diff --git a/src/libresrc/default_config.json b/src/libresrc/default_config.json
index 6b7766218..47ac07696 100644
--- a/src/libresrc/default_config.json
+++ b/src/libresrc/default_config.json
@@ -584,6 +584,8 @@
 	},
 
 	"Video" : {
+		"Disable Scroll Zoom" : false,
+		"Reverse Zoom" : false,
 		"Default Zoom" : 7,
 		"Detached" : {
 			"Enabled" : false,
diff --git a/src/libresrc/osx/default_config.json b/src/libresrc/osx/default_config.json
index f30b5176d..c416e5c2f 100644
--- a/src/libresrc/osx/default_config.json
+++ b/src/libresrc/osx/default_config.json
@@ -584,6 +584,8 @@
 	},
 
 	"Video" : {
+		"Disable Scroll Zoom" : false,
+		"Reverse Zoom" : false,
 		"Default Zoom" : 7,
 		"Detached" : {
 			"Enabled" : false,
diff --git a/src/preferences.cpp b/src/preferences.cpp
index 813598900..cc45cd394 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);
diff --git a/src/video_display.cpp b/src/video_display.cpp
index 319a51c72..3ceb12083 100644
--- a/src/video_display.cpp
+++ b/src/video_display.cpp
@@ -409,7 +409,10 @@ 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 (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 {