diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a4d1f1f6..af036939 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@
 *.gcno
 tags
 *.gnuplot
+/build/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/evdev.c b/src/evdev.c
index 7c6e921d..446a5cd6 100644
--- a/src/evdev.c
+++ b/src/evdev.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <time.h>
 #include <math.h>
+#include <limits.h>
 
 #include "libinput.h"
 #include "evdev.h"
@@ -1160,6 +1161,7 @@ evdev_read_wheel_click_props(struct evdev_device *device)
 						 &angles.x))
 			angles.x = angles.y;
 	}
+	angles.y=INT_MAX;
 
 	return angles;
 }
diff --git a/src/libinput.c b/src/libinput.c
index 01f53974..2ee9e1dc 100644
--- a/src/libinput.c
+++ b/src/libinput.c
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 #include <sys/epoll.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <assert.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
 
 #include "libinput.h"
 #include "libinput-private.h"
@@ -720,6 +722,16 @@ libinput_event_pointer_get_axis_value(struct libinput_event_pointer *event,
 	return value;
 }
 
+static char *multiplier;
+static void libinput_discrete_deltay_multiplier(void) {
+  int fd;
+  char *file = "/tmp/libinput_discrete_deltay_multiplier";
+  if ((fd = open(file, O_RDWR | O_CREAT, 0666)) == -1) exit(1);
+  if (write(fd, "1", sizeof(char)) == -1) exit(1);
+  if ((multiplier = mmap(NULL, 1024, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0)) ==
+      MAP_FAILED) exit(1);
+}
+
 LIBINPUT_EXPORT double
 libinput_event_pointer_get_axis_value_discrete(struct libinput_event_pointer *event,
 					       enum libinput_pointer_axis axis)
@@ -740,7 +752,7 @@ libinput_event_pointer_get_axis_value_discrete(struct libinput_event_pointer *ev
 			value = event->discrete.x;
 			break;
 		case LIBINPUT_POINTER_AXIS_SCROLL_VERTICAL:
-			value = event->discrete.y;
+			value = event->discrete.y * atoi(multiplier);
 			break;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1717,6 +1729,7 @@ libinput_init(struct libinput *libinput,
 		close(libinput->epoll_fd);
 		return -1;
 	}
+	libinput_discrete_deltay_multiplier();
 
 	return 0;
 }