diff --git a/hinting.js b/hinting.js
index 0ceeb2b..b7ae5f8 100644
--- a/hinting.js
+++ b/hinting.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 function Hints() {
     var config = {
         maxAllowedHints: 500,
-        hintCss: "z-index:100000;font-family:monospace;font-size:10px;"
+        hintCss: "z-index:100000;font-family:monospace;font-size:%%%HINTING_FONT_SIZE_PLACEHOLDER%%%px;"
                + "font-weight:bold;color:white;background-color:red;"
                + "padding:0px 1px;position:absolute;",
         hintClass: "hinting_mode_hint",
diff --git a/settings.c b/settings.c
index 9267d69..65a5a19 100644
--- a/settings.c
+++ b/settings.c
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ int		edit_mode = XT_EM_HYBRID;
 char		*include_config = NULL;
 int		anonymize_headers = 0;
 int		tabless = 0;	/* allow only 1 tab */
+int             hinting_font_size = 10; /* 10 px by default */
 
 /* runtime settings */
 int		show_tabs = XT_DS_SHOW_TABS;	/* show tabs on notebook */
@@ -293,6 +294,7 @@ int		check_statusbar_font(char **);
 int		check_statusbar_style(char **);
 int		check_tab_style(char **);
 int		check_tabless(char **);
+int		check_hinting_font_size(char **);
 int		check_tabbar_font(char **);
 int		check_url_regex(char **);
 int		check_userstyle(char **);
@@ -577,6 +579,7 @@ struct settings		rs[] = {
 	{ "tab_style",			XT_S_STR, 0, NULL, NULL,&s_tab_style, NULL, set_tab_style_rt, check_tab_style, TT_TAB_STYLE },
 	{ "tabbar_font",		XT_S_STR, 0, NULL, &tabbar_font_name, NULL, NULL, set_tabbar_font, check_tabbar_font, TT_TABBAR_FONT },
 	{ "tabless",			XT_S_BOOL, 0,		&tabless, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, check_tabless, TT_TABLESS },
+        { "hinting_font_size",          XT_S_INT, 0,            &hinting_font_size, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, check_hinting_font_size, TT_HINTING_FONT_SIZE },
 	{ "url_regex",			XT_S_STR, 0, NULL,	&url_regex, NULL, NULL, set_url_regex, check_url_regex, TT_URL_REGEX },
 	{ "userstyle",			XT_S_STR, 0, NULL, NULL,&s_userstyle, NULL, set_userstyle_rt, check_userstyle, TT_USERSTYLE },
 	{ "userstyle_global",		XT_S_BOOL, 0,		&userstyle_global, NULL, NULL, NULL, set_userstyle_global, check_userstyle_global, TT_USERSTYLE_GLOBAL },
@@ -3444,6 +3447,15 @@ check_window_width(char **tt)
 	return (window_width != 1024);
 }
 
+
+int
+check_hinting_font_size(char **tt)
+{
+	*tt = g_strdup_printf("Default: %d", 10);
+	return (hinting_font_size != 10);
+}
+
+ 
 int
 check_work_dir(char **tt)
 {
diff --git a/xombrero.1 b/xombrero.1
index b9b25da..3699805 100644
--- a/xombrero.1
+++ b/xombrero.1
@@ -1689,6 +1689,9 @@ Set the work directory where all
 scratch files are stored.
 Default is
 .Cm ~/.xombrero .
+.It Cm hinting_font_size
+Sets the size, in pixels, of font used for numbers prefixing the
+links when hinting is active. Default is 10.
 .El
 .Sh HISTORY
 .Nm
diff --git a/xombrero.c b/xombrero.c
index 39ccf32..bb723ca 100644
--- a/xombrero.c
+++ b/xombrero.c
@@ -1079,6 +1079,9 @@ js_ref_to_string(JSContextRef context, JSValueRef ref)
 #define XT_JS_INSERT		("insert;")
 #define XT_JS_INSERT_LEN	(strlen(XT_JS_INSERT))
 
+static char *JS_HINTING_PARSED = NULL;
+#define JS_HINTING_ACTUAL (JS_HINTING_PARSED?JS_HINTING_PARSED:JS_HINTING)
+		
 int
 run_script(struct tab *t, char *s)
 {
@@ -1089,7 +1092,7 @@ run_script(struct tab *t, char *s)
 	char			*es;
 
 	DNPRINTF(XT_D_JS, "%s: tab %d %s\n", __func__,
-	    t->tab_id, s == (char *)JS_HINTING ? "JS_HINTING" : s);
+	    t->tab_id, s == (char *)JS_HINTING_ACTUAL ? "JS_HINTING" : s);
 
 	frame = webkit_web_view_get_main_frame(t->wv);
 	ctx = webkit_web_frame_get_global_context(frame);
@@ -4250,7 +4253,9 @@ notify_load_status_cb(WebKitWebView* wview, GParamSpec* pspec, struct tab *t)
 		}
 
 		show_ca_status(t, uri);
-		run_script(t, JS_HINTING);
+                
+                
+		run_script(t, JS_HINTING_ACTUAL);
 		if (enable_autoscroll)
 			run_script(t, JS_AUTOSCROLL);
 		break;
@@ -8477,6 +8482,25 @@ welcome(void)
 	    "wiki page</a><p>");
 }
 
+
+void
+setup_hinting(void)
+{
+	const char *magic = "%%%HINTING_FONT_SIZE_PLACEHOLDER%%%";
+	size_t n_magic = strlen(magic);
+	size_t n_max = 0;
+  
+	if(!(JS_HINTING)) return;
+
+	char *magic_ptr = strstr(JS_HINTING, magic);
+	if(!magic_ptr) return;
+     
+	JS_HINTING_PARSED = malloc((n_max = strlen(JS_HINTING))+1);
+	char *rest = stpncpy(JS_HINTING_PARSED, JS_HINTING, magic_ptr-JS_HINTING);
+	snprintf(rest, n_max - (rest-JS_HINTING_PARSED), "%d%s",
+		 hinting_font_size, magic_ptr + n_magic);
+}
+
 int
 main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
@@ -8914,6 +8938,8 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	setup_css();
 #endif
 
+        setup_hinting();
+        
 	gtk_main();
 
 	gnutls_global_deinit();
diff --git a/xombrero.h b/xombrero.h
index 303ef1c..2aad0c1 100644
--- a/xombrero.h
+++ b/xombrero.h
@@ -882,6 +882,8 @@ extern int	browser_mode;
 extern int	enable_localstorage;
 extern char	*statusbar_elems;
 
+extern int	hinting_font_size;
+
 #if SOUP_CHECK_VERSION(2, 42, 2)
 extern GProxyResolver	*proxy_uri;
 extern gchar		*proxy_exclude[];