diff --git a/src/render/wiiu/SDL_rtexture_wiiu.c b/src/render/wiiu/SDL_rtexture_wiiu.c
index b656f720b..26cf5a035 100644
--- a/src/render/wiiu/SDL_rtexture_wiiu.c
+++ b/src/render/wiiu/SDL_rtexture_wiiu.c
@@ -51,7 +51,12 @@ int WIIU_SDL_CreateTexture(SDL_Renderer * renderer, SDL_Texture * texture)
         return SDL_OutOfMemory();
 
     // Setup sampler
-    GX2InitSampler(&tdata->sampler, GX2_TEX_CLAMP_MODE_CLAMP, GX2_TEX_XY_FILTER_MODE_LINEAR);
+    if (texture->scaleMode == SDL_ScaleModeNearest) {
+        GX2InitSampler(&tdata->sampler, GX2_TEX_CLAMP_MODE_CLAMP, GX2_TEX_XY_FILTER_MODE_POINT);
+    } else {
+        GX2InitSampler(&tdata->sampler, GX2_TEX_CLAMP_MODE_CLAMP, GX2_TEX_XY_FILTER_MODE_LINEAR);
+    }
+
 
     gx2_fmt = SDLFormatToWIIUFormat(texture->format);