diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/utils/DpiScaler.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/utils/DpiScaler.cpp
index 8b7897abc..712868bf1 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/utils/DpiScaler.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/utils/DpiScaler.cpp
@@ -32,30 +32,59 @@ DpiScaler::DpiScaler( const QPaintDevice* that )
 QSize
 DpiScaler::scaled( int w, int h ) const
 {
-    float ratioX = that->logicalDpiX() / 100.0;
-    float ratioY = that->logicalDpiY() / 100.0;
-    return QSize( qRound( w * ratioX ), qRound( h * ratioY ) );
+    return scaled( that, w, h );
 }
 
 
 QSize
 DpiScaler::scaled( const QSize& size ) const
 {
-    return scaled( size.width(), size.height() );
+    return scaled( that, size );
 }
 
 
 int
 DpiScaler::scaledX( int x ) const
 {
-    return scaled( x, 0 ).width();
+    return scaledX( that, x );
 }
 
 
 int
 DpiScaler::scaledY( int y ) const
 {
-    return scaled( 0, y ).height();
+    return scaledY( that, y );
+}
+
+// static methods start here
+
+QSize
+DpiScaler::scaled( const QPaintDevice* pd, int w, int h )
+{
+    return QSize( scaledX( pd, w ), scaledY( pd, h ) );
+}
+
+
+QSize
+DpiScaler::scaled( const QPaintDevice* pd, const QSize& size )
+{
+    return scaled( pd, size.width(), size.height() );
+}
+
+
+int
+DpiScaler::scaledX( const QPaintDevice* pd, int x )
+{
+    float ratioX = pd->logicalDpiX() / 100.0;
+    return qRound( x * ratioX );
+}
+
+
+int
+DpiScaler::scaledY( const QPaintDevice* pd, int y )
+{
+    float ratioY = pd->logicalDpiY() / 100.0;
+    return qRound( y * ratioY );
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/utils/DpiScaler.h b/src/libtomahawk/utils/DpiScaler.h
index b2598a149..d05da046f 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/utils/DpiScaler.h
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/utils/DpiScaler.h
@@ -37,11 +37,18 @@ class DLLEXPORT DpiScaler
 {
 public:
     DpiScaler( const QPaintDevice* that );
+
     QSize scaled( int w, int h ) const;
     QSize scaled( const QSize& size ) const;
     int scaledX( int x ) const;
     int scaledY( int y ) const;
 
+    // convenience one-shot methods, usable without composing or private-inheriting DpiScaler
+    static QSize scaled( const QPaintDevice* pd, int w, int h );
+    static QSize scaled( const QPaintDevice* pd, const QSize& size );
+    inline static int scaledX( const QPaintDevice* pd, int x );
+    inline static int scaledY( const QPaintDevice* pd, int y );
+
 private:
     const QPaintDevice* that;
 };