diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 312cd2b1..f7c51be9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -592,6 +592,12 @@ $('#chartContainerId').orgchart(options);
     <tr>
       <td>zoom</td><td>boolean</td><td>no</td><td>false</td><td>Users could zoomin/zoomout the orgchart by mouse wheel if they enable this option.</td>
     </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <td>zoominLimit</td><td>number</td><td>no</td><td>7</td><td>Users are allowed to set a zoom-in limit.</td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <td>zoomoutLimit</td><td>number</td><td>no</td><td>0.5</td><td>Users are allowed to set a zoom-out limit.</td>
+    </tr>
     <tr>
       <td>direction</td><td>string</td><td>no</td><td>"t2b"</td><td>The available values are t2b(implies "top to bottom", it's default value), b2t(implies "bottom to top"), l2r(implies "left to right"), r2l(implies "right to left").</td>
     </tr>
diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index 4a78f918..087796e1 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "orgchart",
-  "version": "1.3.5",
+  "version": "1.3.6",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/dabeng/OrgChart",
   "authors": [
     "dabeng <dabeng413@gmail.com>"
diff --git a/dist/js/jquery.orgchart.js b/dist/js/jquery.orgchart.js
index 6c993f0e..d548b391 100644
--- a/dist/js/jquery.orgchart.js
+++ b/dist/js/jquery.orgchart.js
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@
       'draggable': false,
       'direction': 't2b',
       'pan': false,
-      'zoom': false
+      'zoom': false,
+      'zoominLimit': 7,
+      'zoomoutLimit': 0.5
     };
 
     switch (options) {
@@ -293,14 +295,24 @@
   }
 
   function setChartScale($chart, newScale) {
+    var opts = $chart.data('options');
     var lastTf = $chart.css('transform');
+    var matrix = '';
+    var targetScale = 1;
     if (lastTf === 'none') {
       $chart.css('transform', 'scale(' + newScale + ',' + newScale + ')');
     } else {
+      matrix = lastTf.split(',');
       if (lastTf.indexOf('3d') === -1) {
-        $chart.css('transform', lastTf + ' scale(' + newScale + ',' + newScale + ')');
+        targetScale = window.parseFloat(matrix[3]) * newScale;
+        if (targetScale > opts.zoomoutLimit && targetScale < opts.zoominLimit) {
+          $chart.css('transform', lastTf + ' scale(' + newScale + ',' + newScale + ')');
+        }
       } else {
-        $chart.css('transform', lastTf + ' scale3d(' + newScale + ',' + newScale + ', 1)');
+        targetScale = window.parseFloat(matrix[1]) * newScale;
+        if (targetScale > opts.zoomoutLimit && targetScale < opts.zoominLimit) {
+          $chart.css('transform', lastTf + ' scale3d(' + newScale + ',' + newScale + ', 1)');
+        }
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f991b628..318c95fb 100755
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "orgchart",
-  "version": "1.3.5",
+  "version": "1.3.6",
   "description": "Simple and direct organization chart(tree-like hierarchy) plugin based on pure DOM and jQuery.",
   "main": "./dist/js/jquery.orgchart.js",
   "style": [