diff --git a/spec/text-editor-registry-spec.js b/spec/text-editor-registry-spec.js
index 6d1aae2be..8ecb40c5b 100644
--- a/spec/text-editor-registry-spec.js
+++ b/spec/text-editor-registry-spec.js
@@ -427,6 +427,15 @@ describe('TextEditorRegistry', function () {
       expect(editor.getNonWordCharacters()).toBe('(){}[]')
     })
 
+    it('sets the scroll sensitivity based on the config', function () {
+      atom.config.set('editor.scrollSensitivity', 60)
+      registry.maintainConfig(editor)
+      expect(editor.getScrollSensitivity()).toBe(60)
+
+      atom.config.set('editor.scrollSensitivity', 70)
+      expect(editor.getScrollSensitivity()).toBe(70)
+    })
+
     it('gives the editor a scoped-settings delegate based on the config', function () {
       atom.config.set('editor.nonWordCharacters', '()')
       atom.config.set('editor.nonWordCharacters', '(){}', {scopeSelector: '.a.b .c.d'})
diff --git a/src/text-editor-registry.js b/src/text-editor-registry.js
index e860ac9fd..825c4c58e 100644
--- a/src/text-editor-registry.js
+++ b/src/text-editor-registry.js
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ const EDITOR_SETTER_NAMES_BY_SETTING_KEY = [
   ['editor.autoIndentOnPaste', 'setAutoIndentOnPaste'],
   ['editor.scrollPastEnd', 'setScrollPastEnd'],
   ['editor.undoGroupingInterval', 'setUndoGroupingInterval'],
-  ['editor.nonWordCharacters', 'setNonWordCharacters']
+  ['editor.nonWordCharacters', 'setNonWordCharacters'],
+  ['editor.scrollSensitivity', 'setScrollSensitivity']
 ]
 
 const GRAMMAR_SELECTION_RANGE = Range(Point.ZERO, Point(10, 0)).freeze()