diff --git a/crates/rendering/src/layers/background.rs b/crates/rendering/src/layers/background.rs
index 85b92b35b43..956820cd8d7 100644
--- a/crates/rendering/src/layers/background.rs
+++ b/crates/rendering/src/layers/background.rs
@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ pub enum Inner {
     AnimatedGradient(Box<AnimatedGradientLayer>),
     Image {
         path: String,
+        output_size: (u32, u32),
         bind_group: wgpu::BindGroup,
     },
     ColorOrGradient {
@@ -390,8 +391,10 @@ impl BackgroundLayer {
             Background::Image { path } => {
                 match &self.inner {
                     Some(Inner::Image {
-                        path: current_path, ..
-                    }) if current_path == &path => {}
+                        path: current_path,
+                        output_size,
+                        ..
+                    }) if current_path == &path && *output_size == uniforms.output_size => {}
                     _ => {
                         let texture = match constants
                             .background_textures
@@ -456,6 +459,7 @@ impl BackgroundLayer {
                         self.generation += 1;
                         self.inner = Some(Inner::Image {
                             path,
+                            output_size: uniforms.output_size,
                             bind_group: self.image_pipeline.bind_group(
                                 device,
                                 &uniform_buffer,
diff --git a/crates/rendering/tests/background_resize.rs b/crates/rendering/tests/background_resize.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e52e297b136
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/rendering/tests/background_resize.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+use cap_project::{
+    AspectRatio, BackgroundSource, CursorEvents, ProjectConfiguration, RecordingMeta, XY,
+};
+use cap_rendering::{
+    DecodedSegmentFrames, FrameRenderer, ProjectUniforms, RenderOptions, RenderVideoConstants,
+    RendererLayers, ZoomTransformTimeline,
+};
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn image_background_resize_matches_fresh_layers() {
+    cap_rendering::enable_blur_result_cache();
+    let recording_meta: RecordingMeta = serde_json::from_value(serde_json::json!({
+        "pretty_name": "background-resize",
+        "display": { "path": "display.mp4", "fps": 30 },
+        "camera": null,
+        "audio": null,
+        "cursor": null
+    }))
+    .unwrap();
+    let meta = recording_meta.studio_meta().unwrap().clone();
+    let screen_size = XY::new(128, 72);
+    let constants = RenderVideoConstants::new_with_options(
+        RenderOptions {
+            screen_size,
+            camera_size: None,
+            preserve_screen_alpha: false,
+        },
+        recording_meta,
+        meta,
+    )
+    .await
+    .unwrap();
+    let directory = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+    let cursor = CursorEvents::default();
+    let frames = DecodedSegmentFrames {
+        screen_size,
+        screen_frame: None,
+        camera_frame: None,
+        segment_time: 0.0,
+        recording_time: 0.0,
+        segment_has_camera: false,
+    };
+
+    for (width, height) in [(96, 64), (64, 96)] {
+        let path = directory.path().join(format!("{width}x{height}.png"));
+        image::RgbaImage::from_fn(width, height, |x, y| {
+            image::Rgba([(x * 2) as u8, (y * 2) as u8, 64, 255])
+        })
+        .save(&path)
+        .unwrap();
+        for blur in [0.0, 25.0] {
+            let mut project = ProjectConfiguration::default();
+            project.background.source = BackgroundSource::Image {
+                path: Some(path.to_string_lossy().into_owned()),
+            };
+            project.background.blur = blur;
+            project.cursor.hide = true;
+            let mut renderer = FrameRenderer::new(&constants);
+            let mut layers = RendererLayers::new_for_preparing_preview(
+                &constants.device,
+                &constants.queue,
+                constants.is_software_adapter,
+                &project,
+            )
+            .unwrap();
+
+            for aspect in [
+                AspectRatio::Wide,
+                AspectRatio::Wide,
+                AspectRatio::Square,
+                AspectRatio::Vertical,
+                AspectRatio::Wide,
+            ] {
+                project.aspect_ratio = Some(aspect);
+                let zoom = ZoomTransformTimeline::from_project(&project, &cursor, 1.0, screen_size);
+                let uniforms = ProjectUniforms::new(
+                    &constants,
+                    &project,
+                    0,
+                    30,
+                    XY::new(128, 128),
+                    &cursor,
+                    &frames,
+                    1.0,
+                    &zoom,
+                );
+                let actual = renderer
+                    .render_immediate(
+                        frames.clone(),
+                        uniforms.clone(),
+                        &cursor,
+                        false,
+                        &mut layers,
+                    )
+                    .await
+                    .unwrap();
+                let mut fresh_layers = RendererLayers::new_for_preparing_preview(
+                    &constants.device,
+                    &constants.queue,
+                    constants.is_software_adapter,
+                    &project,
+                )
+                .unwrap();
+                let expected = renderer
+                    .render_immediate(frames.clone(), uniforms, &cursor, false, &mut fresh_layers)
+                    .await
+                    .unwrap();
+
+                let center = (expected.height / 2 * expected.padded_bytes_per_row
+                    + expected.width / 2 * 4) as usize;
+                assert!(expected.data[center] > expected.data[0]);
+                assert!(expected.data[center + 1] > expected.data[1]);
+
+                for y in 0..actual.height as usize {
+                    let start = y * actual.padded_bytes_per_row as usize;
+                    let end = start + actual.width as usize * 4;
+                    let error = actual.data[start..end]
+                        .iter()
+                        .zip(&expected.data[start..end])
+                        .map(|(a, b)| a.abs_diff(*b))
+                        .max()
+                        .unwrap();
+                    assert_eq!(
+                        error, 0,
+                        "{width}x{height} image, {:?}, blur {blur}, row {y}",
+                        project.aspect_ratio,
+                    );
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}