diff --git a/src/st/st-adjustment.c b/src/st/st-adjustment.c
index e2ef9b2f3..e6b33670c 100644
--- a/src/st/st-adjustment.c
+++ b/src/st/st-adjustment.c
@@ -566,3 +566,31 @@ st_adjustment_get_values (StAdjustment *adjustment,
     *page_size = priv->page_size;
 }
 
+/**
+ * st_adjustment_adjust_for_scroll_event:
+ * @adjustment: An #StAdjustment
+ * @delta: A delta, retrieved directly from clutter_event_get_scroll_delta()
+ *   or similar.
+ *
+ * Adjusts the adjustment using delta values from a scroll event.
+ * You should use this instead of using st_adjustment_set_value()
+ * as this method will tweak the values directly using the same
+ * math as GTK+, to ensure that scrolling is consistent across
+ * the environment.
+ */
+void
+st_adjustment_adjust_for_scroll_event (StAdjustment *adjustment,
+                                       gdouble       delta)
+{
+  StAdjustmentPrivate *priv;
+  gdouble new_value, scroll_unit;
+
+  g_return_if_fail (ST_IS_ADJUSTMENT (adjustment));
+
+  priv = adjustment->priv;
+
+  scroll_unit = pow (priv->page_size, 2.0 / 3.0);
+
+  new_value = priv->value + delta * scroll_unit;
+  st_adjustment_set_value (adjustment, new_value);
+}
diff --git a/src/st/st-adjustment.h b/src/st/st-adjustment.h
index 7660a08ec..fe041cf8a 100644
--- a/src/st/st-adjustment.h
+++ b/src/st/st-adjustment.h
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ void          st_adjustment_get_values  (StAdjustment *adjustment,
                                          gdouble      *step_increment,
                                          gdouble      *page_increment,
                                          gdouble      *page_size);
+
+void          st_adjustment_adjust_for_scroll_event (StAdjustment *adjustment,
+                                                     gdouble       delta);
+
 G_END_DECLS
 
 #endif /* __ST_ADJUSTMENT_H__ */
diff --git a/src/st/st-scroll-view.c b/src/st/st-scroll-view.c
index c8f89ceee..285ba2d60 100644
--- a/src/st/st-scroll-view.c
+++ b/src/st/st-scroll-view.c
@@ -665,6 +665,30 @@ st_scroll_view_allocate (ClutterActor          *actor,
 
 }
 
+static void
+adjust_with_direction (StAdjustment           *adj,
+                       ClutterScrollDirection  direction)
+{
+  gdouble delta;
+
+  switch (direction)
+    {
+    case CLUTTER_SCROLL_UP:
+    case CLUTTER_SCROLL_LEFT:
+      delta = -1.0;
+      break;
+    case CLUTTER_SCROLL_RIGHT:
+    case CLUTTER_SCROLL_DOWN:
+      delta = 1.0;
+      break;
+    case CLUTTER_SCROLL_SMOOTH:
+      g_assert_not_reached ();
+      break;
+    }
+
+  st_adjustment_adjust_for_scroll_event (adj, delta);
+}
+
 static void
 st_scroll_view_style_changed (StWidget *widget)
 {
@@ -687,57 +711,31 @@ st_scroll_view_scroll_event (ClutterActor       *self,
                              ClutterScrollEvent *event)
 {
   StScrollViewPrivate *priv = ST_SCROLL_VIEW (self)->priv;
-  gdouble value, step, hvalue, vvalue, delta_x, delta_y;
 
   /* don't handle scroll events if requested not to */
   if (!priv->mouse_scroll)
     return FALSE;
 
-  switch (event->direction)
-    {
-    case CLUTTER_SCROLL_SMOOTH:
-      clutter_event_get_scroll_delta ((ClutterEvent *)event,
-                                      &delta_x, &delta_y);
-      g_object_get (priv->hadjustment,
-                    "value", &hvalue,
-                    NULL);
-      g_object_get (priv->vadjustment,
-                    "value", &vvalue,
-                    NULL);
-      break;
-    case CLUTTER_SCROLL_UP:
-    case CLUTTER_SCROLL_DOWN:
-      g_object_get (priv->vadjustment,
-                    "step-increment", &step,
-                    "value", &value,
-                    NULL);
-      break;
-    case CLUTTER_SCROLL_LEFT:
-    case CLUTTER_SCROLL_RIGHT:
-      g_object_get (priv->hadjustment,
-                    "step-increment", &step,
-                    "value", &value,
-                    NULL);
-      break;
-    }
+  if (clutter_event_is_pointer_emulated ((ClutterEvent *) event))
+    return TRUE;
 
   switch (event->direction)
     {
     case CLUTTER_SCROLL_SMOOTH:
-      st_adjustment_set_value (priv->hadjustment, hvalue + delta_x);
-      st_adjustment_set_value (priv->vadjustment, vvalue + delta_y);
+      {
+        gdouble delta_x, delta_y;
+        clutter_event_get_scroll_delta ((ClutterEvent *)event, &delta_x, &delta_y);
+        st_adjustment_adjust_for_scroll_event (priv->hadjustment, delta_x);
+        st_adjustment_adjust_for_scroll_event (priv->vadjustment, delta_y);
+      }
       break;
     case CLUTTER_SCROLL_UP:
-      st_adjustment_set_value (priv->vadjustment, value - step);
-      break;
     case CLUTTER_SCROLL_DOWN:
-      st_adjustment_set_value (priv->vadjustment, value + step);
+      adjust_with_direction (priv->vadjustment, event->direction);
       break;
     case CLUTTER_SCROLL_LEFT:
-      st_adjustment_set_value (priv->hadjustment, value - step);
-      break;
     case CLUTTER_SCROLL_RIGHT:
-      st_adjustment_set_value (priv->hadjustment, value + step);
+      adjust_with_direction (priv->hadjustment, event->direction);
       break;
     }