diff --git a/js/geo/transform.js b/js/geo/transform.js
index 6dea5be0bf3..e786434132c 100644
--- a/js/geo/transform.js
+++ b/js/geo/transform.js
@@ -454,6 +454,15 @@ class Transform {
         mat4.rotateZ(m, m, this.angle);
         mat4.translate(m, m, [-this.x, -this.y, 0]);
 
+        const circumferenceOfEarth = 2 * Math.PI * 6378137;
+
+        mat4.scale(m, m, [1, 1,
+            // scale vertically to meters per pixel (inverse of ground resolution):
+            // (2^z * tileSize) / (circumferenceOfEarth * cos(lat * π / 180))
+            (Math.pow(2, this.zoom) * this.tileSize) /
+            (circumferenceOfEarth * Math.abs(Math.cos(this.center.lat * (Math.PI / 180)))),
+            1]);
+
         this.projMatrix = m;
 
         // matrix for conversion from location to screen coordinates
diff --git a/js/render/draw_fill_extrusion.js b/js/render/draw_fill_extrusion.js
index 44039cf0521..ca8e62243f4 100644
--- a/js/render/draw_fill_extrusion.js
+++ b/js/render/draw_fill_extrusion.js
@@ -162,7 +162,13 @@ function drawExtrusion(painter, source, layer, coord) {
         setPattern(image, tile, coord, painter, program, true);
     }
 
-    setMatrix(program, painter, coord, tile, layer);
+    painter.gl.uniformMatrix4fv(program.u_matrix, false, painter.translatePosMatrix(
+        coord.posMatrix,
+        tile,
+        layer.paint['fill-extrusion-translate'],
+        layer.paint['fill-extrusion-translate-anchor']
+    ));
+
     setLight(program, painter);
 
     for (const segment of buffers.segments) {
@@ -171,21 +177,6 @@ function drawExtrusion(painter, source, layer, coord) {
     }
 }
 
-function setMatrix(program, painter, coord, tile, layer) {
-    const zScale = Math.pow(2, painter.transform.zoom) / 50000;
-
-    painter.gl.uniformMatrix4fv(program.u_matrix, false, mat4.scale(
-        mat4.create(),
-        painter.translatePosMatrix(
-            coord.posMatrix,
-            tile,
-            layer.paint['fill-extrusion-translate'],
-            layer.paint['fill-extrusion-translate-anchor']
-        ),
-        [1, 1, zScale, 1])
-    );
-}
-
 function setLight(program, painter) {
     const gl = painter.gl;
     const light = painter.style.light;
diff --git a/test/js/ui/map.test.js b/test/js/ui/map.test.js
index 02ab9957afe..38c44c052a1 100755
--- a/test/js/ui/map.test.js
+++ b/test/js/ui/map.test.js
@@ -382,10 +382,15 @@ test('Map', (t) => {
         function toFixed(bounds) {
             const n = 10;
             return [
-                [bounds[0][0].toFixed(n), bounds[0][1].toFixed(n)],
-                [bounds[1][0].toFixed(n), bounds[1][1].toFixed(n)]
+                [normalizeFixed(bounds[0][0], n), normalizeFixed(bounds[0][1], n)],
+                [normalizeFixed(bounds[1][0], n), normalizeFixed(bounds[1][1], n)]
             ];
         }
+
+        function normalizeFixed(num, n) {
+            // workaround for "-0.0000000000" ≠ "0.0000000000"
+            return parseFloat(num.toFixed(n)).toFixed(n);
+        }
     });
 
     t.test('#setMaxBounds', (t) => {