diff --git a/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/util/ui/JBValueTest.java b/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/util/ui/JBValueTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a67b1e13fdf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/util/ui/JBValueTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+// Copyright 2000-2018 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+package com.intellij.util.ui;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import javax.swing.*;
+
+import static junit.framework.TestCase.assertEquals;
+
+/**
+ * Tests {@link JBValue}.
+ *
+ * @author tav
+ */
+public class JBValueTest extends TestScaleHelper {
+  @Test
+  public void testInt() {
+    JBUI.setUserScaleFactor(1);
+
+    JBValue value1 = JBUI.intValue(2);
+    JBValue.SelfCachedInteger value2 = new JBValue.SelfCachedInteger(2);
+
+    JBUI.setUserScaleFactor(2);
+
+    assertEquals(JBUI.scale(2), value1.get());
+    assertEquals(JBUI.scale(2), value2.get());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testFloat() {
+    JBUI.setUserScaleFactor(1);
+
+    JBValue.Float value1 = JBUI.floatValue(2.6f);
+    JBValue.SelfCachedFloat value2 = new JBValue.SelfCachedFloat(2.6f);
+
+    JBUI.setUserScaleFactor(2);
+
+    assertEquals(Math.round(JBUI.scale(2.6f)), value1.get());
+    assertEquals(Math.round(JBUI.scale(2.6f)), value2.get());
+    assertEquals(JBUI.scale(2.6f), value1.getFloat());
+    assertEquals(JBUI.scale(2.6f), value2.getFloat());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testUpdateTracker() {
+    JBUI.setUserScaleFactor(1);
+
+    JBValue.UpdateTracker tracker = new JBValue.UpdateTracker();
+    JBValue value1 = JBUI.intValue(1, tracker);
+    JBValue value2 = JBUI.intValue(2, tracker);
+    JBValue.Float value3 = JBUI.floatValue(3.6f, tracker);
+
+    JBUI.setUserScaleFactor(2);
+
+    assertEquals(JBUI.scale(1), value1.get());
+    assertEquals(JBUI.scale(2), value2.get());
+    assertEquals(Math.round(JBUI.scale(3.6f)), value3.get());
+    assertEquals(JBUI.scale(3.6f), value3.getFloat());
+
+    tracker.forget((JBValue.Cacheable)value3);
+
+    int scale = JBUI.scale(1);
+    JBUI.setUserScaleFactor(3);
+
+    assertEquals(Math.round(scale * 3.6f), value3.get());
+    assertEquals(scale * 3.6f, value3.getFloat());
+
+    tracker.dispose();
+
+    scale = JBUI.scale(1);
+    JBUI.setUserScaleFactor(1);
+
+    assertEquals(scale, value1.get());
+    assertEquals(scale * 2, value2.get());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testUIManagerInteger() {
+    JBUI.setUserScaleFactor(1);
+    String key = "JBValue.int";
+    UIManager.put(key, 2);
+
+    JBValue.UIManagerInteger value = new JBValue.UIManagerInteger(key);
+
+    JBUI.setUserScaleFactor(2);
+
+    assertEquals(JBUI.scale(2), value.get());
+
+    UIManager.put(key, 3);
+
+    assertEquals(JBUI.scale(3), value.get());
+
+    UIManager.put(key, null);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/ui/JBUI.java b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/ui/JBUI.java
index 6a4c571a8212..0b19c0280073 100644
--- a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/ui/JBUI.java
+++ b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/ui/JBUI.java
@@ -487,10 +487,18 @@ public class JBUI {
     return new JBValue.Integer(value);
   }
 
+  public static JBValue.Integer intValue(int value, JBValue.UpdateTracker tracker) {
+    return new JBValue.CachedInteger(value, tracker);
+  }
+
   public static JBValue.Float floatValue(float value) {
     return new JBValue.Float(value);
   }
 
+  public static JBValue.Float floatValue(float value, JBValue.UpdateTracker tracker) {
+    return new JBValue.CachedFloat(value, tracker);
+  }
+
   public static JBDimension size(int width, int height) {
     return new JBDimension(width, height);
   }
diff --git a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/ui/JBValue.java b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/ui/JBValue.java
index 9241e86bb4f7..55f29e16a822 100644
--- a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/ui/JBValue.java
+++ b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/ui/JBValue.java
@@ -6,12 +6,28 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 import javax.swing.*;
 
+import java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent;
+import java.beans.PropertyChangeListener;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.List;
+
 import static com.intellij.ui.paint.PaintUtil.RoundingMode.ROUND;
 
 /**
- * A wrapper over an unscaled value which lazily scales it via {@link JBUI#scale}.
+ * A wrapper over an unscaled numeric value, auto-scaled via {@link JBUI#scale}.
+ * <p>
+ * Use {@link Integer} or {@link Float} classes for on-demand value scaling.
+ * <p>
+ * If the same JBValue object is used multiple times in a code block, then in order to save scaling ops,
+ * a {@link CachedInteger} or {@link CachedFloat} classes can be used instead. Either with a separate
+ * {@link UpdateTracker} (better to use for many JBValue objects), or with a dedicated one (for a single
+ * JBValue object) as in the {@link SelfCachedInteger} or {@link SelfCachedFloat} classes.
  *
  * @author tav
+ * @see JBUI#intValue(int)
+ * @see JBUI#intValue(int,UpdateTracker)
+ * @see JBUI#floatValue(float)
+ * @see JBUI#floatValue(float,UpdateTracker)
  */
 public abstract class JBValue {
   protected JBValue() {}
@@ -36,11 +52,18 @@ public abstract class JBValue {
    */
   protected abstract float getUnscaled();
 
+  public interface Cacheable {
+    /**
+     * Scales and caches the value.
+     */
+    void cache();
+  }
+
   /**
    * JBValue wrapper over an integer value in {@link UIManager}.
    */
   public static class UIManagerInteger extends JBValue {
-    private final String key;
+    private final @NotNull String key;
 
     public UIManagerInteger(@NotNull String key) {
       this.key = key;
@@ -103,4 +126,125 @@ public abstract class JBValue {
       return value;
     }
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Integer JBValue which caches its scaled value on JBUI.scale change.
+   */
+  public static class CachedInteger extends Integer implements Cacheable {
+    private int cachedScaledValue;
+
+    protected CachedInteger(int value) {
+      super(value);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param value unscaled value
+     * @param tracker updates the value
+     * @see JBUI#intValue(int, UpdateTracker)
+     */
+    public CachedInteger(int value, @NotNull UpdateTracker tracker) {
+      super(value);
+      cachedScaledValue = JBUI.scale(value);
+      tracker.track(this);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int get() {
+      return cachedScaledValue;
+    }
+
+    public void cache() {
+      cachedScaledValue = JBUI.scale((int)getUnscaled());
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * CachedInteger with a dedicated UpdateTracker.
+   */
+  public static class SelfCachedInteger extends CachedInteger {
+    private final @NotNull UpdateTracker tracker = new UpdateTracker();
+
+    public SelfCachedInteger(int value) {
+      super(value);
+      this.tracker.track(this);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Float JBValue which caches its scaled value on JBUI.scale change.
+   */
+  public static class CachedFloat extends Float implements Cacheable {
+    private float cachedScaledValue;
+
+    protected CachedFloat(float value) {
+      super(value);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param value unscaled value
+     * @param tracker updates the value
+     * @see JBUI#floatValue(float, UpdateTracker)
+     */
+    public CachedFloat(float value, UpdateTracker tracker) {
+      super(value);
+      cachedScaledValue = JBUI.scale(value);
+      tracker.track(this);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int get() {
+      return ROUND.round(cachedScaledValue);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public float getFloat() {
+      return cachedScaledValue;
+    }
+
+    public void cache() {
+      cachedScaledValue = JBUI.scale(getUnscaled());
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * CachedFloat with a dedicated UpdateTracker.
+   */
+  public static class SelfCachedFloat extends CachedFloat {
+    private final @NotNull UpdateTracker tracker = new UpdateTracker();
+
+    public SelfCachedFloat(float value) {
+      super(value);
+      this.tracker.track(this);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tracks for a list of {@link Cacheable} values and auto-updates them on {@link JBUI#USER_SCALE_FACTOR_PROPERTY}} change.
+   */
+  public static class UpdateTracker {
+    private final List<Cacheable> list = new LinkedList<Cacheable>();
+    private final PropertyChangeListener listener = new PropertyChangeListener() {
+      @Override
+      public void propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent evt) {
+        for (Cacheable value : list) value.cache();
+      }
+    };
+
+    public UpdateTracker() {
+      JBUI.addPropertyChangeListener(JBUI.USER_SCALE_FACTOR_PROPERTY, listener);
+    }
+
+    public void track(Cacheable value) {
+      list.add(value);
+    }
+
+    public void forget(Cacheable value) {
+      list.remove(value);
+    }
+
+    public void dispose() {
+      JBUI.removePropertyChangeListener(JBUI.USER_SCALE_FACTOR_PROPERTY, listener);
+      list.clear();
+    }
+  }
 }