diff --git a/HEADER.js b/HEADER.js
index b3a79c8b7ac..15315a10f2f 100644
--- a/HEADER.js
+++ b/HEADER.js
@@ -118,6 +118,21 @@ fabric.devicePixelRatio = fabric.window.devicePixelRatio ||
                           fabric.window.webkitDevicePixelRatio ||
                           fabric.window.mozDevicePixelRatio ||
                           1;
+/**
+ * Browser-specific constant to adjust CanvasRenderingContext2D.shadowBlur value,
+ * which is unitless and not rendered equally across browsers.
+ *
+ * Values that work quite well (as of October 2017) are:
+ * - Chrome: 1.5
+ * - Edge: 1.75
+ * - Firefox: 0.9
+ * - Safari: 0.95
+ *
+ * @since 2.0.0
+ * @type Number
+ * @default 1
+ */
+fabric.browserShadowBlurConstant = 1;
 
 fabric.initFilterBackend = function() {
   if (fabric.enableGLFiltering && fabric.isWebglSupported && fabric.isWebglSupported(fabric.textureSize)) {
diff --git a/src/shapes/object.class.js b/src/shapes/object.class.js
index 6c61727154c..f8785f6ad9c 100644
--- a/src/shapes/object.class.js
+++ b/src/shapes/object.class.js
@@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@
         multY *= fabric.devicePixelRatio;
       }
       ctx.shadowColor = this.shadow.color;
-      ctx.shadowBlur = this.shadow.blur * (multX + multY) * (scaling.scaleX + scaling.scaleY) / 4;
+      ctx.shadowBlur = this.shadow.blur * fabric.browserShadowBlurConstant * (multX + multY) * (scaling.scaleX + scaling.scaleY) / 4;
       ctx.shadowOffsetX = this.shadow.offsetX * multX * scaling.scaleX;
       ctx.shadowOffsetY = this.shadow.offsetY * multY * scaling.scaleY;
     },
diff --git a/test/unit/object.js b/test/unit/object.js
index eb4e7598a4a..22378a776de 100644
--- a/test/unit/object.js
+++ b/test/unit/object.js
@@ -1197,20 +1197,26 @@
       offsetY: 15
     });
     object._setShadow(context);
-    assert.equal(context.shadowOffsetX, object.shadow.offsetX);
-    assert.equal(context.shadowOffsetY, object.shadow.offsetY);
-    assert.equal(context.shadowBlur, object.shadow.blur);
+    assert.equal(context.shadowOffsetX, object.shadow.offsetX, 'shadow offsetX is set');
+    assert.equal(context.shadowOffsetY, object.shadow.offsetY, 'shadow offsetY is set');
+    assert.equal(context.shadowBlur, object.shadow.blur, 'shadow blur is set');
+    fabric.browserShadowBlurConstant = 1.5;
+    object._setShadow(context);
+    assert.equal(context.shadowOffsetX, object.shadow.offsetX, 'shadow offsetX is unchanged with browserConstant');
+    assert.equal(context.shadowOffsetY, object.shadow.offsetY, 'shadow offsetY is unchanged with browserConstant');
+    assert.equal(context.shadowBlur, object.shadow.blur * 1.5, 'shadow blur is affected with browserConstant');
+    fabric.browserShadowBlurConstant = 1;
     object.scaleX = 2;
     object.scaleY = 3;
     object._setShadow(context);
-    assert.equal(context.shadowOffsetX, object.shadow.offsetX * object.scaleX);
-    assert.equal(context.shadowOffsetY, object.shadow.offsetY * object.scaleY);
-    assert.equal(context.shadowBlur, object.shadow.blur * (object.scaleX + object.scaleY) / 2);
+    assert.equal(context.shadowOffsetX, object.shadow.offsetX * object.scaleX, 'shadow offsetX is affected by scaleX');
+    assert.equal(context.shadowOffsetY, object.shadow.offsetY * object.scaleY, 'shadow offsetY is affected by scaleY');
+    assert.equal(context.shadowBlur, object.shadow.blur * (object.scaleX + object.scaleY) / 2, 'shadow blur is affected by scaleY and scaleX');
     object.group = group;
     object._setShadow(context);
-    assert.equal(context.shadowOffsetX, object.shadow.offsetX * object.scaleX * group.scaleX);
-    assert.equal(context.shadowOffsetY, object.shadow.offsetY * object.scaleY * group.scaleY);
-    assert.equal(context.shadowBlur, object.shadow.blur * (object.scaleX * group.scaleX + object.scaleY * group.scaleY) / 2);
+    assert.equal(context.shadowOffsetX, object.shadow.offsetX * object.scaleX * group.scaleX, 'shadow offsetX is affected by scaleX and group.scaleX');
+    assert.equal(context.shadowOffsetY, object.shadow.offsetY * object.scaleY * group.scaleY, 'shadow offsetX is affected by scaleX and group.scaleX');
+    assert.equal(context.shadowBlur, object.shadow.blur * (object.scaleX * group.scaleX + object.scaleY * group.scaleY) / 2, 'shadow blur is affected by scales');
   });
 
   QUnit.test('willDrawShadow', function(assert) {