diff --git a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
index 3fc22438ab7..89e7a7d65b7 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
@@ -1672,9 +1672,9 @@ void WebContents::BuildPrototype(v8::Isolate* isolate,
       .SetMethod("getFrameRate", &WebContents::GetFrameRate)
       .SetMethod("invalidate", &WebContents::Invalidate)
       .SetMethod("setZoomLevel", &WebContents::SetZoomLevel)
-      .SetMethod("getZoomLevel", &WebContents::GetZoomLevel)
+      .SetMethod("_getZoomLevel", &WebContents::GetZoomLevel)
       .SetMethod("setZoomFactor", &WebContents::SetZoomFactor)
-      .SetMethod("getZoomFactor", &WebContents::GetZoomFactor)
+      .SetMethod("_getZoomFactor", &WebContents::GetZoomFactor)
       .SetMethod("getType", &WebContents::GetType)
       .SetMethod("getWebPreferences", &WebContents::GetWebPreferences)
       .SetMethod("getOwnerBrowserWindow", &WebContents::GetOwnerBrowserWindow)
diff --git a/atom/browser/web_contents_zoom_controller.cc b/atom/browser/web_contents_zoom_controller.cc
index cb293705c99..1bd4f5a9e4f 100644
--- a/atom/browser/web_contents_zoom_controller.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/web_contents_zoom_controller.cc
@@ -112,8 +112,7 @@ void WebContentsZoomController::DidFinishNavigation(
     return;
   }
 
-  if (!navigation_handle->IsSamePage())
-    SetZoomFactorOnNavigationIfNeeded(navigation_handle->GetURL());
+  SetZoomFactorOnNavigationIfNeeded(navigation_handle->GetURL());
 }
 
 void WebContentsZoomController::WebContentsDestroyed() {
diff --git a/lib/browser/api/web-contents.js b/lib/browser/api/web-contents.js
index c94bd768c0f..c43a2882391 100644
--- a/lib/browser/api/web-contents.js
+++ b/lib/browser/api/web-contents.js
@@ -206,6 +206,26 @@ WebContents.prototype.printToPDF = function (options, callback) {
   this._printToPDF(printingSetting, callback)
 }
 
+WebContents.prototype.getZoomLevel = function (callback) {
+  if (typeof callback !== 'function') {
+    throw new Error('Must pass function as an argument')
+  }
+  process.nextTick(() => {
+    const zoomLevel = this._getZoomLevel()
+    callback(zoomLevel)
+  })
+}
+
+WebContents.prototype.getZoomFactor = function (callback) {
+  if (typeof callback !== 'function') {
+    throw new Error('Must pass function as an argument')
+  }
+  process.nextTick(() => {
+    const zoomFactor = this._getZoomFactor()
+    callback(zoomFactor)
+  })
+}
+
 // Add JavaScript wrappers for WebContents class.
 WebContents.prototype._init = function () {
   // The navigation controller.
diff --git a/lib/browser/guest-view-manager.js b/lib/browser/guest-view-manager.js
index e61b2574ad3..721da5acc44 100644
--- a/lib/browser/guest-view-manager.js
+++ b/lib/browser/guest-view-manager.js
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ const attachGuest = function (event, elementInstanceId, guestInstanceId, params)
     guestInstanceId: guestInstanceId,
     nodeIntegration: params.nodeintegration != null ? params.nodeintegration : false,
     plugins: params.plugins,
-    zoomFactor: embedder.getZoomFactor(),
+    zoomFactor: embedder._getZoomFactor(),
     webSecurity: !params.disablewebsecurity,
     blinkFeatures: params.blinkfeatures,
     disableBlinkFeatures: params.disableblinkfeatures
diff --git a/lib/renderer/web-view/web-view.js b/lib/renderer/web-view/web-view.js
index c98b02d2744..5e5a10cb004 100644
--- a/lib/renderer/web-view/web-view.js
+++ b/lib/renderer/web-view/web-view.js
@@ -374,7 +374,11 @@ var registerWebViewElement = function () {
     'print',
     'printToPDF',
     'showDefinitionForSelection',
-    'capturePage'
+    'capturePage',
+    'setZoomFactor',
+    'setZoomLevel',
+    'getZoomLevel',
+    'getZoomFactor'
   ]
   const nonblockMethods = [
     'insertCSS',
@@ -383,8 +387,6 @@ var registerWebViewElement = function () {
     'sendInputEvent',
     'setLayoutZoomLevelLimits',
     'setVisualZoomLevelLimits',
-    'setZoomFactor',
-    'setZoomLevel',
     // TODO(kevinsawicki): Remove in 2.0, deprecate before then with warnings
     'setZoomLevelLimits'
   ]
diff --git a/spec/api-web-contents-spec.js b/spec/api-web-contents-spec.js
index 0faaafbcda7..448d2556a1b 100644
--- a/spec/api-web-contents-spec.js
+++ b/spec/api-web-contents-spec.js
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const assert = require('assert')
+const http = require('http')
 const path = require('path')
 const {closeWindow} = require('./window-helpers')
 
 const {ipcRenderer, remote} = require('electron')
-const {BrowserWindow, webContents, ipcMain} = remote
+const {BrowserWindow, webContents, ipcMain, session} = remote
 
 const isCi = remote.getGlobal('isCi')
 
@@ -322,4 +323,208 @@ describe('webContents module', function () {
       })
     })
   })
+
+  describe('zoom api', () => {
+    const zoomScheme = remote.getGlobal('zoomScheme')
+    const hostZoomMap = {
+      host1: 0.3,
+      host2: 0.7,
+      host3: 0.2
+    }
+
+    before((done) => {
+      const protocol = session.defaultSession.protocol
+      protocol.registerStringProtocol(zoomScheme, (request, callback) => {
+        const response = `<script>
+                            const {ipcRenderer, remote} = require('electron')
+                            ipcRenderer.send('set-zoom', window.location.hostname)
+                            ipcRenderer.on(window.location.hostname + '-zoom-set', () => {
+                              remote.getCurrentWebContents().getZoomLevel((zoomLevel) => {
+                                ipcRenderer.send(window.location.hostname + '-zoom-level', zoomLevel)
+                              })
+                            })
+                          </script>`
+        callback({data: response, mimeType: 'text/html'})
+      }, (error) => done(error))
+    })
+
+    after((done) => {
+      const protocol = session.defaultSession.protocol
+      protocol.unregisterProtocol(zoomScheme, (error) => done(error))
+    })
+
+    it('can set the correct zoom level', (done) => {
+      w.loadURL('about:blank')
+      w.webContents.on('did-finish-load', () => {
+        w.webContents.getZoomLevel((zoomLevel) => {
+          assert.equal(zoomLevel, 0.0)
+          w.webContents.setZoomLevel(0.5)
+          w.webContents.getZoomLevel((zoomLevel) => {
+            assert.equal(zoomLevel, 0.5)
+            w.webContents.setZoomLevel(0)
+            done()
+          })
+        })
+      })
+    })
+
+    it('can persist zoom level across navigation', (done) => {
+      let finalNavigation = false
+      ipcMain.on('set-zoom', (e, host) => {
+        const zoomLevel = hostZoomMap[host]
+        if (!finalNavigation) {
+          w.webContents.setZoomLevel(zoomLevel)
+        }
+        e.sender.send(`${host}-zoom-set`)
+      })
+      ipcMain.on('host1-zoom-level', (e, zoomLevel) => {
+        const expectedZoomLevel = hostZoomMap.host1
+        assert.equal(zoomLevel, expectedZoomLevel)
+        if (finalNavigation) {
+          done()
+        } else {
+          w.loadURL(`${zoomScheme}://host2`)
+        }
+      })
+      ipcMain.once('host2-zoom-level', (e, zoomLevel) => {
+        const expectedZoomLevel = hostZoomMap.host2
+        assert.equal(zoomLevel, expectedZoomLevel)
+        finalNavigation = true
+        w.webContents.goBack()
+      })
+      w.loadURL(`${zoomScheme}://host1`)
+    })
+
+    it('can propagate zoom level across same session', (done) => {
+      const w2 = new BrowserWindow({
+        show: false
+      })
+      w2.webContents.on('did-finish-load', () => {
+        w.webContents.getZoomLevel((zoomLevel1) => {
+          assert.equal(zoomLevel1, hostZoomMap.host3)
+          w2.webContents.getZoomLevel((zoomLevel2) => {
+            assert.equal(zoomLevel1, zoomLevel2)
+            w2.setClosable(true)
+            w2.close()
+            done()
+          })
+        })
+      })
+      w.webContents.on('did-finish-load', () => {
+        w.webContents.setZoomLevel(hostZoomMap.host3)
+        w2.loadURL(`${zoomScheme}://host3`)
+      })
+      w.loadURL(`${zoomScheme}://host3`)
+    })
+
+    it('cannot propagate zoom level across different session', (done) => {
+      const w2 = new BrowserWindow({
+        show: false,
+        webPreferences: {
+          partition: 'temp'
+        }
+      })
+      const protocol = w2.webContents.session.protocol
+      protocol.registerStringProtocol(zoomScheme, (request, callback) => {
+        callback('hello')
+      }, (error) => {
+        if (error) return done(error)
+        w2.webContents.on('did-finish-load', () => {
+          w.webContents.getZoomLevel((zoomLevel1) => {
+            assert.equal(zoomLevel1, hostZoomMap.host3)
+            w2.webContents.getZoomLevel((zoomLevel2) => {
+              assert.equal(zoomLevel2, 0)
+              assert.notEqual(zoomLevel1, zoomLevel2)
+              protocol.unregisterProtocol(zoomScheme, (error) => {
+                if (error) return done(error)
+                w2.setClosable(true)
+                w2.close()
+                done()
+              })
+            })
+          })
+        })
+        w.webContents.on('did-finish-load', () => {
+          w.webContents.setZoomLevel(hostZoomMap.host3)
+          w2.loadURL(`${zoomScheme}://host3`)
+        })
+        w.loadURL(`${zoomScheme}://host3`)
+      })
+    })
+
+    it('can persist when it contains iframe', (done) => {
+      const server = http.createServer(function (req, res) {
+        setTimeout(() => {
+          res.end()
+        }, 200)
+      })
+      server.listen(0, '127.0.0.1', function () {
+        const url = 'http://127.0.0.1:' + server.address().port
+        const content = `<iframe src=${url}></iframe>`
+        w.webContents.on('did-frame-finish-load', (e, isMainFrame) => {
+          if (!isMainFrame) {
+            w.webContents.getZoomLevel((zoomLevel) => {
+              assert.equal(zoomLevel, 2.0)
+              w.webContents.setZoomLevel(0)
+              server.close()
+              done()
+            })
+          }
+        })
+        w.webContents.on('dom-ready', () => {
+          w.webContents.setZoomLevel(2.0)
+        })
+        w.loadURL(`data:text/html,${content}`)
+      })
+    })
+
+    it('cannot propagate when used with webframe', (done) => {
+      let finalZoomLevel = 0
+      const w2 = new BrowserWindow({
+        show: false
+      })
+      w2.webContents.on('did-finish-load', () => {
+        w.webContents.getZoomLevel((zoomLevel1) => {
+          assert.equal(zoomLevel1, finalZoomLevel)
+          w2.webContents.getZoomLevel((zoomLevel2) => {
+            assert.equal(zoomLevel2, 0)
+            assert.notEqual(zoomLevel1, zoomLevel2)
+            w2.setClosable(true)
+            w2.close()
+            done()
+          })
+        })
+      })
+      ipcMain.once('temporary-zoom-set', (e, zoomLevel) => {
+        w2.loadURL(`file://${fixtures}/pages/c.html`)
+        finalZoomLevel = zoomLevel
+      })
+      w.loadURL(`file://${fixtures}/pages/webframe-zoom.html`)
+    })
+
+    it('cannot persist zoom level after navigation with webFrame', (done) => {
+      let initialNavigation = true
+      const source = `
+        const {ipcRenderer, webFrame} = require('electron')
+        webFrame.setZoomLevel(0.6)
+        ipcRenderer.send('zoom-level-set', webFrame.getZoomLevel())
+      `
+      w.webContents.on('did-finish-load', () => {
+        if (initialNavigation) {
+          w.webContents.executeJavaScript(source, () => {})
+        } else {
+          w.webContents.getZoomLevel((zoomLevel) => {
+            assert.equal(zoomLevel, 0)
+            done()
+          })
+        }
+      })
+      ipcMain.once('zoom-level-set', (e, zoomLevel) => {
+        assert.equal(zoomLevel, 0.6)
+        w.loadURL(`file://${fixtures}/pages/d.html`)
+        initialNavigation = false
+      })
+      w.loadURL(`file://${fixtures}/pages/c.html`)
+    })
+  })
 })
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/pages/webframe-zoom.html b/spec/fixtures/pages/webframe-zoom.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..81006aad64a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/pages/webframe-zoom.html
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<html>
+<body>
+<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
+  const {ipcRenderer, webFrame} = require('electron')
+  webFrame.setZoomLevel(1.0)
+  ipcRenderer.send('temporary-zoom-set', webFrame.getZoomLevel())
+</script>
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/pages/webview-custom-zoom-level.html b/spec/fixtures/pages/webview-custom-zoom-level.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..24f246fdd29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/pages/webview-custom-zoom-level.html
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<html>
+<body>
+<webview nodeintegration src="zoom://host1" id="view" partition="webview-temp"/>
+</body>
+<script>
+  const {ipcRenderer, webFrame} = require('electron')
+  const view = document.getElementById('view')
+  let finalNavigation = false
+  view.addEventListener('dom-ready', () => {
+    if (!finalNavigation && !view.canGoBack()) {
+      view.setZoomLevel(2.0)
+    }
+    view.getZoomLevel((zoomLevel) => {
+      view.getZoomFactor((zoomFactor) => {
+        ipcRenderer.send('webview-zoom-level', zoomLevel, zoomFactor, view.canGoBack(), finalNavigation)
+        if (!view.canGoBack() && !finalNavigation) {
+          view.src = 'zoom://host2'
+        } else if (!finalNavigation) {
+          finalNavigation = true
+          view.goBack()
+        }
+      })
+    })
+  })
+</script>
+</html>
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/pages/webview-in-page-navigate.html b/spec/fixtures/pages/webview-in-page-navigate.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5b061e387b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/pages/webview-in-page-navigate.html
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<html>
+<body>
+<webview nodeintegration src="zoom://host1" id="view" partition="webview-temp"/>
+</body>
+<script>
+  const {ipcRenderer, webFrame} = require('electron')
+  const view = document.getElementById('view')
+  let finalNavigation = false
+  function SendZoomLevel() {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      view.getZoomLevel((zoomLevel) => {
+        view.getZoomFactor((zoomFactor) => {
+          ipcRenderer.send('webview-zoom-in-page', zoomLevel, zoomFactor, finalNavigation)
+          resolve()
+        })
+      })
+    })
+  }
+  view.addEventListener('dom-ready', () => {
+    view.setZoomLevel(2.0)
+    SendZoomLevel().then(() => {
+      if (!finalNavigation) {
+        finalNavigation = true
+        view.executeJavaScript('window.location.hash=123', () => {})
+      }
+    })
+  })
+  view.addEventListener('did-navigate-in-page', () => {
+    SendZoomLevel()
+  })
+</script>
+</html>
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/pages/zoom-factor.html b/spec/fixtures/pages/zoom-factor.html
index b9f8f988cae..c27b5ea495a 100644
--- a/spec/fixtures/pages/zoom-factor.html
+++ b/spec/fixtures/pages/zoom-factor.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <body>
 <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
   const {ipcRenderer, webFrame} = require('electron')
-  ipcRenderer.send('pong', webFrame.getZoomFactor(), webFrame.getZoomLevel())
+  ipcRenderer.send('webview-parent-zoom-level', webFrame.getZoomFactor(), webFrame.getZoomLevel())
 </script>
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/spec/static/main.js b/spec/static/main.js
index 1eafd78503d..c36e86aeaec 100644
--- a/spec/static/main.js
+++ b/spec/static/main.js
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ if (global.isCi) {
 
 // Register app as standard scheme.
 global.standardScheme = 'app'
-protocol.registerStandardSchemes([global.standardScheme], { secure: true })
+global.zoomScheme = 'zoom'
+protocol.registerStandardSchemes([global.standardScheme, global.zoomScheme], { secure: true })
 
 app.on('window-all-closed', function () {
   app.quit()
diff --git a/spec/webview-spec.js b/spec/webview-spec.js
index c6b69310a8b..027a3a95200 100644
--- a/spec/webview-spec.js
+++ b/spec/webview-spec.js
@@ -1067,21 +1067,6 @@ describe('<webview> tag', function () {
     })
   })
 
-  it('inherits the zoomFactor of the parent window', function (done) {
-    w = new BrowserWindow({
-      show: false,
-      webPreferences: {
-        zoomFactor: 1.2
-      }
-    })
-    ipcMain.once('pong', function (event, zoomFactor, zoomLevel) {
-      assert.equal(zoomFactor, 1.2)
-      assert.equal(zoomLevel, 1)
-      done()
-    })
-    w.loadURL('file://' + fixtures + '/pages/webview-zoom-factor.html')
-  })
-
   it('inherits the parent window visibility state and receives visibilitychange events', function (done) {
     w = new BrowserWindow({
       show: false
@@ -1540,4 +1525,71 @@ describe('<webview> tag', function () {
       })
     })
   })
+
+  describe('zoom behavior', () => {
+    const zoomScheme = remote.getGlobal('zoomScheme')
+    const webviewSession = session.fromPartition('webview-temp')
+
+    before((done) => {
+      const protocol = webviewSession.protocol
+      protocol.registerStringProtocol(zoomScheme, (request, callback) => {
+        callback('hello')
+      }, (error) => done(error))
+    })
+
+    after((done) => {
+      const protocol = webviewSession.protocol
+      protocol.unregisterProtocol(zoomScheme, (error) => done(error))
+    })
+
+    it('inherits the zoomFactor of the parent window', (done) => {
+      w = new BrowserWindow({
+        show: false,
+        webPreferences: {
+          zoomFactor: 1.2
+        }
+      })
+      ipcMain.once('webview-parent-zoom-level', (event, zoomFactor, zoomLevel) => {
+        assert.equal(zoomFactor, 1.2)
+        assert.equal(zoomLevel, 1)
+        done()
+      })
+      w.loadURL(`file://${fixtures}/pages/webview-zoom-factor.html`)
+    })
+
+    it('maintains zoom level on navigation', (done) => {
+      w = new BrowserWindow({
+        show: false,
+        webPreferences: {
+          zoomFactor: 1.2
+        }
+      })
+      ipcMain.on('webview-zoom-level', (event, zoomLevel, zoomFactor, newHost, final) => {
+        if (!newHost) {
+          assert.equal(zoomFactor, 1.44)
+          assert.equal(zoomLevel, 2.0)
+        } else {
+          assert.equal(zoomFactor, 1.2)
+          assert.equal(zoomLevel, 1)
+        }
+        if (final) done()
+      })
+      w.loadURL(`file://${fixtures}/pages/webview-custom-zoom-level.html`)
+    })
+
+    it('maintains zoom level when navigating within same page', (done) => {
+      w = new BrowserWindow({
+        show: false,
+        webPreferences: {
+          zoomFactor: 1.2
+        }
+      })
+      ipcMain.on('webview-zoom-in-page', (event, zoomLevel, zoomFactor, final) => {
+        assert.equal(zoomFactor, 1.44)
+        assert.equal(zoomLevel, 2.0)
+        if (final) done()
+      })
+      w.loadURL(`file://${fixtures}/pages/webview-in-page-navigate.html`)
+    })
+  })
 })