diff --git a/android/assets/jsons/translations/template.properties b/android/assets/jsons/translations/template.properties
index 8f523cc8a4..66cbe270d1 100644
--- a/android/assets/jsons/translations/template.properties
+++ b/android/assets/jsons/translations/template.properties
@@ -654,6 +654,7 @@ Show pixel units =
 Show pixel improvements = 
 Enable Nuclear Weapons = 
 Experimental Demographics scoreboard = 
+Show zoom buttons in world screen = 
 Show tile yields = 
 Show unit movement arrows = 
 Continuous rendering = 
diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/models/metadata/GameSettings.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/models/metadata/GameSettings.kt
index 72299d28da..4c5a783c6d 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/models/metadata/GameSettings.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/models/metadata/GameSettings.kt
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ class GameSettings {
     var isFreshlyCreated = false
     var visualMods = HashSet<String>()
     var useDemographics: Boolean = false
+    var showZoomButtons: Boolean = false
 
     var multiplayer = GameSettingsMultiplayer()
 
diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/mapeditor/MapEditorScreen.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/mapeditor/MapEditorScreen.kt
index 970e956910..631a9b6b50 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/mapeditor/MapEditorScreen.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/mapeditor/MapEditorScreen.kt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import com.unciv.ui.popup.ToastPopup
 import com.unciv.ui.popup.YesNoPopup
 import com.unciv.ui.tilegroups.TileGroup
 import com.unciv.ui.utils.*
+import com.unciv.ui.worldscreen.ZoomButtonPair
 
 
 //todo normalize properly
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ class MapEditorScreen(map: TileMap? = null): BaseScreen() {
     var mapHolder: EditorMapHolder
     val tabs: MapEditorMainTabs
     var tileClickHandler: ((tile: TileInfo)->Unit)? = null
+    private var zoomController: ZoomButtonPair? = null
 
     private val highlightedTileGroups = mutableListOf<TileGroup>()
 
@@ -139,6 +141,13 @@ class MapEditorScreen(map: TileMap? = null): BaseScreen() {
         modsTabNeedsRefresh = true
         editTabsNeedRefresh = true
         naturalWondersNeedRefresh = true
+
+        if (UncivGame.Current.settings.showZoomButtons) {
+            zoomController = ZoomButtonPair(result)
+            zoomController!!.setPosition(10f, 10f)
+            stage.addActor(zoomController)
+        }
+
         return result
     }
 
diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/options/DisplayTab.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/options/DisplayTab.kt
index c5aa9481a0..ed675c27a8 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/options/DisplayTab.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/options/DisplayTab.kt
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ fun displayTab(
     optionsPopup.addCheckbox(this, "Show pixel units", settings.showPixelUnits, true) { settings.showPixelUnits = it }
     optionsPopup.addCheckbox(this, "Show pixel improvements", settings.showPixelImprovements, true) { settings.showPixelImprovements = it }
     optionsPopup.addCheckbox(this, "Experimental Demographics scoreboard", settings.useDemographics, true) { settings.useDemographics = it }
+    optionsPopup.addCheckbox(this, "Show zoom buttons in world screen", settings.showZoomButtons, true) { settings.showZoomButtons = it }
 
     addMinimapSizeSlider(this, settings, optionsPopup.screen, optionsPopup.selectBoxMinWidth)
 
@@ -119,4 +120,4 @@ private fun addTileSetSelectBox(table: Table, settings: GameSettings, selectBoxM
         TileSetCache.assembleTileSetConfigs(ImageGetter.ruleset.mods)
         onTilesetChange()
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/worldscreen/WorldScreen.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/worldscreen/WorldScreen.kt
index 766942a441..283a081477 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/worldscreen/WorldScreen.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/worldscreen/WorldScreen.kt
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ import java.util.*
  * @property isPlayersTurn (readonly) Indicates it's the player's ([viewingCiv]) turn
  * @property selectedCiv Selected civilization, used in spectator and replay mode, equals viewingCiv in ordinary games
  * @property canChangeState (readonly) `true` when it's the player's turn unless he is a spectator
- * @property mapHolder A [MinimapHolder] instance
+ * @property mapHolder A [WorldMapHolder] instance
  * @property bottomUnitTable Bottom left widget holding information about a selected unit or city
  */
 class WorldScreen(val gameInfo: GameInfo, val viewingCiv:CivilizationInfo) : BaseScreen() {
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ class WorldScreen(val gameInfo: GameInfo, val viewingCiv:CivilizationInfo) : Bas
     private val notificationsScroll: NotificationsScroll
     var shouldUpdate = false
 
+    private val zoomController = ZoomButtonPair(mapHolder)
+
     private var nextTurnUpdateJob: Job? = null
 
     private val events = EventBus.EventReceiver()
@@ -178,6 +180,9 @@ class WorldScreen(val gameInfo: GameInfo, val viewingCiv:CivilizationInfo) : Bas
         stage.addActor(techPolicyAndVictoryHolder)
         stage.addActor(tutorialTaskTable)
 
+        if (UncivGame.Current.settings.showZoomButtons) {
+            stage.addActor(zoomController)
+        }
 
         diplomacyButtonHolder.defaults().pad(5f)
         stage.addActor(fogOfWarButton)
@@ -499,6 +504,10 @@ class WorldScreen(val gameInfo: GameInfo, val viewingCiv:CivilizationInfo) : Bas
         updateGameplayButtons()
         notificationsScroll.update(viewingCiv.notifications, bottomTileInfoTable.height)
         notificationsScroll.setTopRight(stage.width - 10f, statusButtons.y - 5f)
+
+        val posZoomFromRight = if (game.settings.showMinimap) minimapWrapper.width
+        else bottomTileInfoTable.width
+        zoomController.setPosition(stage.width - posZoomFromRight - 10f, 10f, Align.bottomRight)
     }
 
     private fun getCurrentTutorialTask(): String {
diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/worldscreen/ZoomButtonPair.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/worldscreen/ZoomButtonPair.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..982cd8dd45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/worldscreen/ZoomButtonPair.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package com.unciv.ui.worldscreen
+
+import com.badlogic.gdx.scenes.scene2d.ui.Cell
+import com.badlogic.gdx.scenes.scene2d.ui.Table
+import com.badlogic.gdx.scenes.scene2d.ui.TextButton
+import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.Align
+import com.unciv.ui.utils.BaseScreen
+import com.unciv.ui.utils.ZoomableScrollPane
+import com.unciv.ui.utils.onClick
+import com.unciv.ui.utils.setFontSize
+
+class ZoomButtonPair(private val mapHolder: ZoomableScrollPane) : Table(BaseScreen.skin) {
+    init {
+        addButton("+") {
+            mapHolder.zoomIn()
+        }.padRight(10f)
+        addButton("–") {  // figure dash U+2013, not minus, looks better
+            mapHolder.zoomOut()
+        }
+        pack()
+    }
+
+    private fun addButton(text: String, action: () -> Unit): Cell<TextButton> {
+        val button = TextButton(text, skin)
+        button.label.setFontSize(30)
+        button.label.setAlignment(Align.center)
+        button.onClick(action)
+        return add(button)
+    }
+}