diff --git a/spec/fixtures/pages/webview-zoom-factor.html b/spec/fixtures/pages/webview-zoom-factor.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..006b416cfef5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/pages/webview-zoom-factor.html
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<html>
+<body>
+<webview nodeintegration src="zoom-factor.html"/>
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/pages/zoom-factor.html b/spec/fixtures/pages/zoom-factor.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b9f8f988caea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/pages/zoom-factor.html
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<html>
+<body>
+<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
+  const {ipcRenderer, webFrame} = require('electron')
+  ipcRenderer.send('pong', webFrame.getZoomFactor(), webFrame.getZoomLevel())
+</script>
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/spec/webview-spec.js b/spec/webview-spec.js
index 64f0eb5d5248..8a109b6d7bfd 100644
--- a/spec/webview-spec.js
+++ b/spec/webview-spec.js
@@ -852,4 +852,19 @@ describe('<webview> tag', function () {
       document.body.appendChild(webview)
     })
   })
+
+  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')
+  })
 })
