diff --git a/docs/config.rst b/docs/config.rst
index aedbd70..3ca6768 100644
--- a/docs/config.rst
+++ b/docs/config.rst
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Example::
         "pngQuantization": false,
         "png": 90
       },
+      "maxScaleFactor": 3,
       "maxSize": 2048,
       "pbfAlias": "pbf",
       "serveAllFonts": false,
@@ -76,10 +77,19 @@ Quality of the compression of individual image formats. [0-100]
 
 The value for ``png`` is only used when ``pngQuantization`` is ``true``.
 
+``maxScaleFactor``
+-----------
+
+Maximum scale factor to allow in raster tile and static maps requests (e.g. ``@3x`` suffix).
+Also see ``maxSize`` below.
+Default value is ``3``, maximum ``9``.
+
 ``maxSize``
 -----------
 
-Maximum image side length to be allowed to be rendered (including scale factor). Default is ``2048``.
+Maximum image side length to be allowed to be rendered (including scale factor).
+Be careful when changing this value since there are hardware limits that need to be considered.
+Default is ``2048``.
 
 ``styles``
 ==========
diff --git a/src/serve_rendered.js b/src/serve_rendered.js
index b12f7f4..23d4c5d 100644
--- a/src/serve_rendered.js
+++ b/src/serve_rendered.js
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ var Canvas = require('canvas'),
 var utils = require('./utils');
 
 var FLOAT_PATTERN = '[+-]?(?:\\d+|\\d+\.?\\d+)';
-var SCALE_PATTERN = '@[234]x';
 
 var getScale = function(scale) {
   return (scale || '@1x').slice(1, 2) | 0;
@@ -39,6 +38,13 @@ mbgl.on('message', function(e) {
 module.exports = function(options, repo, params, id, dataResolver) {
   var app = express().disable('x-powered-by');
 
+  var maxScaleFactor = Math.min(Math.floor(options.maxScaleFactor || 3), 9);
+  var scalePattern = '';
+  for (var i = 2; i <= maxScaleFactor; i++) {
+    scalePattern += i.toFixed();
+  }
+  scalePattern = '@[' + scalePattern + ']x';
+
   var lastModified = new Date().toUTCString();
 
   var rootPath = options.paths.root;
@@ -267,16 +273,24 @@ module.exports = function(options, repo, params, id, dataResolver) {
 
   async.parallel(queue, function(err, results) {
     // TODO: make pool sizes configurable
-    map.renderers[1] = createPool(1, 4, 16);
-    map.renderers[2] = createPool(2, 2, 8);
-    map.renderers[3] = createPool(3, 2, 4);
-    map.renderers[4] = createPool(4, 2, 4);
+    for (var s = 1; s <= maxScaleFactor; s++) {
+      var minPoolSize = 2;
+
+      // standard and @2x tiles are much more usual -> create larger pools
+      if (s <= 2) {
+        minPoolSize *= 2;
+        if (s <= 1) {
+          minPoolSize *= 2;
+        }
+      }
+      map.renderers[s] = createPool(s, minPoolSize, 2 * minPoolSize);
+    }
   });
 
   repo[id] = tileJSON;
 
   var tilePattern = '/rendered/:z(\\d+)/:x(\\d+)/:y(\\d+)' +
-                    ':scale(' + SCALE_PATTERN + ')?\.:format([\\w]+)';
+                    ':scale(' + scalePattern + ')?\.:format([\\w]+)';
 
   var respondImage = function(z, lon, lat, bearing, pitch,
                               width, height, scale, format, res, next,
@@ -477,7 +491,7 @@ module.exports = function(options, repo, params, id, dataResolver) {
   if (options.serveStaticMaps !== false) {
     var staticPattern =
         '/static/:raw(raw)?/%s/:width(\\d+)x:height(\\d+)' +
-        ':scale(' + SCALE_PATTERN + ')?\.:format([\\w]+)';
+        ':scale(' + scalePattern + ')?\.:format([\\w]+)';
 
     var centerPattern =
         util.format(':x(%s),:y(%s),:z(%s)(@:bearing(%s)(,:pitch(%s))?)?',
diff --git a/test/tiles_rendered.js b/test/tiles_rendered.js
index a44e936..20b9404 100644
--- a/test/tiles_rendered.js
+++ b/test/tiles_rendered.js
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ describe('Raster tiles', function() {
       testTile(prefix, 0, 0, 0, 'png', 200, 2);
       testTile(prefix, 0, 0, 0, 'png', 200, 3);
       testTile(prefix, 2, 1, 1, 'png', 200, 3);
-      testTile(prefix, 0, 0, 0, 'png', 200, 4);
     });
   });