diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fb4054414..241c53458 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ Released: YYYY XX, 2015
 
 (Packaged from xxxx)
 
+#### Summary
+
+- `scale-hsla` image filter: parameters are no longer limited by interval [0, 1] (https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik/pull/3054)
+
 ## 3.0.4
 
 Released: August 26, 2015
diff --git a/include/mapnik/image_filter_types.hpp b/include/mapnik/image_filter_types.hpp
index 67e03da62..7e04df87a 100644
--- a/include/mapnik/image_filter_types.hpp
+++ b/include/mapnik/image_filter_types.hpp
@@ -116,19 +116,8 @@ struct scale_hsla : image_filter_base
       l0(_l0),
       l1(_l1),
       a0(_a0),
-      a1(_a1) {
-          if (h0 < 0 || h0 > 1 ||
-              h1 < 0 || h1 > 1 ||
-              s0 < 0 || s0 > 1 ||
-              s1 < 0 || s1 > 1 ||
-              l0 < 0 || l0 > 1 ||
-              l1 < 0 || l1 > 1 ||
-              a0 < 0 || a0 > 1 ||
-              a1 < 0 || a1 > 1)
-          {
-              throw std::runtime_error("scale-hsla values must be between 0 and 1");
-          }
-      }
+      a1(_a1) { }
+
     inline bool is_identity() const {
         return (h0 == 0 &&
                 h1 == 1 &&
diff --git a/test/unit/imaging/image_filter.cpp b/test/unit/imaging/image_filter.cpp
index f07836d6f..78fa42503 100644
--- a/test/unit/imaging/image_filter.cpp
+++ b/test/unit/imaging/image_filter.cpp
@@ -119,15 +119,12 @@ SECTION("test agg stack blur") {
 
 } // END SECTION
 
-SECTION("test scale-hsla") {
+SECTION("test scale-hsla 1") {
     
     mapnik::image_rgba8 im(3,3);
     mapnik::fill(im,mapnik::color("blue"));
     mapnik::set_pixel(im, 1, 1, mapnik::color("red"));
 
-    // Should throw because a value is greater then 1.0
-    REQUIRE_THROWS(mapnik::filter::filter_image(im, "scale-hsla(0.0,1.5,0.0,1.0,0.0,0.5,0.0,0.5)"););
-
     mapnik::filter::filter_image(im, "scale-hsla(0.0,0.5,0.0,1.0,0.0,0.5,0.0,0.5)");
 
     CHECK(im(0,0) == 0x80004000);
@@ -142,6 +139,35 @@ SECTION("test scale-hsla") {
     
 } // END SECTION
 
+SECTION("test scale-hsla 2") {
+
+    mapnik::image_rgba8 im(3,3);
+    mapnik::set_pixel(im, 0, 0, mapnik::color(255, 0, 0));
+    mapnik::set_pixel(im, 0, 1, mapnik::color(147, 112, 219));
+    mapnik::set_pixel(im, 0, 2, mapnik::color(128, 128, 128));
+    mapnik::set_pixel(im, 1, 0, mapnik::color(72, 209, 204));
+    mapnik::set_pixel(im, 1, 1, mapnik::color(218, 112, 214));
+    mapnik::set_pixel(im, 1, 2, mapnik::color(30, 144, 255));
+    mapnik::set_pixel(im, 2, 0, mapnik::color(238, 130, 238));
+    mapnik::set_pixel(im, 2, 1, mapnik::color(154, 205, 50));
+    mapnik::set_pixel(im, 2, 2, mapnik::color(160, 82, 45));
+
+    // Should not throw on values out of [0, 1]
+    // https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik/issues/3052
+    REQUIRE_NOTHROW(mapnik::filter::filter_image(im, "scale-hsla(0.0,1.5,-1.0,1.0,-1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0)"););
+
+    CHECK(im(0,0) == 0xff0000ff);
+    CHECK(im(0,1) == 0xffefeff4);
+    CHECK(im(0,2) == 0xff818181);
+    CHECK(im(1,0) == 0xffb895a5);
+    CHECK(im(1,1) == 0xffededf3);
+    CHECK(im(1,2) == 0xffd75aff);
+    CHECK(im(2,0) == 0xffffffff);
+    CHECK(im(2,1) == 0xff649b64);
+    CHECK(im(2,2) == 0xff2e343b);
+
+} // END SECTION
+
 SECTION("test emboss") {
     
     mapnik::image_rgba8 im(3,3);