diff --git a/DDrawCompat/Config/Config.cpp b/DDrawCompat/Config/Config.cpp
index 0166824..5d81adb 100644
--- a/DDrawCompat/Config/Config.cpp
+++ b/DDrawCompat/Config/Config.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #include <Config/Settings/SupportedResolutions.h>
 #include <Config/Settings/SupportedDepthFormats.h>
 #include <Config/Settings/SupportedTextureFormats.h>
+#include <Config/Settings/SurfacePatches.h>
 #include <Config/Settings/TerminateHotKey.h>
 #include <Config/Settings/TextureFilter.h>
 #include <Config/Settings/ThreadPriorityBoost.h>
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ namespace Config
 	Settings::SupportedResolutions supportedResolutions;
 	Settings::SupportedDepthFormats supportedDepthFormats;
 	Settings::SupportedTextureFormats supportedTextureFormats;
+	Settings::SurfacePatches surfacePatches;
 	Settings::TerminateHotKey terminateHotKey;
 	Settings::TextureFilter textureFilter;
 	Settings::ThreadPriorityBoost threadPriorityBoost;
diff --git a/DDrawCompat/Config/ListSetting.cpp b/DDrawCompat/Config/ListSetting.cpp
index 0b3b8ac..55e6e31 100644
--- a/DDrawCompat/Config/ListSetting.cpp
+++ b/DDrawCompat/Config/ListSetting.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@ namespace Config
 	{
 	}
 
+	void ListSetting::appendToList(std::string& list, const std::string& value)
+	{
+		if (!list.empty())
+		{
+			list += ", ";
+		}
+		list += value;
+	}
+
 	void ListSetting::setValue(const std::string& value)
 	{
 		std::vector<std::string> values;
diff --git a/DDrawCompat/Config/ListSetting.h b/DDrawCompat/Config/ListSetting.h
index e94597b..91b2265 100644
--- a/DDrawCompat/Config/ListSetting.h
+++ b/DDrawCompat/Config/ListSetting.h
@@ -13,5 +13,7 @@ namespace Config
 
 		virtual void setValue(const std::string& value) override;
 		virtual void setValues(const std::vector<std::string>& values) = 0;
+
+		static void appendToList(std::string& list, const std::string& value);
 	};
 }
diff --git a/DDrawCompat/Config/Settings/SurfacePatches.cpp b/DDrawCompat/Config/Settings/SurfacePatches.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d6cea4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DDrawCompat/Config/Settings/SurfacePatches.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+#include <Common/Comparison.h>
+#include <Config/Parser.h>
+#include <Config/Settings/SurfacePatches.h>
+
+namespace Config
+{
+	namespace Settings
+	{
+		SurfacePatches::SurfacePatches()
+			: ListSetting("SurfacePatches", "none")
+			, m_top(0)
+			, m_bottom(0)
+		{
+		}
+
+		std::string SurfacePatches::getValueStr() const
+		{
+			std::string result;
+			if (0 != m_top)
+			{
+				appendToList(result, "top:" + std::to_string(m_top));
+			}
+			if (0 != m_bottom)
+			{
+				appendToList(result, "bottom:" + std::to_string(m_bottom));
+			}
+			if (result.empty())
+			{
+				result = "none";
+			}
+			return result;
+		}
+
+		void SurfacePatches::setValues(const std::vector<std::string>& values)
+		{
+			unsigned top = 0;
+			unsigned bottom = 0;
+
+			for (const auto& v : values)
+			{
+				if ("none" == v)
+				{
+					if (1 != values.size())
+					{
+						throw ParsingError("'none' cannot be combined with other values");
+					}
+					m_top = 0;
+					m_bottom = 0;
+					return;
+				}
+
+				auto separator = v.find(':');
+				if (std::string::npos == separator || 0 == separator || v.size() - 1 == separator)
+				{
+					throw ParsingError("invalid value: '" + v + "'");
+				}
+
+				auto specifier = v.substr(0, separator);
+				auto rows = Parser::parseInt(v.substr(separator + 1), 1, 1000);
+				if ("top" == specifier)
+				{
+					top = rows;
+				}
+				else if ("bottom" == specifier)
+				{
+					bottom = rows;
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					throw ParsingError("invalid specifier: '" + specifier + "'");
+				}
+			}
+
+			m_top = top;
+			m_bottom = bottom;
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/DDrawCompat/Config/Settings/SurfacePatches.h b/DDrawCompat/Config/Settings/SurfacePatches.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d3b6cba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DDrawCompat/Config/Settings/SurfacePatches.h
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <Config/ListSetting.h>
+
+namespace Config
+{
+	namespace Settings
+	{
+		class SurfacePatches : public ListSetting
+		{
+		public:
+			SurfacePatches();
+
+			virtual std::string getValueStr() const override;
+
+			unsigned getTop() const { return m_top; }
+			unsigned getBottom() const { return m_bottom; }
+
+		private:
+			void setValues(const std::vector<std::string>& values) override;
+
+			unsigned m_top;
+			unsigned m_bottom;
+		};
+	}
+
+	extern Settings::SurfacePatches surfacePatches;
+}
diff --git a/DDrawCompat/D3dDdi/Resource.cpp b/DDrawCompat/D3dDdi/Resource.cpp
index 8f975af..88c3411 100644
--- a/DDrawCompat/D3dDdi/Resource.cpp
+++ b/DDrawCompat/D3dDdi/Resource.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <Config/Settings/ColorKeyMethod.h>
 #include <Config/Settings/DepthFormat.h>
 #include <Config/Settings/ResolutionScaleFilter.h>
+#include <Config/Settings/SurfacePatches.h>
 #include <D3dDdi/Adapter.h>
 #include <D3dDdi/Device.h>
 #include <D3dDdi/KernelModeThunks.h>
@@ -620,11 +621,20 @@ namespace D3dDdi
 			}
 		}
 
+		unsigned topExtraRows = 0;
+		unsigned totalExtraRows = 0;
+		if (1 == m_fixedData.SurfCount && !m_origData.Flags.Texture)
+		{
+			topExtraRows = Config::surfacePatches.getTop();
+			totalExtraRows = topExtraRows + Config::surfacePatches.getBottom();
+		}
+
 		std::uintptr_t bufferSize = reinterpret_cast<std::uintptr_t>(surfaceInfo.back().pSysMem) +
-			surfaceInfo.back().SysMemPitch * surfaceInfo.back().Height + ALIGNMENT;
+			surfaceInfo.back().SysMemPitch * (surfaceInfo.back().Height + totalExtraRows) + ALIGNMENT;
 		m_lockBuffer.reset(HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), HEAP_ZERO_MEMORY, bufferSize));
 
-		BYTE* bufferStart = static_cast<BYTE*>(DDraw::Surface::alignBuffer(m_lockBuffer.get()));
+		BYTE* bufferStart = static_cast<BYTE*>(DDraw::Surface::alignBuffer(
+			static_cast<BYTE*>(m_lockBuffer.get()) + topExtraRows * surfaceInfo.back().SysMemPitch));
 		for (UINT i = 0; i < m_fixedData.SurfCount; ++i)
 		{
 			surfaceInfo[i].pSysMem = bufferStart + reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(surfaceInfo[i].pSysMem);
diff --git a/DDrawCompat/DDrawCompat.vcxproj b/DDrawCompat/DDrawCompat.vcxproj
index 5ccf80c..b7f45e1 100644
--- a/DDrawCompat/DDrawCompat.vcxproj
+++ b/DDrawCompat/DDrawCompat.vcxproj
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="Config\Settings\SupportedDepthFormats.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="Config\Settings\SupportedResolutions.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="Config\Settings\SupportedTextureFormats.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="Config\Settings\SurfacePatches.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="Config\Settings\TerminateHotKey.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="Config\Settings\TextureFilter.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="Config\Settings\ThreadPriorityBoost.h" />
@@ -366,6 +367,7 @@
     <ClCompile Include="Config\Settings\SupportedDepthFormats.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="Config\Settings\SupportedResolutions.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="Config\Settings\SupportedTextureFormats.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="Config\Settings\SurfacePatches.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="Config\Settings\TextureFilter.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="Config\Settings\VSync.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="Config\Settings\WinVersionLie.cpp" />
diff --git a/DDrawCompat/DDrawCompat.vcxproj.filters b/DDrawCompat/DDrawCompat.vcxproj.filters
index 2d572ca..2343e09 100644
--- a/DDrawCompat/DDrawCompat.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/DDrawCompat/DDrawCompat.vcxproj.filters
@@ -711,6 +711,9 @@
     <ClInclude Include="Overlay\Steam.h">
       <Filter>Header Files\Overlay</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
+    <ClInclude Include="Config\Settings\SurfacePatches.h">
+      <Filter>Header Files\Config\Settings</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClCompile Include="Gdi\Gdi.cpp">
@@ -1112,6 +1115,9 @@
     <ClCompile Include="Overlay\Steam.cpp">
       <Filter>Source Files\Overlay</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="Config\Settings\SurfacePatches.cpp">
+      <Filter>Source Files\Config\Settings</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ResourceCompile Include="DDrawCompat.rc">
diff --git a/DDrawCompat/Gdi/VirtualScreen.cpp b/DDrawCompat/Gdi/VirtualScreen.cpp
index 61e775d..6d8ea5e 100644
--- a/DDrawCompat/Gdi/VirtualScreen.cpp
+++ b/DDrawCompat/Gdi/VirtualScreen.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #include <map>
 
-#include <Config/Settings/AlignSysMemSurfaces.h>
 #include <Common/ScopedCriticalSection.h>
+#include <Config/Settings/AlignSysMemSurfaces.h>
+#include <Config/Settings/SurfacePatches.h>
 #include <D3dDdi/Device.h>
 #include <D3dDdi/Resource.h>
 #include <D3dDdi/ScopedCriticalSection.h>
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ namespace
 	LONG g_width = 0;
 	LONG g_height = 0;
 	DWORD g_pitch = 0;
+	DWORD g_startOffset = 0;
 	HANDLE g_surfaceFileMapping = nullptr;
 	void* g_surfaceView = nullptr;
 	bool g_isFullscreen = false;
@@ -82,7 +84,7 @@ namespace
 		}
 
 		void* bits = nullptr;
-		return CreateDIBSection(nullptr, &bmi, DIB_RGB_COLORS, &bits, section, Config::alignSysMemSurfaces.get());
+		return CreateDIBSection(nullptr, &bmi, DIB_RGB_COLORS, &bits, section, g_startOffset);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -206,7 +208,7 @@ namespace Gdi
 			desc.ddpfPixelFormat = DDraw::DirectDraw::getRgbPixelFormat(g_bpp);
 			desc.ddsCaps.dwCaps = DDSCAPS_OFFSCREENPLAIN | DDSCAPS_SYSTEMMEMORY;
 			desc.lPitch = g_pitch;
-			desc.lpSurface = static_cast<unsigned char*>(g_surfaceView) + Config::alignSysMemSurfaces.get() +
+			desc.lpSurface = static_cast<unsigned char*>(g_surfaceView) + g_startOffset +
 				(rect.top - g_bounds.top) * g_pitch +
 				(rect.left - g_bounds.left) * g_bpp / 8;
 			return desc;
@@ -287,10 +289,16 @@ namespace Gdi
 					CloseHandle(g_surfaceFileMapping);
 				}
 
+				auto totalExtraRows = Config::surfacePatches.getTop() + Config::surfacePatches.getBottom();
 				g_surfaceFileMapping = CreateFileMapping(INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE, nullptr, PAGE_READWRITE, 0,
-					g_pitch * g_height + 8, nullptr);
+					(g_height + totalExtraRows) * g_pitch + DDraw::Surface::ALIGNMENT, nullptr);
 				g_surfaceView = MapViewOfFile(g_surfaceFileMapping, FILE_MAP_WRITE, 0, 0, 0);
 
+				auto start = static_cast<BYTE*>(g_surfaceView);
+				start += Config::surfacePatches.getTop() * g_pitch;
+				start = static_cast<BYTE*>(DDraw::Surface::alignBuffer(start));
+				g_startOffset = start - static_cast<BYTE*>(g_surfaceView);
+
 				for (auto& dc : g_dcs)
 				{
 					SelectObject(dc.first, createDib(dc.second.useDefaultPalette));