diff --git a/view/head.tpl b/view/head.tpl
index 7638e56ca6..7e8369bddd 100644
--- a/view/head.tpl
+++ b/view/head.tpl
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="$baseurl/library/jgrowl/jquery.jgrowl.css" type="text/css" media="screen" />
 
 <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="$stylesheet" media="all" />
+<meta name="viewport" content="width=800, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=3">
 
 <link rel="shortcut icon" href="$baseurl/images/friendica-32.png" />
 <link rel="search"