diff --git a/ui/pageview.h b/ui/pageview.h
--- a/ui/pageview.h
+++ b/ui/pageview.h
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@
 
         void createAnnotationsVideoWidgets(PageViewItem *item, const QLinkedList< Okular::Annotation * > &annotations);
 
+        void holdZoomCenter( ZoomMode newZm, QPointF zoomCenter, float newZoom = 0.0 );
         // don't want to expose classes in here
         class PageViewPrivate * d;
 
diff --git a/ui/pageview.cpp b/ui/pageview.cpp
--- a/ui/pageview.cpp
+++ b/ui/pageview.cpp
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@
 
     // Keep track of mouse over link object
     const Okular::ObjectRect * mouseOverLinkObject;
+    bool pinchActive;
 };
 
 PageViewPrivate::PageViewPrivate( PageView *qq )
@@ -365,6 +366,7 @@
     d->aMouseMagnifier = nullptr;
     d->aFitWindowToPage = nullptr;
     d->trimBoundingBox = Okular::NormalizedRect(); // Null box
+    d->pinchActive = false;
 
     switch( Okular::Settings::zoomMode() )
     {
@@ -1579,19 +1581,15 @@
         if (pinch->state() == Qt::GestureStarted)
         {
             vanillaZoom = d->zoomFactor;
+            d->pinchActive = true;
         }
 
         const QPinchGesture::ChangeFlags changeFlags = pinch->changeFlags();
 
         // Zoom
         if (pinch->changeFlags() & QPinchGesture::ScaleFactorChanged)
         {
-            d->zoomFactor = vanillaZoom * pinch->totalScaleFactor();
-
-            d->blockPixmapsRequest = true;
-            updateZoom( ZoomRefreshCurrent );
-            d->blockPixmapsRequest = false;
-            viewport()->repaint();
+            holdZoomCenter( ZoomRefreshCurrent, mapFromGlobal( pinch->centerPoint().toPoint()), vanillaZoom * pinch->totalScaleFactor() );
         }
 
         // Count the number of 90-degree rotations we did since the start of the pinch gesture.
@@ -1618,6 +1616,7 @@
         if (pinch->state() == Qt::GestureFinished)
         {
             rotations = 0;
+            d->pinchActive = false;
         }
 
         return true;
@@ -2051,6 +2050,9 @@
 
 void PageView::mouseMoveEvent( QMouseEvent * e )
 {
+    if ( e->source() == Qt::MouseEventSynthesizedByQt && d->pinchActive )
+        return;
+
     // For some reason in Qt 5.11.2 (no idea when this started) all wheel
     // events are followed by mouse move events (without changing position),
     // so we only actually reset the controlWheelAccumulatedDelta if there is a mouse movement
@@ -2102,11 +2104,7 @@
         // update zoom level, perform zoom and redraw
         if ( deltaY )
         {
-            d->zoomFactor *= ( 1.0 + ( (double)deltaY / 500.0 ) );
-            d->blockPixmapsRequest = true;
-            updateZoom( ZoomRefreshCurrent );
-            d->blockPixmapsRequest = false;
-            viewport()->repaint();
+            holdZoomCenter( ZoomRefreshCurrent , mapFromGlobal(d->mousePressPos), d->zoomFactor * ( 1.0 + ( (double)deltaY / 500.0 ) ));
         }
         return;
     }
@@ -2253,6 +2251,9 @@
         d->autoScrollTimer->stop();
     }
 
+    // update press / 'start drag' mouse position
+    d->mousePressPos = e->globalPos();
+
     // if pressing mid mouse button while not doing other things, begin 'continuous zoom' mode
     if ( e->button() == Qt::MidButton )
     {
@@ -2283,9 +2284,6 @@
         return;
     }
 
-    // update press / 'start drag' mouse position
-    d->mousePressPos = e->globalPos();
-
     // handle mode dependent mouse press actions
     bool leftButton = e->button() == Qt::LeftButton,
          rightButton = e->button() == Qt::RightButton;
@@ -3302,12 +3300,12 @@
         d->controlWheelAccumulatedDelta += delta;
         if ( d->controlWheelAccumulatedDelta <= -QWheelEvent::DefaultDeltasPerStep )
         {
-            slotZoomOut();
+            holdZoomCenter( ZoomOut, e->pos() );
             d->controlWheelAccumulatedDelta = 0;
         }
         else if ( d->controlWheelAccumulatedDelta >= QWheelEvent::DefaultDeltasPerStep )
         {
-            slotZoomIn();
+            holdZoomCenter( ZoomIn, e->pos() );
             d->controlWheelAccumulatedDelta = 0;
         }
     }
@@ -4438,6 +4436,27 @@
     return nullptr;
 }
 
+void PageView::holdZoomCenter(PageView::ZoomMode newZm, QPointF zoomCenter, float newZoom)
+{
+    const QPointF centerBegin = viewportToContentArea( d->document->viewport() );
+    const QPointF oldScroll = contentAreaPosition();
+
+    d->blockPixmapsRequest = true;
+
+    if ( newZoom )
+        d->zoomFactor = newZoom;
+
+    updateZoom( newZm );
+
+    const QPointF centerEnd = viewportToContentArea( d->document->viewport() );
+    //The calculation for newScroll is taken from Gwenview class Abstractimageview::setZoom
+    const double zoomFactor = centerEnd.y() / centerBegin.y();
+    const QPointF newScroll = zoomFactor * ( oldScroll + zoomCenter ) - zoomCenter;
+
+    d->blockPixmapsRequest = false;
+    scrollTo( newScroll.x(), newScroll.y() );
+}
+
 //BEGIN private SLOTS
 void PageView::slotRelayoutPages()
 // called by: notifySetup, viewportResizeEvent, slotViewMode, slotContinuousToggled, updateZoom