diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor_drag.h b/gtk2_ardour/editor_drag.h
index a0281fc427..67bd43e2b5 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor_drag.h
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor_drag.h
@@ -808,6 +808,10 @@ public:
 	void finished (GdkEvent *, bool);
 	void aborted ();
 
+	std::pair<ARDOUR::framecnt_t, int> move_threshold () const {
+		return std::make_pair (4, 4);
+	}
+
 private:
 	bool _zoom_out;
 };
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor_mouse.cc b/gtk2_ardour/editor_mouse.cc
index 8e68ad4ec1..f2d49fa1d7 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor_mouse.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor_mouse.cc
@@ -270,7 +270,11 @@ Editor::set_canvas_cursor ()
 			break;
 
 		case MouseZoom:
-			current_canvas_cursor = zoom_in_cursor;
+			if (Keyboard::the_keyboard().key_is_down (GDK_Control_L)) {
+				current_canvas_cursor = zoom_out_cursor;
+			} else {
+				current_canvas_cursor = zoom_in_cursor;
+			}
 			break;
 
 		case MouseTimeFX: