diff --git a/modules/ui/doom-modeline/autoload.el b/modules/ui/doom-modeline/autoload.el
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ddebf6a9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/ui/doom-modeline/autoload.el
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+;;; ui/doom-modeline/autoload.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
+
+(defvar +doom-modeline--old-height nil)
+
+;;;###autoload
+(defun +doom-modeline|resize-for-big-font ()
+  "Adjust the modeline's height when `doom-big-font-mode' is enabled. This was
+made to be added to `doom-big-font-mode-hook'."
+  (if doom-big-font-mode
+      (let* ((font-size (font-get doom-font :size))
+             (big-size (font-get doom-big-font :size))
+             (ratio (/ (float big-size) font-size)))
+        (setq +doom-modeline--old-height +doom-modeline-height
+              +doom-modeline-height (ceiling (* +doom-modeline--old-height ratio))))
+    (setq +doom-modeline-height +doom-modeline--old-height))
+  (+doom-modeline|init))
+
diff --git a/modules/ui/doom-modeline/config.el b/modules/ui/doom-modeline/config.el
index 1532b9197..e5f352e26 100644
--- a/modules/ui/doom-modeline/config.el
+++ b/modules/ui/doom-modeline/config.el
@@ -619,11 +619,12 @@ Returns \"\" to not break --no-window-system."
   (setq +doom-modeline--bar-active   (+doom-modeline--make-xpm 'doom-modeline-bar)
         +doom-modeline--bar-inactive (+doom-modeline--make-xpm 'doom-modeline-inactive-bar))
 
-  ;; These buffers are already created and don't get modelines. For the love of
-  ;; Emacs, someone give the man a modeline!
-  (dolist (bname '("*scratch*" "*Messages*"))
-    (with-current-buffer bname
-      (doom-set-modeline 'main))))
+  (unless after-init-time
+    ;; These buffers are already created and don't get modelines. For the love
+    ;; of Emacs, someone give the man a modeline!
+    (dolist (bname '("*scratch*" "*Messages*"))
+      (with-current-buffer bname
+        (doom-set-modeline 'main)))))
 
 (defun +doom-modeline|set-special-modeline ()
   (doom-set-modeline 'special))
@@ -647,3 +648,6 @@ Returns \"\" to not break --no-window-system."
 
 (add-hook 'image-mode-hook #'+doom-modeline|set-media-modeline)
 (add-hook 'circe-mode-hook #'+doom-modeline|set-special-modeline)
+
+;;
+(add-hook 'doom-big-font-mode-hook #'+doom-modeline|resize-for-big-font)