diff --git a/rts/Lua/LuaDebugExtra.cpp b/rts/Lua/LuaDebugExtra.cpp
index 7b840cba4c..1c1a35377d 100644
--- a/rts/Lua/LuaDebugExtra.cpp
+++ b/rts/Lua/LuaDebugExtra.cpp
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ bool LuaDebugExtra::PushEntries(lua_State* L)
 	LuaPushNamedCFunc(L, "emulateMousePress",   EmulateMousePress);
 	LuaPushNamedCFunc(L, "emulateMouseRelease", EmulateMouseRelease);
 	LuaPushNamedCFunc(L, "emulateMouseMove",    EmulateMouseMove);
+	LuaPushNamedCFunc(L, "emulateMouseWheel",   EmulateMouseWheel);
 	LuaPushNamedCFunc(L, "clearEmulatedInput",  ClearEmulatedInputLua);
 
 	return true;
@@ -138,6 +139,16 @@ int LuaDebugExtra::EmulateMousePress(lua_State* L)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int LuaDebugExtra::EmulateMouseWheel(lua_State* L)
+{
+	if (mouse == nullptr)
+		return 0;
+
+	// momentary tick, no persistent state to track; fire directly like a real wheel event
+	mouse->MouseWheel((float)luaL_checknumber(L, 1));
+	return 0;
+}
+
 
 /*** Emulate a held mouse button being released.
  *
diff --git a/rts/Lua/LuaDebugExtra.h b/rts/Lua/LuaDebugExtra.h
index 35d3c6dba0..1d552c0861 100644
--- a/rts/Lua/LuaDebugExtra.h
+++ b/rts/Lua/LuaDebugExtra.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class LuaDebugExtra {
 		static int EmulateMousePress(lua_State* L);
 		static int EmulateMouseRelease(lua_State* L);
 		static int EmulateMouseMove(lua_State* L);
+		static int EmulateMouseWheel(lua_State* L);
 		static int ClearEmulatedInputLua(lua_State* L);
 };