diff --git a/Nasal/controls.nas b/Nasal/controls.nas
index b2c908126..a7deac4b8 100644
--- a/Nasal/controls.nas
+++ b/Nasal/controls.nas
@@ -734,3 +734,14 @@ var cycleMouseMode = func(node)
 }
 
 addcommand("cycle-mouse-mode", cycleMouseMode);
+
+var setMouseFlightControlsSensitivity = func(sensitivity)
+{
+ setprop("/input/mice/mouse/mode[1]/y-axis/binding[0]/factor", -sensitivity);
+ setprop("/input/mice/mouse/mode[1]/x-axis/binding[0]/factor", sensitivity);
+ setprop("/input/mice/mouse/mode[1]/x-axis/binding[1]/factor", sensitivity);
+}
+
+setlistener("/sim/mouse/flight-controls-sensitivity", func(prop){
+ setMouseFlightControlsSensitivity(prop.getValue())
+}, 1, 0);
diff --git a/defaults.xml b/defaults.xml
index 751884ea7..872a33032 100644
--- a/defaults.xml
+++ b/defaults.xml
@@ -735,6 +735,7 @@ Started September 2000 by David Megginson, david@megginson.com
       <drag-sensitivity type="double" userarchive="y">1.0</drag-sensitivity>
       <invert-mouse-wheel type="bool" userarchive="y">false</invert-mouse-wheel>
       <skip-flight-controls-mode type="bool" userarchive="y">false</skip-flight-controls-mode>
+      <flight-controls-sensitivity type="double" userarchive="y">4.0</flight-controls-sensitivity>
       <mouse-rudder-elevator type="bool" userarchive="y">false</mouse-rudder-elevator>
     </mouse>
     <replay>
diff --git a/gui/dialogs/input-config.xml b/gui/dialogs/input-config.xml
index 4903100b7..5d4b1cc60 100644
--- a/gui/dialogs/input-config.xml
+++ b/gui/dialogs/input-config.xml
@@ -172,9 +172,36 @@
       <col>1</col>
     </checkbox>
 
+    <text>
+      <halign>left</halign>
+      <label>Flight controls sensitivity</label>
+      <row>1</row>
+      <col>1</col>
+    </text>
+    <slider>
+      <halign>left</halign>
+      <min>0.1</min>
+      <max>4.0</max>
+      <step>0.1</step>
+      <property>/sim/mouse/flight-controls-sensitivity</property>
+      <binding>
+        <command>dialog-apply</command>
+      </binding>
+      <row>1</row>
+      <col>2</col>
+    </slider>
+    <text>
+      <halign>left</halign>
+      <format>%1.1f</format>
+      <property>/sim/mouse/flight-controls-sensitivity</property>
+      <live>true</live>
+      <row>1</row>
+      <col>3</col>
+    </text>
+
     <!-- empty line before next -->
     <text>
-      <row>1</row>
+      <row>2</row>
       <col>0</col>
       <label> </label>
       <halign>left</halign>