diff --git a/src/lib/visual.c b/src/lib/visual.c
index baa147b32..e9d3efdba 100644
--- a/src/lib/visual.c
+++ b/src/lib/visual.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ int ncvisual_blit(ncvisual* ncv, int rows, int cols, ncplane* n,
                   const struct blitset* bset, const blitterargs* barg){
   // FIMXE see #1576 -- if requested, do scaling here, with resize_bitmap()
   int ret = -1;
-  if(visual_implementation){
+  if(visual_implementation && !(barg->flags & NCVISUAL_OPTION_NOINTERPOLATE)){
     if(visual_implementation->visual_blit(ncv, rows, cols, n, bset, barg) >= 0){
       ret = 0;
     }