diff --git a/src/video/uikit/SDL_uikitmodes.h b/src/video/uikit/SDL_uikitmodes.h
index d6faa11fe..cab81854b 100644
--- a/src/video/uikit/SDL_uikitmodes.h
+++ b/src/video/uikit/SDL_uikitmodes.h
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@
 
 @interface SDL_DisplayData : NSObject
 
+- (instancetype)init;
+
 @property (nonatomic, strong) UIScreen *uiscreen;
+@property (nonatomic) float screenDPI;
 
 @end
 
@@ -41,6 +44,7 @@ extern SDL_bool UIKit_IsDisplayLandscape(UIScreen *uiscreen);
 
 extern int UIKit_InitModes(_THIS);
 extern void UIKit_GetDisplayModes(_THIS, SDL_VideoDisplay * display);
+extern int UIKit_GetDisplayDPI(_THIS, SDL_VideoDisplay * display, float * ddpi, float * hdpi, float * vdpi);
 extern int UIKit_SetDisplayMode(_THIS, SDL_VideoDisplay * display, SDL_DisplayMode * mode);
 extern void UIKit_QuitModes(_THIS);
 extern int UIKit_GetDisplayUsableBounds(_THIS, SDL_VideoDisplay * display, SDL_Rect * rect);
diff --git a/src/video/uikit/SDL_uikitmodes.m b/src/video/uikit/SDL_uikitmodes.m
index be34b0691..2b40dbb2d 100644
--- a/src/video/uikit/SDL_uikitmodes.m
+++ b/src/video/uikit/SDL_uikitmodes.m
@@ -27,9 +27,150 @@
 
 #include "../../events/SDL_events_c.h"
 
+#import <sys/utsname.h>
+
 @implementation SDL_DisplayData
 
+- (instancetype)initWithScreen:(UIScreen*)screen
+{
+    if (self = [super init]) {
+        self.uiscreen = screen;
+
+        /*
+         * A well up to date list of device info can be found here:
+         * https://github.com/lmirosevic/GBDeviceInfo/blob/master/GBDeviceInfo/GBDeviceInfo_iOS.m
+         */
+        NSDictionary* devices = @{
+            @"iPhone1,1": @163,
+            @"iPhone1,2": @163,
+            @"iPhone2,1": @163,
+            @"iPhone3,1": @326,
+            @"iPhone3,2": @326,
+            @"iPhone3,3": @326,
+            @"iPhone4,1": @326,
+            @"iPhone5,1": @326,
+            @"iPhone5,2": @326,
+            @"iPhone5,3": @326,
+            @"iPhone5,4": @326,
+            @"iPhone6,1": @326,
+            @"iPhone6,2": @326,
+            @"iPhone7,1": @401,
+            @"iPhone7,2": @326,
+            @"iPhone8,1": @326,
+            @"iPhone8,2": @401,
+            @"iPhone8,4": @326,
+            @"iPhone9,1": @326,
+            @"iPhone9,2": @401,
+            @"iPhone9,3": @326,
+            @"iPhone9,4": @401,
+            @"iPhone10,1": @326,
+            @"iPhone10,2": @401,
+            @"iPhone10,3": @458,
+            @"iPhone10,4": @326,
+            @"iPhone10,5": @401,
+            @"iPhone10,6": @458,
+            @"iPhone11,2": @458,
+            @"iPhone11,4": @458,
+            @"iPhone11,6": @458,
+            @"iPhone11,8": @326,
+            @"iPhone12,1": @326,
+            @"iPhone12,3": @458,
+            @"iPhone12,5": @458,
+            @"iPad1,1": @132,
+            @"iPad2,1": @132,
+            @"iPad2,2": @132,
+            @"iPad2,3": @132,
+            @"iPad2,4": @132,
+            @"iPad2,5": @163,
+            @"iPad2,6": @163,
+            @"iPad2,7": @163,
+            @"iPad3,1": @264,
+            @"iPad3,2": @264,
+            @"iPad3,3": @264,
+            @"iPad3,4": @264,
+            @"iPad3,5": @264,
+            @"iPad3,6": @264,
+            @"iPad4,1": @264,
+            @"iPad4,2": @264,
+            @"iPad4,3": @264,
+            @"iPad4,4": @326,
+            @"iPad4,5": @326,
+            @"iPad4,6": @326,
+            @"iPad4,7": @326,
+            @"iPad4,8": @326,
+            @"iPad4,9": @326,
+            @"iPad5,1": @326,
+            @"iPad5,2": @326,
+            @"iPad5,3": @264,
+            @"iPad5,4": @264,
+            @"iPad6,3": @264,
+            @"iPad6,4": @264,
+            @"iPad6,7": @264,
+            @"iPad6,8": @264,
+            @"iPad6,11": @264,
+            @"iPad6,12": @264,
+            @"iPad7,1": @264,
+            @"iPad7,2": @264,
+            @"iPad7,3": @264,
+            @"iPad7,4": @264,
+            @"iPad7,5": @264,
+            @"iPad7,6": @264,
+            @"iPad7,11": @264,
+            @"iPad7,12": @264,
+            @"iPad8,1": @264,
+            @"iPad8,2": @264,
+            @"iPad8,3": @264,
+            @"iPad8,4": @264,
+            @"iPad8,5": @264,
+            @"iPad8,6": @264,
+            @"iPad8,7": @264,
+            @"iPad8,8": @264,
+            @"iPad11,1": @326,
+            @"iPad11,2": @326,
+            @"iPad11,3": @326,
+            @"iPad11,4": @326,
+            @"iPod1,1": @163,
+            @"iPod2,1": @163,
+            @"iPod3,1": @163,
+            @"iPod4,1": @326,
+            @"iPod5,1": @326,
+            @"iPod7,1": @326,
+            @"iPod9,1": @326,
+        };
+
+        struct utsname systemInfo;
+        uname(&systemInfo);
+        NSString* deviceName =
+            [NSString stringWithCString:systemInfo.machine encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
+        id foundDPI = devices[deviceName];
+        if (foundDPI) {
+            self.screenDPI = (float)[foundDPI integerValue];
+        } else {
+            /*
+             * Estimate the DPI based on the screen scale multiplied by the base DPI for the device
+             * type (e.g. based on iPhone 1 and iPad 1)
+             */
+    #if __IPHONE_OS_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED >= 80000
+            float scale = (float)screen.nativeScale;
+    #else
+            float scale = (float)screen.scale;
+    #endif
+            float defaultDPI;
+            if (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad) {
+                defaultDPI = 132.0f;
+            } else if (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone) {
+                defaultDPI = 163.0f;
+            } else {
+                defaultDPI = 160.0f;
+            }
+            self.screenDPI = scale * defaultDPI;
+        }
+    }
+    return self;
+}
+
 @synthesize uiscreen;
+@synthesize screenDPI;
 
 @end
 
@@ -153,14 +294,12 @@ UIKit_AddDisplay(UIScreen *uiscreen)
     display.current_mode = mode;
 
     /* Allocate the display data */
-    SDL_DisplayData *data = [[SDL_DisplayData alloc] init];
+    SDL_DisplayData *data = [[SDL_DisplayData alloc] initWithScreen:uiscreen];
     if (!data) {
         UIKit_FreeDisplayModeData(&display.desktop_mode);
         return SDL_OutOfMemory();
     }
 
-    data.uiscreen = uiscreen;
-
     display.driverdata = (void *) CFBridgingRetain(data);
     SDL_AddVideoDisplay(&display);
 
@@ -243,6 +382,27 @@ UIKit_GetDisplayModes(_THIS, SDL_VideoDisplay * display)
     }
 }
 
+int
+UIKit_GetDisplayDPI(_THIS, SDL_VideoDisplay * display, float * ddpi, float * hdpi, float * vdpi)
+{
+    @autoreleasepool {
+        SDL_DisplayData *data = (__bridge SDL_DisplayData *) display->driverdata;
+        float dpi = data.screenDPI;
+
+        if (ddpi) {
+            *ddpi = dpi * (float)SDL_sqrt(2.0);
+        }
+        if (hdpi) {
+            *hdpi = dpi;
+        }
+        if (vdpi) {
+            *vdpi = dpi;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 int
 UIKit_SetDisplayMode(_THIS, SDL_VideoDisplay * display, SDL_DisplayMode * mode)
 {