diff --git a/src/Surface.zig b/src/Surface.zig
index a4a8d46df..e5e2b39bc 100644
--- a/src/Surface.zig
+++ b/src/Surface.zig
@@ -2761,8 +2761,21 @@ pub fn scrollCallback(
         // that a wheel tick of 1 results in single scroll event.
         const yoff_adjusted: f64 = if (scroll_mods.precision)
             yoff
-        else
-            yoff * cell_size * self.config.mouse_scroll_multiplier;
+        else yoff_adjusted: {
+            // Round out the yoff to an absolute minimum of 1. macos tries to
+            // simulate precision scrolling with non precision events by
+            // ramping up the magnitude of the offsets as it detects faster
+            // scrolling. Single click (very slow) scrolls are reported with a
+            // magnitude of 0.1 which would normally require a few clicks
+            // before we register an actual scroll event (depending on cell
+            // height and the mouse_scroll_multiplier setting).
+            const yoff_max: f64 = if (yoff > 0)
+                @max(yoff, 1)
+            else
+                @min(yoff, -1);
+
+            break :yoff_adjusted yoff_max * cell_size * self.config.mouse_scroll_multiplier;
+        };
 
         // Add our previously saved pending amount to the offset to get the
         // new offset value. The signs of the pending and yoff should match