diff --git a/scribble-lib/scribble/html-render.rkt b/scribble-lib/scribble/html-render.rkt
index 2de02bba..2a91f35e 100644
--- a/scribble-lib/scribble/html-render.rkt
+++ b/scribble-lib/scribble/html-render.rkt
@@ -867,6 +867,8 @@
(head ()
(meta ([http-equiv "content-type"]
[content "text/html; charset=utf-8"]))
+ (meta ([name "viewport"]
+ [content "width=device-width, initial-scale=0.8"]))
,title
,(scribble-css-contents scribble-css
(lookup-path scribble-css alt-paths)