diff --git a/src/google_map.js b/src/google_map.js
index dc525a7..180ff6a 100644
--- a/src/google_map.js
+++ b/src/google_map.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import shallowEqual from './utils/shallowEqual';
 import isPlainObject from './utils/isPlainObject';
 import isArraysEqualEps from './utils/isArraysEqualEps';
 import detectElementResize from './utils/detectElementResize';
+import addPassiveEventListener from './utils/passiveEvents';
 
 // consts
 const kEPS = 0.00001;
@@ -245,17 +246,22 @@ export default class GoogleMap extends Component {
 
   componentDidMount() {
     this.mounted_ = true;
-    window.addEventListener('resize', this._onWindowResize);
-    window.addEventListener('keydown', this._onKeyDownCapture, true);
+    addPassiveEventListener(window, 'resize', this._onWindowResize, false);
+    addPassiveEventListener(window, 'keydown', this._onKeyDownCapture, true);
     const mapDom = ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this.googleMapDom_);
     // gmap can't prevent map drag if mousedown event already occured
     // the only workaround I find is prevent mousedown native browser event
 
     if (mapDom) {
-      mapDom.addEventListener('mousedown', this._onMapMouseDownNative, true);
+      addPassiveEventListener(
+        mapDom,
+        'mousedown',
+        this._onMapMouseDownNative,
+        true
+      );
     }
 
-    window.addEventListener('mouseup', this._onChildMouseUp, false);
+    addPassiveEventListener(window, 'mouseup', this._onChildMouseUp, false);
     const bootstrapURLKeys = {
       ...(this.props.apiKey && { key: this.props.apiKey }),
       ...this.props.bootstrapURLKeys,
diff --git a/src/utils/detectElementResize.js b/src/utils/detectElementResize.js
index 7ad2673..2b67607 100644
--- a/src/utils/detectElementResize.js
+++ b/src/utils/detectElementResize.js
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 * version: 0.5.3
 **/
 
+import addPassiveEventListener from './passiveEvents';
+
 // Reliable `window` and `document` detection
 var canUseDOM = !!(typeof window !== 'undefined' &&
   window.document &&
@@ -171,7 +173,8 @@ var addResizeListener = function(element, fn) {
         '<div class="contract-trigger"></div>';
       element.appendChild(element.__resizeTriggers__);
       resetTriggers(element);
-      element.addEventListener('scroll', scrollListener, true);
+
+      addPassiveEventListener(element, 'scroll', scrollListener, true);
 
       /* Listen for a css animation to detect element display/re-attach */
       animationstartevent &&
diff --git a/src/utils/passiveEvents.js b/src/utils/passiveEvents.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b0ed7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/passiveEvents.js
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+// feature detection for passive support
+// see: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/EventTarget/addEventListener#Safely_detecting_option_support
+function hasPassiveSupport() {
+  let passiveSupported = false;
+
+  try {
+    const options = Object.defineProperty({}, 'passive', {
+      get() {
+        passiveSupported = true;
+      },
+    });
+
+    window.addEventListener('test', options, options);
+    window.removeEventListener('test', options, options);
+  } catch (err) {
+    passiveSupported = false;
+  }
+
+  return passiveSupported;
+}
+
+export default function addPassiveEventListener(
+  element,
+  eventName,
+  func,
+  capture
+) {
+  element.addEventListener(
+    eventName,
+    func,
+    hasPassiveSupport()
+      ? {
+          capture,
+          passive: true,
+        }
+      : capture
+  );
+}