diff --git a/nifty5/library/gridder.py b/nifty5/library/gridder.py
index aff1b7c44442471f59492e435a845d068d8f64c4..e01ef6b36486653bbdffa294cd0fc71532bc6da7 100644
--- a/nifty5/library/gridder.py
+++ b/nifty5/library/gridder.py
@@ -34,10 +34,14 @@ class GridderMaker(object):
             raise ValueError("uv must be a 2D array")
         if uv.shape[1] != 2:
             raise ValueError("second dimension of uv must have length 2")
+        dstx, dsty = dirty_domain[0].distances
         # wasteful hack to adjust to shape required by nifty_gridder
         uvw = np.empty((uv.shape[0],3), dtype=np.float64)
         uvw[:,0:2] = uv
         uvw[:,2] = 0.
+        # Scale uv such that 0<uv<=1 which is assmued by nifty_gridder
+        uvw[:, 0] = uvw[:,0]*dstx
+        uvw[:, 1] = uvw[:,1]*dsty
         speedOfLight = 299792458.
         bl = nifty_gridder.Baselines(uvw, np.array([speedOfLight]))
         nxdirty, nydirty = dirty_domain.shape
diff --git a/test/test_operators/test_nft.py b/test/test_operators/test_nft.py
index 114675bb19cb3649afd51d2802a934e7164e483e..822792a248e273471ed53a6e28c747c06a7739e3 100644
--- a/test/test_operators/test_nft.py
+++ b/test/test_operators/test_nft.py
@@ -39,20 +39,21 @@ def test_gridding(nu, nv, N, eps):
     vis = np.random.randn(N) + 1j*np.random.randn(N)
 
     # Nifty
-    GM = ift.GridderMaker(ift.RGSpace((nu, nv)), uv=uv, eps=eps)
+    dom = ift.RGSpace((nu, nv), distances=(0.2, 1.12))
+    dstx, dsty = dom.distances
+    uv[:,0] = uv[:,0]/dstx
+    uv[:,1] = uv[:,1]/dsty
+    GM = ift.GridderMaker(dom, uv=uv, eps=eps)
     vis2 = ift.from_global_data(ift.UnstructuredDomain(vis.shape), vis)
 
     Op = GM.getFull()
     pynu = Op(vis2).to_global_data()
-    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
-    plt.imshow(pynu)
-    plt.show()
     # DFT
     x, y = np.meshgrid(
         *[-ss/2 + np.arange(ss) for ss in [nu, nv]], indexing='ij')
     dft = pynu*0.
     for i in range(N):
-        dft += (vis[i]*np.exp(2j*np.pi*(x*uv[i, 0] + y*uv[i, 1]))).real
+        dft += (vis[i]*np.exp(2j*np.pi*(x*uv[i, 0]*dstx + y*uv[i, 1]*dsty))).real
     assert_(_l2error(dft, pynu) < eps)