diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/bookwindow.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/bookwindow.cpp
index efe089689b..c28ef96ef1 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/bookwindow.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/bookwindow.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ namespace MWGui
         adjustButton(mNextPageButton);
         adjustButton(mPrevPageButton);
 
+        mLeftPage->setNeedMouseFocus(true);
+        mLeftPage->eventMouseWheel += MyGUI::newDelegate(this, &BookWindow::onMouseWheel);
+        mRightPage->setNeedMouseFocus(true);
+        mRightPage->eventMouseWheel += MyGUI::newDelegate(this, &BookWindow::onMouseWheel);
+
         if (mNextPageButton->getSize().width == 64)
         {
             // english button has a 7 pixel wide strip of garbage on its right edge
@@ -54,6 +59,14 @@ namespace MWGui
         center();
     }
 
+    void BookWindow::onMouseWheel(MyGUI::Widget *_sender, int _rel)
+    {
+        if (_rel < 0)
+            nextPage();
+        else
+            prevPage();
+    }
+
     void BookWindow::clearPages()
     {
         for (std::vector<MyGUI::Widget*>::iterator it=mPages.begin();
@@ -89,6 +102,7 @@ namespace MWGui
                 parent = mRightPage;
 
             MyGUI::Widget* pageWidget = parent->createWidgetReal<MyGUI::Widget>("", MyGUI::FloatCoord(0.0,0.0,1.0,1.0), MyGUI::Align::Default, "BookPage" + boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(i));
+            pageWidget->setNeedMouseFocus(false);
             parser.parsePage(*it, pageWidget, mLeftPage->getSize().width);
             mPages.push_back(pageWidget);
             ++i;
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/bookwindow.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/bookwindow.hpp
index ef87dd9c4c..f8821ab50b 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/bookwindow.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/bookwindow.hpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ namespace MWGui
             void onPrevPageButtonClicked (MyGUI::Widget* sender);
             void onCloseButtonClicked (MyGUI::Widget* sender);
             void onTakeButtonClicked (MyGUI::Widget* sender);
+            void onMouseWheel(MyGUI::Widget* _sender, int _rel);
 
             void updatePages();
             void clearPages();
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwinput/inputmanagerimp.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwinput/inputmanagerimp.cpp
index 9090c97479..da0a349d0b 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwinput/inputmanagerimp.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwinput/inputmanagerimp.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <MyGUI_RenderManager.h>
 #include <MyGUI_Widget.h>
 #include <MyGUI_Button.h>
+#include <MyGUI_EditBox.h>
 
 #include <openengine/ogre/renderer.hpp>
 
@@ -19,7 +20,6 @@
 #include "../mwbase/world.hpp"
 #include "../mwbase/windowmanager.hpp"
 #include "../mwbase/soundmanager.hpp"
-#include "../mwgui/bookwindow.hpp"
 #include "../mwmechanics/creaturestats.hpp"
 
 using namespace ICS;
@@ -591,15 +591,6 @@ namespace MWInput
             mMouseWheel = int(arg.z);
 
             MyGUI::InputManager::getInstance().injectMouseMove( int(mMouseX), int(mMouseY), mMouseWheel);
-
-            //if the player is reading a book and flicking the mouse wheel
-            if (MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->getMode() == MWGui::GM_Book && arg.zrel)
-            {
-                if (arg.zrel < 0)
-                    MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->getBookWindow()->nextPage();
-                else
-                    MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->getBookWindow()->prevPage();
-            }
         }
 
         if (mMouseLookEnabled)