diff --git a/src/libresrc/default_config.json b/src/libresrc/default_config.json
index ce27a3fa6..0f913a66d 100644
--- a/src/libresrc/default_config.json
+++ b/src/libresrc/default_config.json
@@ -590,6 +590,8 @@
 	},
 
 	"Video" : {
+		"Disable Scroll Zoom" : false,
+		"Reverse Zoom" : false,
 		"Default Zoom" : 7,
 		"Detached" : {
 			"Enabled" : false,
@@ -619,6 +621,6 @@
 		},
 		"Subtitle Sync" : true,
 		"Video Pan": false,
-		"Default to UI Zoom": false
+		"Default to Video Zoom": false
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/libresrc/osx/default_config.json b/src/libresrc/osx/default_config.json
index 2e24ccbec..22d9a570f 100644
--- a/src/libresrc/osx/default_config.json
+++ b/src/libresrc/osx/default_config.json
@@ -589,6 +589,8 @@
 	},
 
 	"Video" : {
+		"Disable Scroll Zoom" : false,
+		"Reverse Zoom" : false,
 		"Default Zoom" : 7,
 		"Detached" : {
 			"Enabled" : false,
@@ -618,6 +620,6 @@
 		},
 		"Subtitle Sync" : true,
 		"Video Pan": false,
-		"Default to UI Zoom": false
+		"Default to Video Zoom": false
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/preferences.cpp b/src/preferences.cpp
index c9119f9c2..2a212cf69 100644
--- a/src/preferences.cpp
+++ b/src/preferences.cpp
@@ -174,6 +174,9 @@ void Video(wxTreebook *book, Preferences *parent) {
 	p->CellSkip(general);
 	p->OptionAdd(general, _("Automatically open audio when opening video"), "Video/Open Audio");
 	p->CellSkip(general);
+	p->OptionAdd(general, _("Disable zooming with scroll bar"), "Video/Disable Scroll Zoom")
+		->SetToolTip("Makes the scroll bar not zoom the video. Useful when using a track pad that often scrolls accidentally.");
+	p->OptionAdd(general, _("Reverse zoom direction"), "Video/Reverse Zoom");
 
 	const wxString czoom_arr[24] = { "12.5%", "25%", "37.5%", "50%", "62.5%", "75%", "87.5%", "100%", "112.5%", "125%", "137.5%", "150%", "162.5%", "175%", "187.5%", "200%", "212.5%", "225%", "237.5%", "250%", "262.5%", "275%", "287.5%", "300%" };
 	wxArrayString choice_zoom(24, czoom_arr);
@@ -446,7 +449,8 @@ void Advanced_Video(wxTreebook *book, Preferences *parent) {
 	p->OptionChoice(expert, _("Subtitles provider"), sp_choice, "Subtitle/Provider");
 	
 	p->OptionAdd(expert, _("Video Panning"), "Video/Video Pan");
-	p->OptionAdd(expert, _("Default to UI Zoom"), "Video/Default to UI Zoom");
+	p->OptionAdd(expert, _("Default to Video Zoom"), "Video/Default to Video Zoom")
+		->SetToolTip("Reverses the behavior of Ctrl while scrolling the video display. If not set, scrolling will default to UI zoom and Ctrl+scrolling will zoom the video. If set, this will be reversed.");
 	
 
 #ifdef WITH_AVISYNTH
diff --git a/src/video_display.cpp b/src/video_display.cpp
index aeeaec508..b58cbe64e 100644
--- a/src/video_display.cpp
+++ b/src/video_display.cpp
@@ -409,8 +409,11 @@ void VideoDisplay::OnMouseLeave(wxMouseEvent& event) {
 void VideoDisplay::OnMouseWheel(wxMouseEvent& event) {
 	bool videoPan = OPT_GET("Video/Video Pan")->GetBool();
 	if (int wheel = event.GetWheelRotation()) {
-		if (ForwardMouseWheelEvent(this, event)) {
-			if (!videoPan || (event.ControlDown() != OPT_GET("Video/Default to UI Zoom")->GetBool())) {
+		if (ForwardMouseWheelEvent(this, event) && !OPT_GET("Video/Disable Scroll Zoom")->GetBool()) {
+			if (OPT_GET("Video/Reverse Zoom")->GetBool()) {
+				wheel = -wheel;
+			}
+			if (!videoPan || (event.ControlDown() == OPT_GET("Video/Default to Video Zoom")->GetBool())) {
 				SetWindowZoom(windowZoomValue + .125 * (wheel / event.GetWheelDelta()));
 			} else {
 				SetVideoZoom(wheel / event.GetWheelDelta());