diff --git a/packages/polycss/src/api/createPolyScene.test.ts b/packages/polycss/src/api/createPolyScene.test.ts
index 76f19b1e..bde533a5 100644
--- a/packages/polycss/src/api/createPolyScene.test.ts
+++ b/packages/polycss/src/api/createPolyScene.test.ts
@@ -136,6 +136,26 @@ describe("createPolyScene", () => {
       expect(transform).toContain("rotate(60deg)");
     });
 
+    it("folds host CSS zoom into the emitted scene transform", () => {
+      host.style.setProperty("zoom", "0.5");
+      scene = createPolyScene(host, {
+        distance: 100,
+        perspective: 1500,
+        rotX: 30,
+        rotY: 60,
+        zoom: 2,
+      });
+      const sceneEl = host.querySelector(".polycss-scene") as HTMLElement;
+      const transform = sceneEl.style.transform;
+      expect(sceneEl.style.perspective).toBe("750px");
+      expect(sceneEl.style.getPropertyValue("zoom")).toBe("2");
+      expect(transform).toContain("translateZ(-50px)");
+      expect(transform).toContain("scale(1)");
+      expect(transform).toContain("rotateX(30deg)");
+      expect(transform).toContain("rotate(60deg)");
+      expect(scene.getOptions().zoom).toBe(2);
+    });
+
     it("inlines a large finite perspective when perspective is false (orthographic)", () => {
       scene = createPolyScene(host, { perspective: false });
       const sceneEl = host.querySelector(".polycss-scene") as HTMLElement;
diff --git a/packages/polycss/src/api/createPolyScene.ts b/packages/polycss/src/api/createPolyScene.ts
index 7daff6ed..c0945a60 100644
--- a/packages/polycss/src/api/createPolyScene.ts
+++ b/packages/polycss/src/api/createPolyScene.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ import { injectPolyBaseStyles } from "../styles/styles";
 // keeps large gallery meshes below Chrome's long-task warning threshold
 // without changing the synchronous public setPolygons() contract.
 const ASYNC_MOUNT_BATCH_SIZE = 750;
+const DEFAULT_SCENE_PERSPECTIVE = 8000;
 
 export interface PolySceneOptions {
   perspective?: number | false;
@@ -302,11 +303,12 @@ function buildMeshTransform(t: PolyMeshTransform): string | undefined {
 function buildSceneTransform(
   opts: PolySceneOptions,
   autoCenterOffset: Vec3 = [0, 0, 0],
+  layoutScale = 1,
 ): string {
   const rotX = opts.rotX ?? DEFAULT_ROT_X;
   const rotY = opts.rotY ?? DEFAULT_ROT_Y;
-  const zoom = opts.zoom ?? DEFAULT_ZOOM;
-  const distance = opts.distance ?? 0;
+  const zoom = (opts.zoom ?? DEFAULT_ZOOM) * layoutScale;
+  const distance = (opts.distance ?? 0) * layoutScale;
   const target = opts.target ?? [0, 0, 0];
   // World→CSS axis swap: world[0]→CSS Y, world[1]→CSS X, world[2]→CSS Z.
   // Negate so the scene moves such that `target + autoCenterOffset` appears
@@ -332,6 +334,41 @@ function buildSceneTransform(
   return `${distancePart}scale(${zoom}) rotateX(${rotX}deg) rotate(${rotY}deg) translate3d(${-cssX}px, ${-cssY}px, ${-cssZ}px)`;
 }
 
+function parseCssZoom(value: string): number {
+  const text = value.trim();
+  if (!text || text === "normal") return 1;
+  const numeric = text.endsWith("%")
+    ? Number(text.slice(0, -1)) / 100
+    : Number(text);
+  return Number.isFinite(numeric) && numeric > 0 ? numeric : 1;
+}
+
+function effectiveCssZoom(element: HTMLElement): number {
+  const win = element.ownerDocument?.defaultView;
+  if (!win) return 1;
+
+  let zoom = 1;
+  for (let current: HTMLElement | null = element; current; current = current.parentElement) {
+    zoom *= parseCssZoom(win.getComputedStyle(current).getPropertyValue("zoom"));
+  }
+  return Number.isFinite(zoom) && zoom > 0 ? zoom : 1;
+}
+
+function scaledCssPixels(value: number, scale: number): number {
+  return scale === 1 ? value : value * scale;
+}
+
+function applyCssZoomCompensation(el: HTMLElement, scale: number): void {
+  // Chromium's CSS zoom can scale layout metrics without scaling the
+  // preserve-3d rasterization path consistently. Neutralize zoom on the scene
+  // root, then fold the same scale into the matrix/perspective explicitly.
+  if (Math.abs(scale - 1) < 1e-6) {
+    el.style.removeProperty("zoom");
+  } else {
+    el.style.setProperty("zoom", String(1 / scale));
+  }
+}
+
 // ─── Lambert-bucket grouping ────────────────────────────────────────────────
 // For dynamic-mode scenes: group polygons by quantized face normal + color
 // into wrapper divs. The wrapper has the bucket's normal as inline CSS
@@ -451,9 +488,11 @@ export function createPolyScene(
   const meshes = new Set<MeshEntry>();
 
   function applySceneStyle(el: HTMLElement, opts: PolySceneOptions): void {
-    el.style.transform = buildSceneTransform(opts, autoCenterOffset);
+    const layoutScale = effectiveCssZoom(host);
+    applyCssZoomCompensation(el, layoutScale);
+    el.style.transform = buildSceneTransform(opts, autoCenterOffset, layoutScale);
     if (typeof opts.perspective === "number") {
-      el.style.perspective = `${opts.perspective}px`;
+      el.style.perspective = `${scaledCssPixels(opts.perspective, layoutScale)}px`;
     } else if (opts.perspective === false) {
       // Orthographic projection — true `perspective: none` triggers a Chrome
       // compositor fast path that mis-rasterizes <u> border-triangle leaves
@@ -461,9 +500,13 @@ export function createPolyScene(
       // at initial paint. A very large finite perspective is visually
       // indistinguishable from orthographic (no perceptible foreshortening at
       // this distance) but routes Chrome through the normal compositor path.
-      el.style.perspective = "1000000px";
+      el.style.perspective = `${scaledCssPixels(1000000, layoutScale)}px`;
     } else {
-      el.style.removeProperty("perspective");
+      if (Math.abs(layoutScale - 1) < 1e-6) {
+        el.style.removeProperty("perspective");
+      } else {
+        el.style.perspective = `${scaledCssPixels(DEFAULT_SCENE_PERSPECTIVE, layoutScale)}px`;
+      }
     }
     applyDynamicLightVars(el, opts);
   }