diff --git a/src/mol-plugin/skin/base/components/viewport.scss b/src/mol-plugin/skin/base/components/viewport.scss
index f87599bbb3ef8ff14bb0fd5251a30b010616d356..768d8a12fc78587921e142ac9f6c710e54cf10fa 100644
--- a/src/mol-plugin/skin/base/components/viewport.scss
+++ b/src/mol-plugin/skin/base/components/viewport.scss
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     -webkit-user-select: none;
     -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0,0,0,0);
     -webkit-touch-callout: none;
+    touch-action: manipulation;
 }
 
 .msp-viewport-controls {
diff --git a/src/mol-util/input/input-observer.ts b/src/mol-util/input/input-observer.ts
index 8f359499e70e4d53231087b84eb56dfdd192806d..8b08cb2fbbea2085a75b45c590c2ba38744e3658 100644
--- a/src/mol-util/input/input-observer.ts
+++ b/src/mol-util/input/input-observer.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ function getButtons(event: MouseEvent | Touch) {
 
 export const DefaultInputObserverProps = {
     noScroll: true,
-    noContextMenu: true
+    noContextMenu: true,
+    noPinchZoom: true
 }
 export type InputObserverProps = Partial<typeof DefaultInputObserverProps>
 
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@ interface InputObserver {
 
 namespace InputObserver {
     export function create (element: Element, props: InputObserverProps = {}): InputObserver {
-        let { noScroll, noContextMenu } = { ...DefaultInputObserverProps, ...props }
+        let { noScroll, noContextMenu, noPinchZoom } = { ...DefaultInputObserverProps, ...props }
 
         let lastTouchDistance = 0
         const pointerDown = Vec2.zero()
@@ -336,6 +337,15 @@ namespace InputObserver {
         }
 
         function onTouchMove (ev: TouchEvent) {
+            if (noPinchZoom) {
+                ev.preventDefault();
+                ev.stopPropagation();
+                if ((ev as any).originalEvent) {
+                    (ev as any).originalEvent.preventDefault();
+                    (ev as any).originalEvent.stopPropagation();
+                }
+            }
+
             if (ev.touches.length === 1) {
                 buttons = ButtonsType.Flag.Primary
                 onPointerMove(ev.touches[0])