diff --git a/app/hyperterm.js b/app/hyperterm.js
index cc05bea383f1..3b362d0fb452 100644
--- a/app/hyperterm.js
+++ b/app/hyperterm.js
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ export default class HyperTerm extends Component {
 
     this.moveLeft = this.moveLeft.bind(this);
     this.moveRight = this.moveRight.bind(this);
+    this.resetFontSize = this.resetFontSize.bind(this);
+    this.increaseFontSize = this.increaseFontSize.bind(this);
+    this.decreaseFontSize = this.decreaseFontSize.bind(this);
   }
 
   render () {
@@ -224,6 +227,9 @@ export default class HyperTerm extends Component {
 
     this.rpc.on('move left', this.moveLeft);
     this.rpc.on('move right', this.moveRight);
+    this.rpc.on('increase font size', this.increaseFontSize);
+    this.rpc.on('decrease font size', this.decreaseFontSize);
+    this.rpc.on('reset font size', this.resetFontSize);
   }
 
   clearCurrentTerm () {
@@ -263,6 +269,36 @@ export default class HyperTerm extends Component {
     }
   }
 
+  changeFontSize (value) {
+     const uid = this.state.sessions[this.state.active];
+     const term = this.refs[`term-${uid}`];
+     if (term) {
+       try {
+         const size = term.term.prefs_.get('font-size');
+         term.term.prefs_.set('font-size', size + value);
+       } catch (e) {
+         alert(e);
+       }
+     }
+  }
+
+  resetFontSize () {
+     const uid = this.state.sessions[this.state.active];
+     const term = this.refs[`term-${uid}`];
+     if (term) {
+        //TODO: once we have preferences, we need to read from it
+        term.term.prefs_.set('font-size', 12);
+     }
+  }
+
+  increaseFontSize () {
+     this.changeFontSize(1);
+  }
+
+  decreaseFontSize () {
+     this.changeFontSize(-1);
+  }
+
   onSessionExit ({ uid }) {
     if (!~this.state.sessions.indexOf(uid)) {
       console.log('ignore exit of', uid);
@@ -341,6 +377,9 @@ export default class HyperTerm extends Component {
       keys.bind('command+shift+]', this.moveRight);
       keys.bind('command+alt+left', this.moveLeft);
       keys.bind('command+alt+right', this.moveRight);
+      keys.bind('command+=', this.increaseFontSize);
+      keys.bind('command+-', this.decreaseFontSize);
+      keys.bind('command+0', this.resetFontSize);
 
       this.keys = keys;
     }
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 8835cbc519a1..64a8cfe523b9 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -230,6 +230,33 @@ app.on('ready', () => {
         },
         {
           role: 'togglefullscreen'
+        },
+        {
+           label: 'Actual Size',
+           accelerator: 'CmdOrCtrl+0',
+           click (item, focusedWindow) {
+              if (focusedWindow) {
+                 focusedWindow.rpc.emit('reset font size');
+              }
+           }
+        },
+        {
+           label: 'Zoom In',
+           accelerator: 'CmdOrCtrl+plus',
+           click (item, focusedWindow) {
+              if (focusedWindow) {
+                 focusedWindow.rpc.emit('increase font size');
+              }
+           }
+        },
+        {
+           label: 'Zoom Out',
+           accelerator: 'CmdOrCtrl+-',
+           click (item, focusedWindow) {
+              if (focusedWindow) {
+                 focusedWindow.rpc.emit('decrease font size');
+              }
+           }
         }
       ]
     },