diff --git a/packages/web-app-preview/src/components/MediaControls.vue b/packages/web-app-preview/src/components/MediaControls.vue
index 5f68ea337b6..1503d99c0d1 100644
--- a/packages/web-app-preview/src/components/MediaControls.vue
+++ b/packages/web-app-preview/src/components/MediaControls.vue
@@ -266,8 +266,13 @@ const resourceFavoriteIconDescription = computed(() => {
 
 const enterFullScreenDescription = computed(() => $gettext('Enter full screen mode'))
 const exitFullScreenDescription = computed(() => $gettext('Exit full screen mode'))
-const imageShrinkDescription = computed(() => $gettext('Shrink the image (⇧ + Mouse wheel)'))
-const imageZoomDescription = computed(() => $gettext('Enlarge the image (⇧ + Mouse wheel)'))
+const zoomModifierKey = computed(() => (isMacOs() ? '⌘' : $gettext('Ctrl')))
+const imageShrinkDescription = computed(() =>
+  $gettext('Shrink the image (%{key} + Mouse wheel)', { key: unref(zoomModifierKey) })
+)
+const imageZoomDescription = computed(() =>
+  $gettext('Enlarge the image (%{key} + Mouse wheel)', { key: unref(zoomModifierKey) })
+)
 const imageResetDescription = computed(() => $gettext('Reset'))
 const imageRotateLeftDescription = computed(() =>
   $gettext('Rotate the image 90 degrees to the left')
diff --git a/packages/web-app-preview/src/components/Sources/MediaImage.vue b/packages/web-app-preview/src/components/Sources/MediaImage.vue
index 94f95ec2942..1df60d48ffd 100644
--- a/packages/web-app-preview/src/components/Sources/MediaImage.vue
+++ b/packages/web-app-preview/src/components/Sources/MediaImage.vue
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ function sanitizeSvgElement(svg: SVGElement) {
 
 const onWheelEvent = (e: WheelEvent) => {
   e.preventDefault()
-  if (!e.shiftKey) {
+  if (!e.shiftKey && !e.ctrlKey && !e.metaKey) {
     return false
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/web-app-preview/tests/unit/components/MediaImage.spec.ts b/packages/web-app-preview/tests/unit/components/MediaImage.spec.ts
index 755c2a001a9..a3f41b45df2 100644
--- a/packages/web-app-preview/tests/unit/components/MediaImage.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/web-app-preview/tests/unit/components/MediaImage.spec.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
 import MediaImage from '../../../src/components/Sources/MediaImage.vue'
 import { defaultPlugins, shallowMount } from '@opencloud-eu/web-test-helpers'
+import { flushPromises } from '@vue/test-utils'
 import { Resource } from '@opencloud-eu/web-client'
 import { MediaFile } from '../../../src/helpers/types'
 
 // panzoom touches real DOM geometry which jsdom does not provide
-vi.mock('@panzoom/panzoom', () => ({
-  default: () => ({
-    destroy: vi.fn(),
-    setStyle: vi.fn(),
-    getScale: () => 1,
-    getPan: () => ({ x: 0, y: 0 })
-  })
-}))
+const panzoom = {
+  destroy: vi.fn(),
+  setStyle: vi.fn(),
+  zoomIn: vi.fn(),
+  zoomOut: vi.fn(),
+  getScale: () => 1,
+  getPan: () => ({ x: 0, y: 0 })
+}
+vi.mock('@panzoom/panzoom', () => ({ default: () => panzoom }))
 
 const mediaFile = (mimeType: string): MediaFile =>
   ({
@@ -29,7 +31,20 @@ const mediaFile = (mimeType: string): MediaFile =>
     resource: { id: 'img1' } as Resource
   }) as MediaFile
 
+// the test DOM drops modifier keys passed to the WheelEvent constructor
+function wheelEvent(deltaY: number, modifier: Partial<WheelEventInit> = {}) {
+  const event = new WheelEvent('wheel', { deltaY })
+  Object.entries(modifier).forEach(([key, value]) => {
+    Object.defineProperty(event, key, { value })
+  })
+  return event
+}
+
 describe('MediaImage component', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks()
+  })
+
   it('fits an svg to the stage: stage-sized wrapper and a size-full svg', () => {
     // the wrapper must have a size so the svg can scale to it instead of
     // overflowing (large svg) or collapsing to 0x0 (viewBox-only svg)
@@ -49,6 +64,33 @@ describe('MediaImage component', () => {
     const img = wrapper.find('img')
     expect(img.classes()).toEqual(expect.arrayContaining(['max-w-full', 'max-h-full']))
   })
+
+  describe('mouse wheel zoom', () => {
+    it.each([
+      ['shift', { shiftKey: true }],
+      ['ctrl', { ctrlKey: true }],
+      ['meta', { metaKey: true }]
+    ])('zooms with the %s key held', async (_, modifier) => {
+      const { wrapper } = getWrapper('image/png')
+      await flushPromises()
+
+      wrapper.find('img').element.dispatchEvent(wheelEvent(-1, modifier))
+      expect(panzoom.zoomIn).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ step: 0.1 })
+
+      wrapper.find('img').element.dispatchEvent(wheelEvent(1, modifier))
+      expect(panzoom.zoomOut).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ step: 0.1 })
+    })
+
+    it('does not zoom without a modifier key', async () => {
+      const { wrapper } = getWrapper('image/png')
+      await flushPromises()
+
+      wrapper.find('img').element.dispatchEvent(wheelEvent(-1))
+
+      expect(panzoom.zoomIn).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+      expect(panzoom.zoomOut).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    })
+  })
 })
 
 function getWrapper(mimeType: string) {