diff --git a/src/slic3r/GUI/Gizmos/GLGizmoScale.cpp b/src/slic3r/GUI/Gizmos/GLGizmoScale.cpp
index 14bbd5102..34fe723b0 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/GUI/Gizmos/GLGizmoScale.cpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/GUI/Gizmos/GLGizmoScale.cpp
@@ -616,11 +616,28 @@ void GLGizmoScale3D::do_scale_along_axis(Axis axis, const UpdateData& data)
 {
 #if ENABLE_WORLD_COORDINATE
     double ratio = calc_ratio(data);
+    if (ratio > 0.0) {
+        Vec3d curr_scale = m_scale;
+        Vec3d starting_scale = m_starting.scale;
+        const Selection& selection = m_parent.get_selection();
+        const bool world_coordinates = wxGetApp().obj_manipul()->get_world_coordinates();
+        if (selection.is_single_full_instance() && world_coordinates) {
+            const Transform3d m = Geometry::assemble_transform(Vec3d::Zero(), selection.get_volume(*selection.get_volume_idxs().begin())->get_instance_rotation());
+            curr_scale = (m * curr_scale).cwiseAbs();
+            starting_scale = (m * starting_scale).cwiseAbs();
+        }
+
+        curr_scale(axis) = starting_scale(axis) * ratio;
+
+        if (selection.is_single_full_instance() && world_coordinates)
+            m_scale = (Geometry::assemble_transform(Vec3d::Zero(), selection.get_volume(*selection.get_volume_idxs().begin())->get_instance_rotation()).inverse() * curr_scale).cwiseAbs();
+        else
+            m_scale = curr_scale;
 #else
     const double ratio = calc_ratio(data);
-#endif // ENABLE_WORLD_COORDINATE
     if (ratio > 0.0) {
         m_scale(axis) = m_starting.scale(axis) * ratio;
+#endif // ENABLE_WORLD_COORDINATE
         if (m_starting.ctrl_down) {
 #if ENABLE_WORLD_COORDINATE
             const double len_starting_vec = std::abs(m_starting.box.center()(axis) - m_starting.pivots[m_hover_id](axis));
diff --git a/src/slic3r/GUI/Selection.cpp b/src/slic3r/GUI/Selection.cpp
index edbffacd1..28e8674c4 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/GUI/Selection.cpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/GUI/Selection.cpp
@@ -945,16 +945,19 @@ void Selection::scale(const Vec3d& scale, TransformationType transformation_type
         GLVolume &v = *(*m_volumes)[i];
         if (is_single_full_instance()) {
             if (transformation_type.relative()) {
-                Transform3d m = Geometry::assemble_transform(Vec3d::Zero(), Vec3d::Zero(), scale);
-                Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, 3, Eigen::DontAlign> new_matrix = (m * m_cache.volumes_data[i].get_instance_scale_matrix()).matrix().block(0, 0, 3, 3);
+                const Transform3d m = Geometry::assemble_transform(Vec3d::Zero(), Vec3d::Zero(), scale);
+                const Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, 3, Eigen::DontAlign> new_matrix = (m * m_cache.volumes_data[i].get_instance_scale_matrix()).matrix().block(0, 0, 3, 3);
                 // extracts scaling factors from the composed transformation
-                Vec3d new_scale(new_matrix.col(0).norm(), new_matrix.col(1).norm(), new_matrix.col(2).norm());
+                const Vec3d new_scale(new_matrix.col(0).norm(), new_matrix.col(1).norm(), new_matrix.col(2).norm());
                 if (transformation_type.joint())
                     v.set_instance_offset(m_cache.dragging_center + m * (m_cache.volumes_data[i].get_instance_position() - m_cache.dragging_center));
 
                 v.set_instance_scaling_factor(new_scale);
             }
             else {
+#if ENABLE_WORLD_COORDINATE
+                v.set_instance_scaling_factor(scale);
+#else
                 if (transformation_type.world() && (std::abs(scale.x() - scale.y()) > EPSILON || std::abs(scale.x() - scale.z()) > EPSILON)) {
                     // Non-uniform scaling. Transform the scaling factors into the local coordinate system.
                     // This is only possible, if the instance rotation is mulitples of ninety degrees.
@@ -963,6 +966,7 @@ void Selection::scale(const Vec3d& scale, TransformationType transformation_type
                 }
                 else
                     v.set_instance_scaling_factor(scale);
+#endif // ENABLE_WORLD_COORDINATE
             }
         }
         else if (is_single_volume() || is_single_modifier())