diff --git a/src/pyj/book_list/main.pyj b/src/pyj/book_list/main.pyj
index b52de2eb9a..23a6d01152 100644
--- a/src/pyj/book_list/main.pyj
+++ b/src/pyj/book_list/main.pyj
@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ def init_ui():
     install(translations)
     remove_initial_progress_bar()
     document.head.appendChild(E.style(get_widget_css()))
-    set_css(document.body, background_color=get_color('window-background'), color=get_color('window-foreground'))
+    # See https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/pull/1101
+    # for why we need touch-action: none
+    set_css(document.body, background_color=get_color('window-background'), color=get_color('window-foreground'), touch_action='none')
     document.body.appendChild(E.div())
     document.body.lastChild.appendChild(E.div(id=book_list_container_id, style='display: none'))
     document.body.lastChild.appendChild(E.div(id=read_book_container_id, style='display: none'))
diff --git a/src/pyj/viewer-main.pyj b/src/pyj/viewer-main.pyj
index 0899da7a53..8da2bedf32 100644
--- a/src/pyj/viewer-main.pyj
+++ b/src/pyj/viewer-main.pyj
@@ -408,7 +408,9 @@ if window is window.top:
     window.onerror = onerror
     create_modal_container()
     document.head.appendChild(E.style(get_widget_css()))
-    set_css(document.body, background_color=get_color('window-background'), color=get_color('window-foreground'))
+    # See https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/pull/1101
+    # for why we need touch-action: none
+    set_css(document.body, background_color=get_color('window-background'), color=get_color('window-foreground'), touch_action='none')
     setTimeout(def():
             window.onpopstate = on_pop_state
         , 0)  # We do this after event loop ticks over to avoid catching popstate events that some browsers send on page load