diff --git a/ui/pageview.cpp b/ui/pageview.cpp
index 5fbabb298..339ba69c3 100644
--- a/ui/pageview.cpp
+++ b/ui/pageview.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <QDesktopServices>
 #include <QMimeDatabase>
 #include <QMimeData>
+#include <QGestureEvent>
 
 #include <qaction.h>
 #include <kactionmenu.h>
@@ -416,6 +417,9 @@ PageView::PageView( QWidget *parent, Okular::Document *document )
     // connect(...);
     setAttribute( Qt::WA_InputMethodEnabled, true );
 
+    // Grab pinch gestures to rotate the view (and do things like zooming eventually)
+    grabGesture(Qt::PinchGesture);
+
     d->magnifierView = new MagnifierView(document, this);
     d->magnifierView->hide();
     d->magnifierView->setGeometry(0, 0, 351, 201); // TODO: more dynamic?
@@ -1481,6 +1485,51 @@ void PageView::setCapability( ViewCapability capability, const QVariant &option
 //END View inherited methods
 
 //BEGIN widget events
+bool PageView::event( QEvent * event )
+{
+    if ( event->type() == QEvent::Gesture )
+    {
+        return gestureEvent(static_cast<QGestureEvent*>( event ));
+    }
+
+    // do not stop the event
+    return QAbstractScrollArea::event( event );
+}
+
+
+bool PageView::gestureEvent( QGestureEvent * event )
+{
+    QPinchGesture *pinch = static_cast<QPinchGesture*>(event->gesture(Qt::PinchGesture));
+
+    if (pinch)
+    {
+        // Viewport zoom level at the moment where the pinch gesture starts.
+        // The viewport zoom level _during_ the gesture will be this value
+        // times the relative zoom reported by QGestureEvent.
+        static qreal vanillaZoom = d->zoomFactor;
+
+        if (pinch->state() == Qt::GestureStarted)
+        {
+            vanillaZoom = d->zoomFactor;
+        }
+
+        // Zoom
+        if (pinch->changeFlags() & QPinchGesture::ScaleFactorChanged)
+        {
+            d->zoomFactor = vanillaZoom * pinch->totalScaleFactor();
+
+            d->blockPixmapsRequest = true;
+            updateZoom( ZoomRefreshCurrent );
+            d->blockPixmapsRequest = false;
+            viewport()->repaint();
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
 void PageView::paintEvent(QPaintEvent *pe)
 {
         const QPoint areaPos = contentAreaPosition();
diff --git a/ui/pageview.h b/ui/pageview.h
index 7c43f51cb..77781c38e 100644
--- a/ui/pageview.h
+++ b/ui/pageview.h
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ class PageViewPrivate;
 
 class MagnifierView;
 
+class QGestureEvent;
+
 /**
  * @short The main view. Handles zoom and continuous mode.. oh, and page
  * @short display of course :-)
@@ -126,7 +128,10 @@ Q_OBJECT
         void fitWindowToPage( const QSize& pageViewPortSize, const QSize& pageSize );
 
     protected:
+        bool event( QEvent * event ) Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
+
         void resizeEvent( QResizeEvent* ) Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
+        bool gestureEvent( QGestureEvent * e );
 
         // mouse / keyboard events
         void keyPressEvent( QKeyEvent* ) Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;