diff --git a/VuhDoGuiToolbox.lua b/VuhDoGuiToolbox.lua
index bff5146e264e8684e0e0911d0da24ede7903a30e..56404d9d074ae5f0502f4fa4ac87dc6e6565fa52 100644
--- a/VuhDoGuiToolbox.lua
+++ b/VuhDoGuiToolbox.lua
@@ -746,7 +746,11 @@ function VUHDO_customizeIconText(aParent, aHeight, aLabel, aSetup)
 	end
 
 	aLabel:SetFont(aSetup["FONT"], tFactor * aSetup["SCALE"], tOutline);
-	aLabel:SetShadowOffset(1, -1);
+	
+	-- patch 7.1 introduced a bug with shadow offset scaling by resolution
+	-- hardcode the offset to -3 for now which should be the equiv of -1 @ 1920x1080
+	aLabel:SetShadowOffset(1, -3);
+
 	aLabel:SetText("");
 end
 
diff --git a/VuhDoOptions/VuhDoLookAndFeelStandardFont.lua b/VuhDoOptions/VuhDoLookAndFeelStandardFont.lua
index 8831da8bdbc4171f962effd3031ea1278234b9a4..ccce5ce7fbc3fb70ee94ff44594963c2d10a4fe3 100644
--- a/VuhDoOptions/VuhDoLookAndFeelStandardFont.lua
+++ b/VuhDoOptions/VuhDoLookAndFeelStandardFont.lua
@@ -122,7 +122,10 @@ function VUHDO_lnfStandardFontUpdateDemoText()
 	else
 		tLabel:SetShadowColor(0, 0, 0, tShadowAlpha);
 	end
-	tLabel:SetShadowOffset(1, -1);
+
+	-- patch 7.1 introduced a bug with shadow offset scaling by resolution
+	-- hardcode the offset to -3 for now which should be the equiv of -1 @ 1920x1080
+	tLabel:SetShadowOffset(1, -3);
 
 	if (sTable["COLOR"] ~= nil) then
 		tLabel:SetTextColor(VUHDO_textColor(sTable["COLOR"]));
diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index fc055cc672d7a2397aca944677a2212115f11e73..9a59070e06b3721cb17c7fda67c2410bf2abc571 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ Known issues:
 Bugfixes:
 -- Fixed handling of empty values in health related combat log events
 -- Disabled retrieval of unit facing and map position inside instances
+-- Fixed font dropshadow offset which Blizzard broke in 7.1
+--   Shadow offset is not scaling properly with resolution
+--   Hardcoded the offset to be optimal for 1920x1080 for now
 
 
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