diff --git a/org.kde.desktop/TabBar.qml b/org.kde.desktop/TabBar.qml
index 57565d9..66609c1 100644
--- a/org.kde.desktop/TabBar.qml
+++ b/org.kde.desktop/TabBar.qml
@@ -1,82 +1,91 @@
 /*
  * Copyright 2017 Marco Martin <mart@kde.org>
  * Copyright 2017 The Qt Company Ltd.
  *
  * GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
  * Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
  * General Public License version 3 as published by the Free Software
  * Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPLv3 included in the
  * packaging of this file. Please review the following information to
  * ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 requirements
  * will be met: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html.
  *
  * GNU General Public License Usage
  * Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU
  * General Public License version 2.0 or later as published by the Free
  * Software Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.GPL included in
  * the packaging of this file. Please review the following information to
  * ensure the GNU General Public License version 2.0 requirements will be
  * met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html.
  */
 
 
 import QtQuick 2.6
 import org.kde.qqc2desktopstyle.private 1.0 as StylePrivate
 import org.kde.kirigami 2.2 as Kirigami
 import QtQuick.Templates @QQC2_VERSION@ as T
 
 T.TabBar {
     id: controlRoot
 
     Kirigami.Theme.colorSet: Kirigami.Theme.Button
     Kirigami.Theme.inherit: false
 
     //Some QStyles seem to not return sensible pixelmetrics here
     implicitWidth: Math.max(Kirigami.Units.gridUnit * 6, contentItem.implicitWidth)
     implicitHeight: Math.max(Kirigami.Units.gridUnit * 2, contentItem.implicitHeight)
 
     spacing: 0
 
     contentItem: ListView {
         implicitWidth: contentWidth
         implicitHeight: controlRoot.contentModel.get(0).height
 
         model: controlRoot.contentModel
         currentIndex: controlRoot.currentIndex
 
         spacing: -styleItem.pixelMetric("tabOverlap")-1
         orientation: ListView.Horizontal
         boundsBehavior: Flickable.StopAtBounds
         flickableDirection: Flickable.AutoFlickIfNeeded
         snapMode: ListView.SnapToItem
 
         highlightMoveDuration: 0
         highlightRangeMode: ListView.ApplyRange
         preferredHighlightBegin: 40
         preferredHighlightEnd: width - 40
     }
 
     StylePrivate.StyleItem {
         id: styleItem
         control: controlRoot
         visible: false
         elementType: "tabframe"
         properties: {
             "orientation" : controlRoot.position == T.TabBar.Header ? "Top" : "Bottom"
         }
     }
 
-    background: Item {
+    background: MouseArea {
+        acceptedButtons: Qt.NoButton
+        onWheel: {
+            if (wheel.pixelDelta.y < 0 || wheel.angleDelta.y < 0) {
+                controlRoot.currentIndex = Math.min(controlRoot.currentIndex + 1, controlRoot.contentModel.count -1);
+            } else {
+                controlRoot.currentIndex = Math.max(controlRoot.currentIndex - 1, 0);
+            }
+        }
+
         Rectangle {
             anchors {
                 left: parent.left
                 right: parent.right
                 bottom : controlRoot.position == T.TabBar.Header ? parent.bottom : undefined
                 top : controlRoot.position == T.TabBar.Header ? undefined : parent.top
             }
             height: 1
             color: Kirigami.Theme.textColor
             opacity: 0.4
         }
     }
 }