diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 042c854..1a6dfc2 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -263,6 +263,14 @@ <h2 id="config">
                         <td>
                             Boolean</td>
                     </tr>
+                    <tr>
+                        <td>
+                            <code>horizMouseScroll</code></td>
+                        <td>
+                            <code>true</code></td>
+                        <td>
+                            <code>Indicates whether mousescroll controls the horizontal scrolling of the chart.</code></td>
+                    </tr>
                 </tbody>
             </table>
 
diff --git a/js/jquery.fn.gantt.js b/js/jquery.fn.gantt.js
index c59cb63..0ecb7fe 100644
--- a/js/jquery.fn.gantt.js
+++ b/js/jquery.fn.gantt.js
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@
             // navigation
             navigate: "buttons",
             scrollToToday: true,
+            horizMouseScroll: true,
             // cookie options
             useCookie: false,
             cookieKey: "jquery.fn.gantt",
@@ -360,10 +361,12 @@
                 var dataPanel = $('<div class="dataPanel" style="width: ' + width + 'px;"/>');
 
                 // Handle mousewheel events for scrolling the data panel
-                var wheel = 'onwheel' in element ?
-                    'wheel' : document.onmousewheel !== undefined ?
-                    'mousewheel' : 'DOMMouseScroll';
-                $(element).on(wheel, function (e) { core.wheelScroll(element, e); });
+                if (settings.horizMouseScroll) {
+                    var wheel = 'onwheel' in element ?
+                        'wheel' : document.onmousewheel !== undefined ?
+                        'mousewheel' : 'DOMMouseScroll';
+                    $(element).on(wheel, function (e) { core.wheelScroll(element, e); });
+                }
 
                 // Handle click events and dispatch to registered `onAddClick` function
                 dataPanel.click(function (e) {