diff --git a/public/app/core/components/grafana_app.ts b/public/app/core/components/grafana_app.ts
index c00b7b2181b..13c7f48de3e 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/grafana_app.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/components/grafana_app.ts
@@ -167,6 +167,8 @@ export function grafanaAppDirective(playlistSrv, contextSrv, $timeout, $rootScop
       // mouse and keyboard is user activity
       body.mousemove(userActivityDetected);
       body.keydown(userActivityDetected);
+      // set useCapture = true to catch event here
+      document.addEventListener('wheel', userActivityDetected, true);
       // treat tab change as activity
       document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', userActivityDetected);