diff --git a/src/capture/wayland.rs b/src/capture/wayland.rs
index 043db5e..9f2b82c 100644
--- a/src/capture/wayland.rs
+++ b/src/capture/wayland.rs
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ struct State {
     qh: QueueHandle<Self>,
     pending_events: VecDeque<(ClientHandle, Event)>,
     output_info: Vec<(WlOutput, OutputInfo)>,
+    scroll_discrete_pending: bool,
 }
 
 struct Inner {
@@ -351,6 +352,7 @@ impl WaylandInputCapture {
             read_guard: None,
             pending_events: VecDeque::new(),
             output_info: vec![],
+            scroll_discrete_pending: false,
         };
 
         // dispatch registry to () again, in order to read all wl_outputs
@@ -752,17 +754,25 @@ impl Dispatch<WlPointer, ()> for State {
             }
             wl_pointer::Event::Axis { time, axis, value } => {
                 let (_, client) = app.focused.as_ref().unwrap();
-                app.pending_events.push_back((
-                    *client,
-                    Event::Pointer(PointerEvent::Axis {
-                        time,
-                        axis: u32::from(axis) as u8,
-                        value,
-                    }),
-                ));
+                if app.scroll_discrete_pending {
+                    // each axisvalue120 event is coupled with
+                    // a corresponding axis event, which needs to
+                    // be ignored to not duplicate the scrolling
+                    app.scroll_discrete_pending = false;
+                } else {
+                    app.pending_events.push_back((
+                        *client,
+                        Event::Pointer(PointerEvent::Axis {
+                            time,
+                            axis: u32::from(axis) as u8,
+                            value,
+                        }),
+                    ));
+                }
             }
             wl_pointer::Event::AxisValue120 { axis, value120 } => {
                 let (_, client) = app.focused.as_ref().unwrap();
+                app.scroll_discrete_pending = true;
                 app.pending_events.push_back((
                     *client,
                     Event::Pointer(PointerEvent::AxisDiscrete120 {