diff --git a/lib/renderer/web-view/web-view.js b/lib/renderer/web-view/web-view.js
index c98b02d2744a..5e5a10cb004f 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/fixtures/pages/webview-custom-zoom-level.html b/spec/fixtures/pages/webview-custom-zoom-level.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0598623a664f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/pages/webview-custom-zoom-level.html
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<html>
+<body>
+<webview nodeintegration src="a.html" id="view"/>
+</body>
+<script>
+  const {ipcRenderer, webFrame} = require('electron')
+  const view = document.getElementById('view')
+  let finalNavigation = false
+  view.addEventListener('dom-ready', () => {
+    if (!finalNavigation)
+      view.setZoomLevel(2.0)
+    view.getZoomLevel((zoomLevel) => {
+      view.getZoomFactor((zoomFactor) => {
+        ipcRenderer.send('webview-zoom-level', zoomLevel, zoomFactor, finalNavigation)
+        if (!finalNavigation) {
+          finalNavigation = true
+          view.src = 'b.html'
+        }
+      })
+    })
+  })
+</script>
+</html>
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/pages/zoom-factor.html b/spec/fixtures/pages/zoom-factor.html
index b9f8f988caea..4c04e38f3a66 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-zoom-level', webFrame.getZoomFactor(), webFrame.getZoomLevel())
 </script>
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/spec/webview-spec.js b/spec/webview-spec.js
index c6b69310a8ba..40e6a8bffd39 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 +1525,41 @@ describe('<webview> tag', function () {
       })
     })
   })
+
+  describe('zoom behavior', () => {
+    it('inherits the zoomFactor of the parent window', (done) => {
+      w = new BrowserWindow({
+        show: false,
+        webPreferences: {
+          zoomFactor: 1.2
+        }
+      })
+      ipcMain.once('webview-zoom-level', (event, zoomFactor, zoomLevel) => {
+        assert.equal(zoomFactor, 1.2)
+        assert.equal(zoomLevel, 1)
+        done()
+      })
+      w.loadURL(`file://${fixtures}/pages/webview-zoom-factor.html`)
+    })
+
+    it('inherits the zoomLevel of parent window on navigation', (done) => {
+      w = new BrowserWindow({
+        show: false,
+        webPreferences: {
+          zoomFactor: 1.2
+        }
+      })
+      ipcMain.on('webview-zoom-level', (event, zoomLevel, zoomFactor, final) => {
+        if (!final) {
+          assert.equal(zoomFactor, 1.44)
+          assert.equal(zoomLevel, 2.0)
+        } else {
+          assert.equal(zoomFactor, 1.2)
+          assert.equal(zoomLevel, 1)
+          done()
+        }
+      })
+      w.loadURL(`file://${fixtures}/pages/webview-custom-zoom-level.html`)
+    })
+  })
 })
