diff --git a/stepmania/Themes/default/metrics.ini b/stepmania/Themes/default/metrics.ini
index 8c2ba91f57..746e3edd20 100644
--- a/stepmania/Themes/default/metrics.ini
+++ b/stepmania/Themes/default/metrics.ini
@@ -1985,6 +1985,7 @@ DescWidth=400
 DangerThreshold=0.2
 InitialValue=0.5
 HotValue=1.0
+LifeMultiplier=1.0
 MinStayAlive="TapNoteScore_W3"
 LifePercentChangeW1=0.008
 LifePercentChangeW2=0.008
diff --git a/stepmania/src/LifeMeterBar.cpp b/stepmania/src/LifeMeterBar.cpp
index 5b21f756e1..495ba479ba 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/LifeMeterBar.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/LifeMeterBar.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ LifeMeterBar::LifeMeterBar()
 	DANGER_THRESHOLD.Load	("LifeMeterBar","DangerThreshold");
 	INITIAL_VALUE.Load	("LifeMeterBar","InitialValue");
 	HOT_VALUE.Load		("LifeMeterBar","HotValue");
+	LIFE_MULTIPLIER.Load	( "LifeMeterBar","LifeMultiplier");
 	MIN_STAY_ALIVE.Load	("LifeMeterBar","MinStayAlive");
 	m_fLifePercentChange.Load( "LifeMeterBar", LIFE_PERCENT_CHANGE_NAME, NUM_ScoreEvent );
 
@@ -225,7 +226,7 @@ void LifeMeterBar::ChangeLife( float fDeltaLife )
 	}
 	
 	m_fLifePercentage += fDeltaLife;
-	CLAMP( m_fLifePercentage, 0, 1 );
+	CLAMP( m_fLifePercentage, 0, LIFE_MULTIPLIER );
 	AfterLifeChanged();
 }
 
diff --git a/stepmania/src/LifeMeterBar.h b/stepmania/src/LifeMeterBar.h
index eb772b92e4..f1ed08ea50 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/LifeMeterBar.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/LifeMeterBar.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ private:
 	ThemeMetric<float> DANGER_THRESHOLD;
 	ThemeMetric<float> INITIAL_VALUE;
 	ThemeMetric<float> HOT_VALUE;
+	ThemeMetric<float> LIFE_MULTIPLIER;
 	ThemeMetric<TapNoteScore>   MIN_STAY_ALIVE;
 
 	ThemeMetric1D<float> m_fLifePercentChange;