diff --git a/code/game/jobs/job_scaling.dm b/code/game/jobs/job_scaling.dm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7d8804783f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/game/jobs/job_scaling.dm
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/hook/roundstart/proc/jobscaling()
+	sleep(10 SECONDS) // give everyone time to finish spawning, and the lag to die down
+	var/playercount = length(clients)
+	var/highpop_trigger = 80
+
+	if(playercount >= highpop_trigger)
+		log_debug("Playercount: [playercount] versus trigger: [highpop_trigger] - loading highpop job config");
+		job_master.LoadJobs("config/jobs_highpop.txt")
+	else
+		log_debug("Playercount: [playercount] versus trigger: [highpop_trigger] - keeping standard job config");
+	return 1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/example/jobs_highpop.txt b/config/example/jobs_highpop.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..962803ab886
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/example/jobs_highpop.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+Captain=1
+Head of Personnel=1
+Head of Security=1
+Chief Engineer=1
+Research Director=1
+Chief Medical Officer=1
+
+Station Engineer=5
+Roboticist=1
+
+Medical Doctor=5
+Geneticist=2
+Virologist=1
+
+Scientist=3
+Chemist=2
+
+Bartender=1
+Botanist=2
+Chef=1
+Janitor=1
+Quartermaster=1
+Shaft Miner=3
+
+Warden=1
+Detective=1
+Security Officer=7
+
+Assistant=-1
+Atmospheric Technician=4
+Cargo Technician=3
+Chaplain=1
+Lawyer=2
+Librarian=1
+
+AI=1
+Cyborg=1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/paradise.dme b/paradise.dme
index 530eff9fc13..838bb65f82e 100644
--- a/paradise.dme
+++ b/paradise.dme
@@ -530,6 +530,7 @@
 #include "code\game\jobs\job_controller.dm"
 #include "code\game\jobs\job_exp.dm"
 #include "code\game\jobs\job_objective.dm"
+#include "code\game\jobs\job_scaling.dm"
 #include "code\game\jobs\jobs.dm"
 #include "code\game\jobs\whitelist.dm"
 #include "code\game\jobs\job\central.dm"