diff --git a/src/st/st-scroll-view.c b/src/st/st-scroll-view.c
index fe7f3313e..132abd5a4 100644
--- a/src/st/st-scroll-view.c
+++ b/src/st/st-scroll-view.c
@@ -1228,6 +1228,8 @@ st_scroll_view_set_mouse_scrolling (StScrollView *scroll,
       /* make sure we can receive mouse wheel events */
       if (enabled)
         clutter_actor_set_reactive ((ClutterActor *) scroll, TRUE);
+
+      g_object_notify_by_pspec (G_OBJECT (scroll), props[PROP_MOUSE_SCROLL]);
     }
 }