diff --git a/src/common/cfgfiles.c b/src/common/cfgfiles.c
index 074fcb27..eff6d55c 100644
--- a/src/common/cfgfiles.c
+++ b/src/common/cfgfiles.c
@@ -447,6 +447,7 @@ const struct prefs vars[] =
 	{"gui_tab_layout", P_OFFINT (hex_gui_tab_layout), TYPE_INT},
 	{"gui_tab_closebuttons", P_OFFINT (hex_gui_tab_closebuttons), TYPE_BOOL},
 	{"gui_tab_middleclose", P_OFFINT (hex_gui_tab_middleclose), TYPE_BOOL},
+	{"gui_mouse_scroll_speed", P_OFFINT (hex_gui_mouse_scroll_speed), TYPE_INT},
 	{"gui_tab_newtofront", P_OFFINT (hex_gui_tab_newtofront), TYPE_INT},
 	{"gui_tab_pos", P_OFFINT (hex_gui_tab_pos), TYPE_INT},
 	{"gui_tab_scrollchans", P_OFFINT (hex_gui_tab_scrollchans), TYPE_BOOL},
@@ -783,6 +784,7 @@ load_default_config(void)
 	prefs.hex_gui_tab_server = 1;
 	prefs.hex_gui_tab_sort = 1;
 	prefs.hex_gui_tab_scrollchans = 1;
+	prefs.hex_gui_mouse_scroll_speed = 10;
 	prefs.hex_gui_topicbar = 1;
 	prefs.hex_gui_transparency = 255;
 	prefs.hex_gui_tray = 1;
diff --git a/src/common/zoitechat.h b/src/common/zoitechat.h
index adf8ca30..b67d1e70 100644
--- a/src/common/zoitechat.h
+++ b/src/common/zoitechat.h
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ struct zoitechatprefs
 	int hex_gui_tab_layout;
 	int hex_gui_tab_closebuttons;
 	int hex_gui_tab_middleclose;
+	int hex_gui_mouse_scroll_speed;
 	int hex_gui_tab_newtofront;
 	int hex_gui_tab_pos;
 	int hex_gui_tab_small;
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/chanview-tabs.c b/src/fe-gtk/chanview-tabs.c
index 1b1eec8d..eafdba46 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/chanview-tabs.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/chanview-tabs.c
@@ -305,12 +305,14 @@ static gboolean
 tab_scroll_cb (GtkWidget *widget, GdkEventScroll *event, gpointer cv)
 {
 	int direction = cv_scroll_direction (event);
+	int i;
 
 	if (prefs.hex_gui_tab_scrollchans)
 	{
 		if (direction != 0)
 		{
-			mg_switch_page (1, direction);
+			for (i = 0; i < cv_scroll_step_count (); i++)
+				mg_switch_page (1, direction);
 			return TRUE;
 		}
 	}
@@ -318,12 +320,14 @@ tab_scroll_cb (GtkWidget *widget, GdkEventScroll *event, gpointer cv)
 	{
 		if (direction < 0)
 		{
-			tab_scroll_left_up_clicked (widget, cv);
+			for (i = 0; i < cv_scroll_step_count (); i++)
+				tab_scroll_left_up_clicked (widget, cv);
 			return TRUE;
 		}
 		else if (direction > 0)
 		{
-			tab_scroll_right_down_clicked (widget, cv);
+			for (i = 0; i < cv_scroll_step_count (); i++)
+				tab_scroll_right_down_clicked (widget, cv);
 			return TRUE;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/chanview-tree.c b/src/fe-gtk/chanview-tree.c
index 9fa7c86b..10e4ae81 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/chanview-tree.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/chanview-tree.c
@@ -112,9 +112,11 @@ cv_tree_scroll_event_cb (GtkWidget *widget, GdkEventScroll *event, gpointer user
 	if (prefs.hex_gui_tab_scrollchans)
 	{
 		int direction = cv_scroll_direction (event);
+		int i;
 
 		if (direction != 0)
-			mg_switch_page (1, direction);
+			for (i = 0; i < cv_scroll_step_count (); i++)
+				mg_switch_page (1, direction);
 
 		return direction != 0;
 	}
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/chanview.c b/src/fe-gtk/chanview.c
index 17bf874c..fae743a2 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/chanview.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/chanview.c
@@ -126,6 +126,15 @@ cv_scroll_direction (GdkEventScroll *event)
 	}
 }
 
+static int
+cv_scroll_step_count (void)
+{
+	int speed = prefs.hex_gui_mouse_scroll_speed;
+	if (speed < 1)
+		speed = 1;
+	return (speed + 9) / 10;
+}
+
 
 /* ======= TABS ======= */
 
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/setup.c b/src/fe-gtk/setup.c
index cff68ad8..3cca789a 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/setup.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/setup.c
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ static const setting appearance_advanced_settings[] =
         {ST_HEADER,     N_("Advanced"),0,0,0},
         {ST_EFILE, N_ ("Background image:"), P_OFFSETNL (hex_text_background), 0, 0, sizeof prefs.hex_text_background},
         {ST_HSCALE, N_("Window opacity:"), P_OFFINTNL(hex_gui_transparency),0,0,0},
+        {ST_HSCALE, N_("Mouse wheel scroll speed (Slower ← → Faster):"), P_OFFINTNL(hex_gui_mouse_scroll_speed), 0, 0, 100},
 
         {ST_END, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}
 };
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/xtext.c b/src/fe-gtk/xtext.c
index 74188b8f..d05e4b48 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/xtext.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/xtext.c
@@ -2938,19 +2938,41 @@ gtk_xtext_scroll (GtkWidget *widget, GdkEventScroll *event)
 {
 	GtkXText *xtext = GTK_XTEXT (widget);
 	gfloat new_value;
+	gfloat step;
+	gdouble dx;
+	gdouble dy;
+	int direction = 0;
+	int speed = prefs.hex_gui_mouse_scroll_speed;
 
-	if (event->direction == GDK_SCROLL_UP)		/* mouse wheel pageUp */
+	if (speed < 1)
+		speed = 1;
+	step = (xtext_adj_get_page_increment (xtext->adj) * speed) / 100.0f;
+
+	if (event->direction == GDK_SCROLL_SMOOTH &&
+		gdk_event_get_scroll_deltas ((GdkEvent *)event, &dx, &dy))
+	{
+		if (dy > 0)
+			direction = 1;
+		else if (dy < 0)
+			direction = -1;
+	}
+	else if (event->direction == GDK_SCROLL_UP)
+		direction = -1;
+	else if (event->direction == GDK_SCROLL_DOWN)
+		direction = 1;
+
+	if (direction < 0)
 	{
 		new_value = xtext_adj_get_value (xtext->adj) -
-			(xtext_adj_get_page_increment (xtext->adj) / 10);
+			step;
 		if (new_value < xtext_adj_get_lower (xtext->adj))
 			new_value = xtext_adj_get_lower (xtext->adj);
 		xtext_adj_set_value (xtext->adj, new_value);
 	}
-	else if (event->direction == GDK_SCROLL_DOWN)	/* mouse wheel pageDn */
+	else if (direction > 0)
 	{
 		new_value = xtext_adj_get_value (xtext->adj) +
-			(xtext_adj_get_page_increment (xtext->adj) / 10);
+			step;
 		if (new_value > (xtext_adj_get_upper (xtext->adj) -
 			xtext_adj_get_page_size (xtext->adj)))
 			new_value = xtext_adj_get_upper (xtext->adj) -
@@ -2958,7 +2980,7 @@ gtk_xtext_scroll (GtkWidget *widget, GdkEventScroll *event)
 		xtext_adj_set_value (xtext->adj, new_value);
 	}
 
-	return FALSE;
+	return direction != 0;
 }
 
 static void