diff --git a/src/browser/Terminal.test.ts b/src/browser/Terminal.test.ts
index 745d759a..6c4c9326 100644
--- a/src/browser/Terminal.test.ts
+++ b/src/browser/Terminal.test.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { MockViewport, MockCompositionHelper, MockRenderer, TestTerminal } from
 import { DEFAULT_ATTR_DATA } from 'common/buffer/BufferLine';
 import { CellData } from 'common/buffer/CellData';
 import { MockUnicodeService } from 'common/TestUtils.test';
-import { IMarker } from 'common/Types';
+import { IMarker, ScrollSource } from 'common/Types';
 import { ICoreService } from 'common/services/Services';
 
 const INIT_COLS = 80;
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ describe('Terminal', () => {
     term.refresh = () => { };
     (term as any).renderer = new MockRenderer();
     term.viewport = new MockViewport();
+    term.viewport.onRequestScrollLines(e => term.scrollLines(e.amount, e.suppressScrollEvent, ScrollSource.VIEWPORT));
     (term as any)._compositionHelper = new MockCompositionHelper();
     (term as any).element = {
       classList: {
diff --git a/src/browser/Terminal.ts b/src/browser/Terminal.ts
index 7b407957..8f32c6cf 100644
--- a/src/browser/Terminal.ts
+++ b/src/browser/Terminal.ts
@@ -497,11 +497,8 @@ export class Terminal extends CoreTerminal implements ITerminal {
     this._mouseService = this._instantiationService.createInstance(MouseService);
     this._instantiationService.setService(IMouseService, this._mouseService);
 
-    this.viewport = this._instantiationService.createInstance(Viewport,
-      (amount: number) => this.scrollLines(amount, true, ScrollSource.VIEWPORT),
-      this._viewportElement,
-      this._viewportScrollArea
-    );
+    this.viewport = this._instantiationService.createInstance(Viewport, this._viewportElement, this._viewportScrollArea);
+    this.viewport.onRequestScrollLines(e => this.scrollLines(e.amount, e.suppressScrollEvent, ScrollSource.VIEWPORT)),
     this.register(this._inputHandler.onRequestSyncScrollBar(() => this.viewport!.syncScrollArea()));
     this.register(this.viewport);
 
@@ -870,8 +867,12 @@ export class Terminal extends CoreTerminal implements ITerminal {
   }
 
   public scrollLines(disp: number, suppressScrollEvent?: boolean, source = ScrollSource.TERMINAL): void {
-    super.scrollLines(disp, suppressScrollEvent, source);
-    this.refresh(0, this.rows - 1);
+    if (source === ScrollSource.VIEWPORT) {
+      super.scrollLines(disp, suppressScrollEvent, source);
+      this.refresh(0, this.rows - 1);
+    } else {
+      this.viewport?.scrollLines(disp);
+    }
   }
 
   public paste(data: string): void {
@@ -1003,7 +1004,7 @@ export class Terminal extends CoreTerminal implements ITerminal {
 
     if (!shouldIgnoreComposition && !this._compositionHelper!.keydown(event)) {
       if (this.options.scrollOnUserInput && this.buffer.ybase !== this.buffer.ydisp) {
-        this._bufferService.scrollToBottom();
+        this.scrollToBottom();
       }
       return false;
     }
diff --git a/src/browser/TestUtils.test.ts b/src/browser/TestUtils.test.ts
index 89494755..c04c9af2 100644
--- a/src/browser/TestUtils.test.ts
+++ b/src/browser/TestUtils.test.ts
@@ -296,6 +296,8 @@ export class MockRenderer implements IRenderer {
 }
 
 export class MockViewport implements IViewport {
+  private readonly _onRequestScrollLines = new EventEmitter<{ amount: number, suppressScrollEvent: boolean }>();
+  public readonly onRequestScrollLines = this._onRequestScrollLines.event;
   public dispose(): void {
     throw new Error('Method not implemented.');
   }
@@ -319,6 +321,9 @@ export class MockViewport implements IViewport {
   public getBufferElements(startLine: number, endLine?: number | undefined): { bufferElements: HTMLElement[], cursorElement?: HTMLElement | undefined } {
     throw new Error('Method not implemented.');
   }
+  public scrollLines(disp: number): void {
+    this._onRequestScrollLines.fire({ amount: disp, suppressScrollEvent: false });
+  }
 }
 
 export class MockCompositionHelper implements ICompositionHelper {
diff --git a/src/browser/Types.d.ts b/src/browser/Types.d.ts
index 5f2ed899..42d56c06 100644
--- a/src/browser/Types.d.ts
+++ b/src/browser/Types.d.ts
@@ -69,10 +69,28 @@ export interface IPublicTerminal extends IDisposable {
   selectAll(): void;
   selectLines(start: number, end: number): void;
   dispose(): void;
+  /**
+   * Scroll the display of the terminal
+   * @param amount The number of lines to scroll down (negative scroll up).
+   */
   scrollLines(amount: number): void;
+  /**
+   * Scroll the display of the terminal by a number of pages.
+   * @param pageCount The number of pages to scroll (negative scrolls up).
+   */
   scrollPages(pageCount: number): void;
+  /**
+   * Scrolls the display of the terminal to the top.
+   */
   scrollToTop(): void;
+  /**
+   * Scrolls the display of the terminal to the bottom.
+   */
   scrollToBottom(): void;
+  /**
+   * Scrolls to a line within the buffer.
+   * @param line The 0-based line index to scroll to.
+   */
   scrollToLine(line: number): void;
   clear(): void;
   write(data: string | Uint8Array, callback?: () => void): void;
@@ -142,12 +160,14 @@ export interface IPartialColorSet {
 
 export interface IViewport extends IDisposable {
   scrollBarWidth: number;
+  readonly onRequestScrollLines: IEvent<{ amount: number, suppressScrollEvent: boolean }>;
   syncScrollArea(immediate?: boolean): void;
   getLinesScrolled(ev: WheelEvent): number;
   getBufferElements(startLine: number, endLine?: number): { bufferElements: HTMLElement[], cursorElement?: HTMLElement };
   handleWheel(ev: WheelEvent): boolean;
   handleTouchStart(ev: TouchEvent): void;
   handleTouchMove(ev: TouchEvent): boolean;
+  scrollLines(disp: number): void;  // todo api name?
 }
 
 export interface ILinkifierEvent {
diff --git a/src/browser/Viewport.ts b/src/browser/Viewport.ts
index 25757bca..a30228a4 100644
--- a/src/browser/Viewport.ts
+++ b/src/browser/Viewport.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { ICharSizeService, ICoreBrowserService, IRenderService, IThemeService }
 import { IBufferService, IOptionsService } from 'common/services/Services';
 import { IBuffer } from 'common/buffer/Types';
 import { IRenderDimensions } from 'browser/renderer/shared/Types';
+import { EventEmitter } from 'common/EventEmitter';
 
 const FALLBACK_SCROLL_BAR_WIDTH = 15;
 
@@ -48,8 +49,10 @@ export class Viewport extends Disposable implements IViewport {
     target: -1
   };
 
+  private readonly _onRequestScrollLines = this.register(new EventEmitter<{ amount: number, suppressScrollEvent: boolean }>());
+  public readonly onRequestScrollLines = this._onRequestScrollLines.event;
+
   constructor(
-    private readonly _scrollLines: (amount: number) => void,
     private readonly _viewportElement: HTMLElement,
     private readonly _scrollArea: HTMLElement,
     @IBufferService private readonly _bufferService: IBufferService,
@@ -175,13 +178,13 @@ export class Viewport extends Disposable implements IViewport {
     if (this._ignoreNextScrollEvent) {
       this._ignoreNextScrollEvent = false;
       // Still trigger the scroll so lines get refreshed
-      this._scrollLines(0);
+      this._onRequestScrollLines.fire({ amount: 0, suppressScrollEvent: true });
       return;
     }
 
     const newRow = Math.round(this._lastScrollTop / this._currentRowHeight);
     const diff = newRow - this._bufferService.buffer.ydisp;
-    this._scrollLines(diff);
+    this._onRequestScrollLines.fire({ amount: diff, suppressScrollEvent: true });
   }
 
   private _smoothScroll(): void {
@@ -263,6 +266,23 @@ export class Viewport extends Disposable implements IViewport {
     return this._bubbleScroll(ev, amount);
   }
 
+  public scrollLines(disp: number): void {
+    if (!this._optionsService.rawOptions.smoothScrollDuration) {
+      this._onRequestScrollLines.fire({ amount: disp, suppressScrollEvent: false });
+    } else {
+      const amount = disp * this._currentRowHeight;
+      this._smoothScrollState.startTime = Date.now();
+      if (this._smoothScrollPercent() < 1) {
+        this._smoothScrollState.origin = this._viewportElement.scrollTop;
+        this._smoothScrollState.target = this._smoothScrollState.origin + amount;
+        this._smoothScrollState.target = Math.max(Math.min(this._smoothScrollState.target, this._viewportElement.scrollHeight), 0);
+        this._smoothScroll();
+      } else {
+        this._clearSmoothScrollState();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   private _getPixelsScrolled(ev: WheelEvent): number {
     // Do nothing if it's not a vertical scroll event
     if (ev.deltaY === 0 || ev.shiftKey) {
diff --git a/src/common/CoreTerminal.ts b/src/common/CoreTerminal.ts
index 8ff9b988..89d9f5e5 100644
--- a/src/common/CoreTerminal.ts
+++ b/src/common/CoreTerminal.ts
@@ -195,38 +195,32 @@ export abstract class CoreTerminal extends Disposable implements ICoreTerminal {
   /**
    * Scroll the display of the terminal
    * @param disp The number of lines to scroll down (negative scroll up).
-   * @param suppressScrollEvent Don't emit the scroll event as scrollLines. This is used
-   * to avoid unwanted events being handled by the viewport when the event was triggered from the
-   * viewport originally.
+   * @param suppressScrollEvent Don't emit the scroll event as scrollLines. This is used to avoid
+   * unwanted events being handled by the viewport when the event was triggered from the viewport
+   * originally.
+   * @param source Which component the event came from.
    */
   public scrollLines(disp: number, suppressScrollEvent?: boolean, source?: ScrollSource): void {
     this._bufferService.scrollLines(disp, suppressScrollEvent, source);
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Scroll the display of the terminal by a number of pages.
-   * @param pageCount The number of pages to scroll (negative scrolls up).
-   */
   public scrollPages(pageCount: number): void {
-    this._bufferService.scrollPages(pageCount);
+    this.scrollLines(pageCount * (this.rows - 1));
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Scrolls the display of the terminal to the top.
-   */
   public scrollToTop(): void {
-    this._bufferService.scrollToTop();
+    this.scrollLines(-this._bufferService.buffer.ydisp);
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Scrolls the display of the terminal to the bottom.
-   */
   public scrollToBottom(): void {
-    this._bufferService.scrollToBottom();
+    this.scrollLines(this._bufferService.buffer.ybase - this._bufferService.buffer.ydisp);
   }
 
   public scrollToLine(line: number): void {
-    this._bufferService.scrollToLine(line);
+    const scrollAmount = line - this._bufferService.buffer.ydisp;
+    if (scrollAmount !== 0) {
+      this.scrollLines(scrollAmount);
+    }
   }
 
   /** Add handler for ESC escape sequence. See xterm.d.ts for details. */
diff --git a/src/common/services/BufferService.ts b/src/common/services/BufferService.ts
index 528d2674..7b02cb7d 100644
--- a/src/common/services/BufferService.ts
+++ b/src/common/services/BufferService.ts
@@ -147,33 +147,4 @@ export class BufferService extends Disposable implements IBufferService {
       this._onScroll.fire(buffer.ydisp);
     }
   }
-
-  /**
-   * Scroll the display of the terminal by a number of pages.
-   * @param pageCount The number of pages to scroll (negative scrolls up).
-   */
-  public scrollPages(pageCount: number): void {
-    this.scrollLines(pageCount * (this.rows - 1));
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Scrolls the display of the terminal to the top.
-   */
-  public scrollToTop(): void {
-    this.scrollLines(-this.buffer.ydisp);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Scrolls the display of the terminal to the bottom.
-   */
-  public scrollToBottom(): void {
-    this.scrollLines(this.buffer.ybase - this.buffer.ydisp);
-  }
-
-  public scrollToLine(line: number): void {
-    const scrollAmount = line - this.buffer.ydisp;
-    if (scrollAmount !== 0) {
-      this.scrollLines(scrollAmount);
-    }
-  }
 }
diff --git a/src/common/services/Services.ts b/src/common/services/Services.ts
index b4021e45..3a1e5d8d 100644
--- a/src/common/services/Services.ts
+++ b/src/common/services/Services.ts
@@ -21,11 +21,7 @@ export interface IBufferService {
   onResize: IEvent<{ cols: number, rows: number }>;
   onScroll: IEvent<number>;
   scroll(eraseAttr: IAttributeData, isWrapped?: boolean): void;
-  scrollToBottom(): void;
-  scrollToTop(): void;
-  scrollToLine(line: number): void;
   scrollLines(disp: number, suppressScrollEvent?: boolean, source?: ScrollSource): void;
-  scrollPages(pageCount: number): void;
   resize(cols: number, rows: number): void;
   reset(): void;
 }