src/x11/window-x11.c
+++ b/src/x11/window-x11.c
@@ -1471,6 +1471,13 @@ meta_window_x11_update_icon (MetaWindow       *window,
                           META_MINI_ICON_WIDTH, META_MINI_ICON_HEIGHT);
 }
 
+static void
+meta_window_x11_update_main_monitor (MetaWindow *window)
+{
+  window->monitor = meta_screen_calculate_monitor_for_window (window->screen,
+                                                              window);
+}
+
 static void
 meta_window_x11_main_monitor_changed (MetaWindow *window,
                                       const MetaMonitorInfo *old)
@@ -1495,6 +1502,7 @@ meta_window_x11_class_init (MetaWindowX11Class *klass)
   window_class->update_struts = meta_window_x11_update_struts;
   window_class->get_default_skip_hints = meta_window_x11_get_default_skip_hints;
   window_class->update_icon = meta_window_x11_update_icon;
+  window_class->update_main_monitor = meta_window_x11_update_main_monitor;
   window_class->main_monitor_changed = meta_window_x11_main_monitor_changed;
 }