diff --git a/src/clouds.cpp b/src/clouds.cpp
index 146eeb831..5b980a5ba 100644
--- a/src/clouds.cpp
+++ b/src/clouds.cpp
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ Clouds::Clouds(
 	//m_material.MaterialType = video::EMT_TRANSPARENT_VERTEX_ALPHA;
 	m_material.MaterialType = video::EMT_TRANSPARENT_ALPHA_CHANNEL;
 
-	m_cloud_y = BS*100;
-	//m_cloud_y = BS*50;
+	m_cloud_y = BS * g_settings->getS16("cloud_height");
 
 	m_box = core::aabbox3d<f32>(-BS*1000000,m_cloud_y-BS,-BS*1000000,
 			BS*1000000,m_cloud_y+BS,BS*1000000);
diff --git a/src/defaultsettings.cpp b/src/defaultsettings.cpp
index 163e99c69..db7df6edc 100644
--- a/src/defaultsettings.cpp
+++ b/src/defaultsettings.cpp
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ void set_default_settings(Settings *settings)
 	settings->setDefault("screenshot_path", ".");
 	settings->setDefault("view_bobbing_amount", "1.0");
 	settings->setDefault("enable_3d_clouds", "true");
+	settings->setDefault("cloud_height", "120");
 	settings->setDefault("opaque_water", "false");
 	settings->setDefault("console_color", "(0,0,0)");
 	settings->setDefault("console_alpha", "200");