diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index af542783..582f2d53 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ OPENSEADRAGON CHANGELOG
 * Explicitly set passive:false for wheel event handlers to suppress console warnings. Fixes #1669 (#2043 @msalsbery)
 * Viewer's canvas-click events now include an originalTarget property so you can know which element received the click (#2037 @iangilman)
 * Added method for getting the size of an image in window coordinates (#2049 @superbland)
-* Fixed an issue with TileSource's getLevelScale that would arise if you changed maxLevel (#2059 @kim-sanghoon)
+* Added a setMaxLevel function to TileSource so you can change its maxLevel if needed (#2059, #2066 @kim-sanghoon)
 
 2.4.2:
 
diff --git a/src/tilesource.js b/src/tilesource.js
index 32f10da8..32df56cf 100644
--- a/src/tilesource.js
+++ b/src/tilesource.js
@@ -275,28 +275,43 @@ $.TileSource.prototype = {
         return this._tileHeight;
     },
 
+    /**
+     * Set the maxLevel to the given level, and perform the memoization of
+     * getLevelScale with the new maxLevel. This function can be useful if the
+     * memoization is required before the first call of getLevelScale, or both
+     * memoized getLevelScale and maxLevel should be changed accordingly.
+     * @function
+     * @param {Number} level
+     */
+    setMaxLevel: function( level ) {
+        this.maxLevel = level;
+        this._memoizeLevelScale();
+    },
+
     /**
      * @function
      * @param {Number} level
      */
     getLevelScale: function( level ) {
+        // if getLevelScale is not memoized, we generate the memoized version
+        // at the first call and return the result
+        this._memoizeLevelScale();
+        return this.getLevelScale( level );
+    },
 
+    // private
+    _memoizeLevelScale: function() {
         // see https://github.com/openseadragon/openseadragon/issues/22
         // we use the tilesources implementation of getLevelScale to generate
         // a memoized re-implementation
-        var maxLevel = Math.ceil(
-                Math.log( Math.max( this.dimensions.x, this.dimensions.y ) ) /
-                Math.log( 2 )
-            ),
-            levelScaleCache = {},
+        var levelScaleCache = {},
             i;
-        for( i = 0; i <= maxLevel; i++ ){
-            levelScaleCache[ i ] = 1 / Math.pow(2, maxLevel - i);
+        for( i = 0; i <= this.maxLevel; i++ ){
+            levelScaleCache[ i ] = 1 / Math.pow(2, this.maxLevel - i);
         }
         this.getLevelScale = function( _level ){
             return levelScaleCache[ _level ];
         };
-        return this.getLevelScale( level );
     },
 
     /**
diff --git a/test/modules/tilesource.js b/test/modules/tilesource.js
index 16fbb292..2f752c4a 100644
--- a/test/modules/tilesource.js
+++ b/test/modules/tilesource.js
@@ -128,8 +128,6 @@
 
         assert.equal(tileSource.maxLevel, 12, 'The initial max level should be 12.');
 
-        tileSource.maxLevel = 9;
-
         function assertLevelScale(level, expected) {
             var actual = tileSource.getLevelScale(level);
             assert.ok(Math.abs(actual - expected) < Number.EPSILON, "The scale at level " + level +
@@ -141,6 +139,13 @@
         assertLevelScale(10, 1 / 4);
         assertLevelScale(8, 1 / 16);
         assertLevelScale(6, 1 / 64);
+
+        tileSource.setMaxLevel(9);
+
+        assertLevelScale(9, 1);
+        assertLevelScale(7, 1 / 4);
+        assertLevelScale(5, 1 / 16);
+        assertLevelScale(3, 1 / 64);
     });
 
 }());