diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2c6e546f..18204b55 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2018-09-02  Markus Gans  <guru.mail@muenster.de>
+	* Fix mouse wheel behavior over horizontal scroll bars
+	  in FTextView
+
 2018-09-01  Markus Gans  <guru.mail@muenster.de>
 	* Compiles now with newer gcc
 
diff --git a/src/ftextview.cpp b/src/ftextview.cpp
index 9a2c3ce2..1033a67c 100644
--- a/src/ftextview.cpp
+++ b/src/ftextview.cpp
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ void FTextView::cb_HBarChange (FWidget*, data_ptr)
       break;
 
     case FScrollbar::scrollWheelDown:
-      scrollBy (-wheel_distance, 0);
+      scrollBy (wheel_distance, 0);
       break;
   }