diff --git a/R/Functions.R b/R/Functions.R
index 07430d9..a2dd8e9 100644
--- a/R/Functions.R
+++ b/R/Functions.R
@@ -5046,6 +5046,7 @@ labeledHeatmap = function (
   cex.lab = NULL, 
   cex.lab.x = cex.lab,
   cex.lab.y = cex.lab,
+  cex.legend = cex.lab,
   colors.lab.x = 1,
   colors.lab.y = 1,
   font.lab.x = 1,
@@ -5153,7 +5154,7 @@ labeledHeatmap = function (
   if (invertColors) colors = rev(colors);
 
   labPos = .heatmapWithLegend(Matrix[showRows, showCols, drop = FALSE], 
-                              signed = FALSE, colors = colors, naColor = naColor, cex.legend = cex.lab, 
+                              signed = FALSE, colors = colors, naColor = naColor, cex.legend = cex.legend, 
                               plotLegend = plotLegend,  keepLegendSpace = keepLegendSpace, ...)
   plotbox = labPos$box;
   xmin = plotbox[1]; xmax = plotbox[2]; ymin = plotbox[3]; yrange = plotbox[4]-ymin;
diff --git a/R/heatmapWithLegend.R b/R/heatmapWithLegend.R
index 44e750b..bf53946 100644
--- a/R/heatmapWithLegend.R
+++ b/R/heatmapWithLegend.R
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
                      reverseRows = TRUE,
                      plotLegend = TRUE,
                      keepLegendSpace = plotLegend,
-                     cex.legend = 1, 
+                     cex.legend = cex.legend, 
                      legendShrink = 0.94,
                      ## The following arguments are now in inches
                      legendSpace = 0.5,