diff --git a/wezterm-gui/src/termwindow/mod.rs b/wezterm-gui/src/termwindow/mod.rs
index 4003c90f4..67b8b2ff5 100644
--- a/wezterm-gui/src/termwindow/mod.rs
+++ b/wezterm-gui/src/termwindow/mod.rs
@@ -799,8 +799,9 @@ impl TermWindow {
             WindowEvent::Resized {
                 dimensions,
                 window_state,
+                live_resizing,
             } => {
-                self.resize(dimensions, window_state, window);
+                self.resize(dimensions, window_state, window, live_resizing);
                 Ok(true)
             }
             WindowEvent::RawKeyEvent(event) => {
diff --git a/wezterm-gui/src/termwindow/resize.rs b/wezterm-gui/src/termwindow/resize.rs
index ee1a6fccb..5b6d220cb 100644
--- a/wezterm-gui/src/termwindow/resize.rs
+++ b/wezterm-gui/src/termwindow/resize.rs
@@ -13,9 +13,16 @@ pub struct RowsAndCols {
 }
 
 impl super::TermWindow {
-    pub fn resize(&mut self, dimensions: Dimensions, window_state: WindowState, window: &Window) {
+    pub fn resize(
+        &mut self,
+        dimensions: Dimensions,
+        window_state: WindowState,
+        window: &Window,
+        live_resizing: bool,
+    ) {
         log::trace!(
-            "resize event, current cells: {:?}, current dims: {:?}, new dims: {:?} window_state:{:?}",
+            "resize event, live={} current cells: {:?}, current dims: {:?}, new dims: {:?} window_state:{:?}",
+            live_resizing,
             self.current_cell_dimensions(),
             self.dimensions,
             dimensions,
@@ -33,7 +40,11 @@ impl super::TermWindow {
             return;
         }
         self.window_state = window_state;
-        self.scaling_changed(dimensions, self.fonts.get_font_scale(), window);
+        if live_resizing {
+            self.apply_dimensions(&dimensions, None, window);
+        } else {
+            self.scaling_changed(dimensions, self.fonts.get_font_scale(), window);
+        }
         self.emit_window_event("window-resized", None);
     }
 
@@ -242,10 +253,11 @@ impl super::TermWindow {
             // Wayland is weird!
             if saved_dims != dims {
                 log::trace!(
-                    "scale changed so resize from {:?} to {:?} {:?}",
+                    "scale changed so resize from {:?} to {:?} {:?} (event called with {:?})",
                     saved_dims,
                     dims,
-                    cell_dims
+                    cell_dims,
+                    dimensions
                 );
                 // Stash this size pre-emptively. Without this, on Windows,
                 // when the font scaling is changed we can end up not seeing
diff --git a/window/src/lib.rs b/window/src/lib.rs
index f195e64b2..3214dee69 100644
--- a/window/src/lib.rs
+++ b/window/src/lib.rs
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ pub enum WindowEvent {
     Resized {
         dimensions: Dimensions,
         window_state: WindowState,
+        live_resizing: bool,
     },
 
     /// Called when the window has been invalidated and needs to
diff --git a/window/src/os/macos/window.rs b/window/src/os/macos/window.rs
index 9faaaa2b5..6e29f4b4d 100644
--- a/window/src/os/macos/window.rs
+++ b/window/src/os/macos/window.rs
@@ -423,6 +423,7 @@ impl Window {
                 config: config.clone(),
                 ime_state: ImeDisposition::None,
                 ime_last_event: None,
+                live_resizing: false,
             }));
 
             let window: id = msg_send![get_window_class(), alloc];
@@ -522,6 +523,7 @@ impl Window {
                         as usize,
                 },
                 window_state: WindowState::default(),
+                live_resizing: false,
             });
 
             Ok(window_handle)
@@ -919,6 +921,7 @@ impl WindowInner {
                 cartesian.x as f64 - delta_x,
                 cartesian.y as f64 - delta_y - content_frame.size.height,
             );
+            log::info!("set_window_position {:?}", coords);
             NSWindow::setFrameOrigin_(*self.window, point);
         }
     }
@@ -1059,6 +1062,9 @@ struct Inner {
     /// where the IME mysteriously swallows repeats but only
     /// for certain keys.
     ime_last_event: Option<KeyEvent>,
+
+    /// Whether we're in live resize
+    live_resizing: bool,
 }
 
 #[repr(C)]
@@ -2085,6 +2091,20 @@ impl WindowView {
         }
     }
 
+    extern "C" fn will_start_live_resize(this: &mut Object, _sel: Sel, _notification: id) {
+        if let Some(this) = Self::get_this(this) {
+            let mut inner = this.inner.borrow_mut();
+            inner.live_resizing = true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    extern "C" fn did_end_live_resize(this: &mut Object, _sel: Sel, _notification: id) {
+        if let Some(this) = Self::get_this(this) {
+            let mut inner = this.inner.borrow_mut();
+            inner.live_resizing = false;
+        }
+    }
+
     extern "C" fn did_resize(this: &mut Object, _sel: Sel, _notification: id) {
         if let Some(this) = Self::get_this(this) {
             let inner = this.inner.borrow_mut();
@@ -2114,6 +2134,8 @@ impl WindowView {
                     style_mask.contains(NSWindowStyleMask::NSFullScreenWindowMask)
                 });
 
+            let live_resizing = inner.live_resizing;
+
             inner.events.dispatch(WindowEvent::Resized {
                 dimensions: Dimensions {
                     pixel_width: width as usize,
@@ -2126,6 +2148,7 @@ impl WindowView {
                 } else {
                     WindowState::default()
                 },
+                live_resizing,
             });
         }
     }
@@ -2228,6 +2251,14 @@ impl WindowView {
                 Self::allow_automatic_tabbing as extern "C" fn(&Object, Sel) -> BOOL,
             );
 
+            cls.add_method(
+                sel!(windowWillStartLiveResize:),
+                Self::will_start_live_resize as extern "C" fn(&mut Object, Sel, id),
+            );
+            cls.add_method(
+                sel!(windowDidEndLiveResize:),
+                Self::did_end_live_resize as extern "C" fn(&mut Object, Sel, id),
+            );
             cls.add_method(
                 sel!(windowDidResize:),
                 Self::did_resize as extern "C" fn(&mut Object, Sel, id),