diff --git a/client/src/components/run/TerminalView.tsx b/client/src/components/run/TerminalView.tsx
index 658fc7e..78e9dfb 100644
--- a/client/src/components/run/TerminalView.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/run/TerminalView.tsx
@@ -31,14 +31,20 @@ export function TerminalView({ runId, wsBaseUrl }: TerminalViewProps) {
     if (containerRef.current) term.open(containerRef.current);
     fit.fit();
 
-    // When the pane's program has NOT enabled mouse tracking, xterm falls back
+    // When the pane's program has NOT enabled wheel reporting, xterm falls back
     // to converting each wheel notch on an alt-screen buffer into a cursor-key
     // press (ESC[A / ESC[B). In a `claude` pane that reads as arrow up/down —
-    // the wheel silently walks the prompt history instead of scrolling. This
-    // handler kills only that emulation branch: real mouse reports are sent by
-    // a separate listener xterm registers when the program does ask for wheel
-    // events, so wheel scrolling still works wherever tracking is on.
-    term.attachCustomWheelEventHandler(() => false);
+    // the wheel silently walks the prompt history instead of scrolling. Kill
+    // ONLY that branch: xterm runs this same handler before sending a real SGR
+    // mouse report too (`bindMouse`'s wheel case consults it), so a blanket
+    // `false` also blocks tmux's own wheel scrolling. `x10` counts as off here
+    // because that protocol reports button presses only, never the wheel — so
+    // xterm takes the emulation path for it as well.
+    term.attachCustomWheelEventHandler(() => {
+      const mode = term.modes.mouseTrackingMode;
+      const tracked = mode !== "none" && mode !== "x10";
+      return tracked || term.buffer.active.type !== "alternate";
+    });
 
     // xterm sends Shift+Tab as ESC[Z but — unlike plain Tab — never marks the
     // event cancelled, so the browser still runs its default action and moves
diff --git a/client/src/components/run/__tests__/TerminalView.test.tsx b/client/src/components/run/__tests__/TerminalView.test.tsx
index 5496ac3..d2fc7e5 100644
--- a/client/src/components/run/__tests__/TerminalView.test.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/run/__tests__/TerminalView.test.tsx
@@ -16,9 +16,20 @@ const openMock = vi.fn();
 const disposeMock = vi.fn();
 const wheelHandlerMock = vi.fn();
 const keyHandlerMock = vi.fn();
+// Mutable stand-ins for the two live terminal facts the wheel handler reads.
+const termState = {
+  modes: { mouseTrackingMode: "none" as "none" | "x10" | "vt200" | "drag" | "any" },
+  buffer: { active: { type: "alternate" as "normal" | "alternate" } },
+};
 
 vi.mock("@xterm/xterm", () => ({
   Terminal: vi.fn().mockImplementation(() => ({
+    get modes() {
+      return termState.modes;
+    },
+    get buffer() {
+      return termState.buffer;
+    },
     open: openMock,
     write: writeMock,
     onData: (fn: (d: string) => void) => {
@@ -58,6 +69,8 @@ global.WebSocket = MockWebSocket;
 
 describe("TerminalView", () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
+    termState.modes.mouseTrackingMode = "none";
+    termState.buffer.active.type = "alternate";
     MockWebSocket.instances = [];
     onDataHandlers.length = 0;
     writeMock.mockClear();
@@ -99,6 +112,8 @@ describe("TerminalView", () => {
   });
 
   it("swallows wheel events xterm would otherwise turn into arrow keys", () => {
+    termState.modes.mouseTrackingMode = "none";
+    termState.buffer.active.type = "alternate";
     render(<TerminalView runId="ccam-lane-1" wsBaseUrl="ws://localhost:4820" />);
     expect(wheelHandlerMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     // false = xterm skips its alt-screen wheel→cursor-key emulation, which in a
@@ -106,6 +121,29 @@ describe("TerminalView", () => {
     expect(wheelHandlerMock.mock.calls[0]![0]!(new Event("wheel"))).toBe(false);
   });
 
+  it("lets the wheel through once the pane's program tracks the mouse", () => {
+    // tmux with `mouse on` sets this; the wheel must reach it as a real SGR
+    // report, so returning false here would kill scrolling entirely.
+    termState.modes.mouseTrackingMode = "any";
+    termState.buffer.active.type = "alternate";
+    render(<TerminalView runId="ccam-lane-1" wsBaseUrl="ws://localhost:4820" />);
+    expect(wheelHandlerMock.mock.calls[0]![0]!(new Event("wheel"))).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("lets the wheel through on a normal buffer, where xterm scrolls scrollback", () => {
+    termState.modes.mouseTrackingMode = "none";
+    termState.buffer.active.type = "normal";
+    render(<TerminalView runId="ccam-lane-1" wsBaseUrl="ws://localhost:4820" />);
+    expect(wheelHandlerMock.mock.calls[0]![0]!(new Event("wheel"))).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("treats x10 tracking as no wheel tracking (x10 never reports the wheel)", () => {
+    termState.modes.mouseTrackingMode = "x10";
+    termState.buffer.active.type = "alternate";
+    render(<TerminalView runId="ccam-lane-1" wsBaseUrl="ws://localhost:4820" />);
+    expect(wheelHandlerMock.mock.calls[0]![0]!(new Event("wheel"))).toBe(false);
+  });
+
   it("keeps Shift+Tab in the terminal instead of letting focus escape", () => {
     render(<TerminalView runId="ccam-lane-1" wsBaseUrl="ws://localhost:4820" />);
     const handler = keyHandlerMock.mock.calls[0]![0]! as (e: KeyboardEvent) => boolean;