diff --git a/detect.py b/detect.py
index f8b959aaadf7..f9085e670916 100644
--- a/detect.py
+++ b/detect.py
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ def detect(save_img=False):
 
     # Load model
     model = attempt_load(weights, map_location=device)  # load FP32 model
-    imgsz = check_img_size(imgsz, s=model.stride.max())  # check img_size
+    stride = int(model.stride.max())  # model stride
+    imgsz = check_img_size(imgsz, s=stride)  # check img_size
     if half:
         model.half()  # to FP16
 
@@ -46,10 +47,10 @@ def detect(save_img=False):
     if webcam:
         view_img = True
         cudnn.benchmark = True  # set True to speed up constant image size inference
-        dataset = LoadStreams(source, img_size=imgsz)
+        dataset = LoadStreams(source, img_size=imgsz, stride=stride)
     else:
         save_img = True
-        dataset = LoadImages(source, img_size=imgsz)
+        dataset = LoadImages(source, img_size=imgsz, stride=stride)
 
     # Get names and colors
     names = model.module.names if hasattr(model, 'module') else model.names
diff --git a/utils/datasets.py b/utils/datasets.py
index eac632a46b11..360d24c18874 100755
--- a/utils/datasets.py
+++ b/utils/datasets.py
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ def __iter__(self):
 
 
 class LoadImages:  # for inference
-    def __init__(self, path, img_size=640):
+    def __init__(self, path, img_size=640, stride=32):
         p = str(Path(path))  # os-agnostic
         p = os.path.abspath(p)  # absolute path
         if '*' in p:
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ def __init__(self, path, img_size=640):
         ni, nv = len(images), len(videos)
 
         self.img_size = img_size
+        self.stride = stride
         self.files = images + videos
         self.nf = ni + nv  # number of files
         self.video_flag = [False] * ni + [True] * nv
@@ -181,7 +182,7 @@ def __next__(self):
             print(f'image {self.count}/{self.nf} {path}: ', end='')
 
         # Padded resize
-        img = letterbox(img0, new_shape=self.img_size)[0]
+        img = letterbox(img0, self.img_size, stride=self.stride)[0]
 
         # Convert
         img = img[:, :, ::-1].transpose(2, 0, 1)  # BGR to RGB, to 3x416x416
@@ -199,8 +200,9 @@ def __len__(self):
 
 
 class LoadWebcam:  # for inference
-    def __init__(self, pipe='0', img_size=640):
+    def __init__(self, pipe='0', img_size=640, stride=32):
         self.img_size = img_size
+        self.stride = stride
 
         if pipe.isnumeric():
             pipe = eval(pipe)  # local camera
@@ -243,7 +245,7 @@ def __next__(self):
         print(f'webcam {self.count}: ', end='')
 
         # Padded resize
-        img = letterbox(img0, new_shape=self.img_size)[0]
+        img = letterbox(img0, self.img_size, stride=self.stride)[0]
 
         # Convert
         img = img[:, :, ::-1].transpose(2, 0, 1)  # BGR to RGB, to 3x416x416
@@ -256,9 +258,10 @@ def __len__(self):
 
 
 class LoadStreams:  # multiple IP or RTSP cameras
-    def __init__(self, sources='streams.txt', img_size=640):
+    def __init__(self, sources='streams.txt', img_size=640, stride=32):
         self.mode = 'stream'
         self.img_size = img_size
+        self.stride = stride
 
         if os.path.isfile(sources):
             with open(sources, 'r') as f:
@@ -284,7 +287,7 @@ def __init__(self, sources='streams.txt', img_size=640):
         print('')  # newline
 
         # check for common shapes
-        s = np.stack([letterbox(x, new_shape=self.img_size)[0].shape for x in self.imgs], 0)  # inference shapes
+        s = np.stack([letterbox(x, self.img_size, stride=self.stride)[0].shape for x in self.imgs], 0)  # shapes
         self.rect = np.unique(s, axis=0).shape[0] == 1  # rect inference if all shapes equal
         if not self.rect:
             print('WARNING: Different stream shapes detected. For optimal performance supply similarly-shaped streams.')
@@ -313,7 +316,7 @@ def __next__(self):
             raise StopIteration
 
         # Letterbox
-        img = [letterbox(x, new_shape=self.img_size, auto=self.rect)[0] for x in img0]
+        img = [letterbox(x, self.img_size, auto=self.rect, stride=self.stride)[0] for x in img0]
 
         # Stack
         img = np.stack(img, 0)
@@ -784,8 +787,8 @@ def replicate(img, labels):
     return img, labels
 
 
-def letterbox(img, new_shape=(640, 640), color=(114, 114, 114), auto=True, scaleFill=False, scaleup=True):
-    # Resize image to a 32-pixel-multiple rectangle https://github.com/ultralytics/yolov3/issues/232
+def letterbox(img, new_shape=(640, 640), color=(114, 114, 114), auto=True, scaleFill=False, scaleup=True, stride=32):
+    # Resize and pad image while meeting stride-multiple constraints
     shape = img.shape[:2]  # current shape [height, width]
     if isinstance(new_shape, int):
         new_shape = (new_shape, new_shape)
@@ -800,7 +803,7 @@ def letterbox(img, new_shape=(640, 640), color=(114, 114, 114), auto=True, scale
     new_unpad = int(round(shape[1] * r)), int(round(shape[0] * r))
     dw, dh = new_shape[1] - new_unpad[0], new_shape[0] - new_unpad[1]  # wh padding
     if auto:  # minimum rectangle
-        dw, dh = np.mod(dw, 32), np.mod(dh, 32)  # wh padding
+        dw, dh = np.mod(dw, stride), np.mod(dh, stride)  # wh padding
     elif scaleFill:  # stretch
         dw, dh = 0.0, 0.0
         new_unpad = (new_shape[1], new_shape[0])