diff --git a/src/dashboard.tsx b/src/dashboard.tsx
index efb5bb16..aa8cecef 100644
--- a/src/dashboard.tsx
+++ b/src/dashboard.tsx
@@ -1067,12 +1067,33 @@ function DashboardContent({ projects, period, columns, maxContentWidth, activePr
   )
 }
 
+/// Sum of wheel scroll deltas in a raw stdin chunk under SGR mouse reporting
+/// (DECSET 1006): button 64 is wheel-up, 65 wheel-down, three lines per tick.
+/// Every other mouse event (clicks, drags, wheel with modifiers) contributes
+/// nothing. Exported for tests.
+export function wheelDelta(chunk: string): number {
+  let delta = 0
+  for (const m of chunk.matchAll(/\x1b\[<(64|65);\d+;\d+[Mm]/g)) {
+    delta += m[1] === '64' ? -WHEEL_LINES_PER_TICK : WHEEL_LINES_PER_TICK
+  }
+  return delta
+}
+
+const WHEEL_LINES_PER_TICK = 3
+const MOUSE_TRACKING_ON = '\x1b[?1000h\x1b[?1006h'
+const MOUSE_TRACKING_OFF = '\x1b[?1006l\x1b[?1000l'
+
 function ScrollableViewport({ children, width, lineScroll = true }: { children: React.ReactNode; width: number; lineScroll?: boolean }) {
   const { rows } = useWindowSize()
   const height = Math.max(1, rows - 1)
   const contentRef = useRef<DOMElement>(null)
   const [maxOffset, setMaxOffset] = useState(0)
   const [offset, setOffset] = useState(0)
+  // The stdin listener below outlives renders; it reads the current bound
+  // through a ref so scrolling never re-subscribes (and never re-emits the
+  // tracking enable sequence).
+  const maxOffsetRef = useRef(0)
+  maxOffsetRef.current = maxOffset
 
   useLayoutEffect(() => {
     if (!contentRef.current) return
@@ -1081,6 +1102,23 @@ function ScrollableViewport({ children, width, lineScroll = true }: { children:
     setOffset(current => Math.min(current, nextMaxOffset))
   })
 
+  // Mouse-wheel scrolling via SGR mouse reporting. Known tradeoff: while
+  // tracking is on, click-drag text selection needs Shift held in most
+  // terminals. Tracking is disabled again on unmount (view switches, q).
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!process.stdout.isTTY || !process.stdin.isTTY) return
+    process.stdout.write(MOUSE_TRACKING_ON)
+    const onData = (data: Buffer) => {
+      const delta = wheelDelta(data.toString('utf8'))
+      if (delta !== 0) setOffset(current => Math.max(0, Math.min(current + delta, maxOffsetRef.current)))
+    }
+    process.stdin.on('data', onData)
+    return () => {
+      process.stdin.off('data', onData)
+      process.stdout.write(MOUSE_TRACKING_OFF)
+    }
+  }, [])
+
   useInput((_input, key) => {
     if (lineScroll && key.downArrow) setOffset(current => Math.min(current + 1, maxOffset))
     else if (lineScroll && key.upArrow) setOffset(current => Math.max(current - 1, 0))
diff --git a/tests/wheel-scroll.test.ts b/tests/wheel-scroll.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8482b54f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/wheel-scroll.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest'
+
+import { wheelDelta } from '../src/dashboard.js'
+
+describe('wheelDelta', () => {
+  it('scrolls down three lines per wheel-down tick (button 65)', () => {
+    expect(wheelDelta('\x1b[<65;10;5M')).toBe(3)
+  })
+
+  it('scrolls up three lines per wheel-up tick (button 64)', () => {
+    expect(wheelDelta('\x1b[<64;10;5M')).toBe(-3)
+  })
+
+  it('sums multiple ticks in one chunk, mixed directions', () => {
+    expect(wheelDelta('\x1b[<65;1;1M\x1b[<65;1;1M\x1b[<64;1;1M')).toBe(3)
+  })
+
+  it('ignores clicks, releases, drags, and modified wheel events', () => {
+    // press, release, drag, shift+wheel (button 69), ctrl+wheel (80)
+    expect(wheelDelta('\x1b[<0;12;7M\x1b[<0;12;7m\x1b[<32;13;7M\x1b[<69;1;1M\x1b[<80;1;1M')).toBe(0)
+  })
+
+  it('ignores plain keyboard input and partial sequences', () => {
+    expect(wheelDelta('q')).toBe(0)
+    expect(wheelDelta('\x1b[B')).toBe(0)
+    expect(wheelDelta('\x1b[<65;10')).toBe(0)
+  })
+})