diff --git a/packages/react-native-web-examples/pages/_document.js b/packages/react-native-web-examples/pages/_document.js
index 82d7ad731f..864f08fc93 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-web-examples/pages/_document.js
+++ b/packages/react-native-web-examples/pages/_document.js
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
 import { Html, Head, Main, NextScript } from 'next/document';
 import { AppRegistry } from 'react-native';
 
+const style = `
+body,html,#__next{height:100%}
+body{overflow:hidden}
+#__next{display:flex;flex-direction:column}
+`.trim();
+
 export default function MyDocument() {
   return (
     <Html>
-      <Head />
+      <Head>
+        <style>{style}</style>
+      </Head>
       <body>
         <Main />
         <NextScript />
diff --git a/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/VirtualizedList/__tests__/index-test.js b/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/VirtualizedList/__tests__/index-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..863aa1b20b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/VirtualizedList/__tests__/index-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { fireEvent, render } from '@testing-library/react';
+import VirtualizedList from '../';
+
+function mockScrollMetrics(node, offset, length, horizontal = false) {
+  const clientLength = 100;
+  let current = offset;
+  Object.defineProperties(node, {
+    [horizontal ? 'clientWidth' : 'clientHeight']: {
+      configurable: true,
+      value: clientLength
+    },
+    [horizontal ? 'scrollWidth' : 'scrollHeight']: {
+      configurable: true,
+      value: length
+    },
+    [horizontal ? 'scrollLeft' : 'scrollTop']: {
+      configurable: true,
+      get: () => current,
+      set: (value) => {
+        current = Math.max(0, Math.min(value, length - clientLength));
+      }
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+function renderList({ horizontal = false, inverted = true } = {}) {
+  return render(
+    <VirtualizedList
+      data={[0]}
+      getItem={(data, index) => data[index]}
+      getItemCount={(data) => data.length}
+      getItemLayout={(data, index) => ({ length: 500, offset: 0, index })}
+      horizontal={horizontal}
+      inverted={inverted}
+      keyExtractor={String}
+      renderItem={() => <div data-testid="nested" />}
+      testID="list"
+    />
+  );
+}
+
+function wheel(target, delta, horizontal = false) {
+  const event = new WheelEvent('wheel', {
+    bubbles: true,
+    cancelable: true,
+    [horizontal ? 'deltaX' : 'deltaY']: delta
+  });
+  fireEvent(target, event);
+  return event;
+}
+
+describe('components/VirtualizedList', () => {
+  describe('prop "inverted"', () => {
+    test('wheel over the list itself scrolls in the inverted direction', () => {
+      const { getByTestId } = renderList();
+      const list = getByTestId('list');
+      mockScrollMetrics(list, 200, 500);
+      expect(wheel(list, 20).defaultPrevented).toBe(true);
+      expect(list.scrollTop).toBe(180);
+    });
+
+    test('wheel over the list itself near the end does not oscillate', () => {
+      const { getByTestId } = renderList();
+      const list = getByTestId('list');
+      mockScrollMetrics(list, 390, 500);
+      expect(wheel(list, 20).defaultPrevented).toBe(true);
+      expect(list.scrollTop).toBe(370);
+    });
+
+    test('wheel over a nested scrollable scrolls it first, then the list', () => {
+      const { getByTestId } = renderList();
+      const list = getByTestId('list');
+      const nested = getByTestId('nested');
+      mockScrollMetrics(list, 200, 500);
+      mockScrollMetrics(nested, 195, 300);
+      expect(wheel(nested, 20).defaultPrevented).toBe(true);
+      expect(nested.scrollTop).toBe(200);
+      expect(list.scrollTop).toBe(185);
+    });
+
+    test('horizontal wheel over the list itself scrolls in the inverted direction', () => {
+      const { getByTestId } = renderList({ horizontal: true });
+      const list = getByTestId('list');
+      mockScrollMetrics(list, 200, 500, true);
+      expect(wheel(list, 20, true).defaultPrevented).toBe(true);
+      expect(list.scrollLeft).toBe(180);
+    });
+
+    test('wheel over a non-inverted list is left to the browser', () => {
+      const { getByTestId } = renderList({ inverted: false });
+      const list = getByTestId('list');
+      mockScrollMetrics(list, 200, 500);
+      expect(wheel(list, 20).defaultPrevented).toBe(false);
+      expect(list.scrollTop).toBe(200);
+    });
+
+    test('negative wheel over a nested scrollable scrolls it first, then the list', () => {
+      const { getByTestId } = renderList();
+      const list = getByTestId('list');
+      const nested = getByTestId('nested');
+      mockScrollMetrics(list, 200, 500);
+      mockScrollMetrics(nested, 5, 300);
+      expect(wheel(nested, -20).defaultPrevented).toBe(true);
+      expect(nested.scrollTop).toBe(0);
+      expect(list.scrollTop).toBe(215);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/react-native-web/src/vendor/react-native/VirtualizedList/index.js b/packages/react-native-web/src/vendor/react-native/VirtualizedList/index.js
index b7576d1250..d12e91c08e 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-web/src/vendor/react-native/VirtualizedList/index.js
+++ b/packages/react-native-web/src/vendor/react-native/VirtualizedList/index.js
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ class VirtualizedList extends StateSafePureComponent<Props, State> {
       const scrollOffset = this.props.horizontal ? ev.target.scrollLeft : ev.target.scrollTop;
       const scrollLength = this.props.horizontal ? ev.target.scrollWidth : ev.target.scrollHeight;
       const clientLength = this.props.horizontal ? ev.target.clientWidth : ev.target.clientHeight;
-      const isEventTargetScrollable = scrollLength > clientLength;
+      const isEventTargetScrollable = ev.target !== ev.currentTarget && scrollLength > clientLength;
       const delta = this.props.horizontal
         ? ev.deltaX || ev.wheelDeltaX
         : ev.deltaY || ev.wheelDeltaY;