diff --git a/js/angular/directive/content.js b/js/angular/directive/content.js
index 880765ece7..8276f06f18 100644
--- a/js/angular/directive/content.js
+++ b/js/angular/directive/content.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ function($timeout, $controller, $ionicBind) {
     compile: function(element, attr) {
       var innerElement;
 
-      element.addClass('scroll-content');
+      element.addClass('scroll-content ionic-scroll');
 
       if (attr.scroll != 'false') {
         //We cannot use normal transclude here because it breaks element.data()
diff --git a/js/angular/directive/scroll.js b/js/angular/directive/scroll.js
index 58da440b92..e32f283d25 100644
--- a/js/angular/directive/scroll.js
+++ b/js/angular/directive/scroll.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ function($timeout, $controller, $ionicBind) {
     scope: true,
     controller: function() {},
     compile: function(element, attr) {
-      element.addClass('scroll-view');
+      element.addClass('scroll-view ionic-scroll');
 
       //We cannot transclude here because it breaks element.data() inheritance on compile
       var innerElement = jqLite('<div class="scroll"></div>');
diff --git a/js/utils/dom.js b/js/utils/dom.js
index 193a62ed15..65b8d6a1cb 100644
--- a/js/utils/dom.js
+++ b/js/utils/dom.js
@@ -250,17 +250,6 @@
       return null;
     },
 
-    elementHasParent: function(element, parent) {
-      var current = element;
-      while (current) {
-        if (current.parentNode === parent) {
-          return true;
-        }
-        current = current.parentNode;
-      }
-      return false;
-    },
-
     /**
      * @ngdoc method
      * @name ionic.DomUtil#rectContains
diff --git a/js/views/scrollView.js b/js/views/scrollView.js
index ce8bfd76d2..4f8078a45d 100644
--- a/js/views/scrollView.js
+++ b/js/views/scrollView.js
@@ -838,12 +838,15 @@ ionic.views.Scroll = ionic.views.View.inherit({
       };
 
       self.mouseWheel = ionic.animationFrameThrottle(function(e) {
-        if (ionic.DomUtil.elementHasParent(e.target, self.__container)) {
+        var scrollParent = ionic.DomUtil.getParentOrSelfWithClass(e.target, 'ionic-scroll');
+        if (scrollParent === self.__container) {
+
           self.hintResize();
           self.scrollBy(
             e.wheelDeltaX/self.options.wheelDampen, 
             -e.wheelDeltaY/self.options.wheelDampen
           );
+
           self.__fadeScrollbars('in');
           clearTimeout(self.__wheelHideBarTimeout);
           self.__wheelHideBarTimeout = setTimeout(function() {