diff --git a/example/js/example-app.jsx b/example/js/example-app.jsx
index f09d307..7e3b813 100644
--- a/example/js/example-app.jsx
+++ b/example/js/example-app.jsx
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export default class ExampleApp extends React.Component {
         min: 3,
         max: 7,
       },
+      value7: 4,
     };
   }
 
@@ -77,6 +78,16 @@ export default class ExampleApp extends React.Component {
           onChange={value => this.setState({ value6: value })}
           onChangeComplete={value => console.log(value)}
           value={this.state.value6} />
+
+        <div className="touch-friendly">
+          <InputRange
+            maxValue={20}
+            formatLabel={() => null}
+            minValue={0}
+            value={this.state.value7}
+            onChange={value => this.setState({ value7: value })}
+            onChangeComplete={value => console.log(value)} />
+        </div>
       </form>
     );
   }
diff --git a/example/scss/index.scss b/example/scss/index.scss
index 92da23e..875ecd7 100644
--- a/example/scss/index.scss
+++ b/example/scss/index.scss
@@ -10,3 +10,24 @@
 .input-range {
   margin-bottom: 160px;
 }
+
+.touch-friendly {
+  .input-range {
+    &__track {
+      height: 30px;
+
+      &--active {
+        background: rgba(#3f51b5, 0.5)
+      }
+    }
+
+    &__slider {
+      width: 40px;
+      height: 40px;
+
+      &-container {
+        top: 5px;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/js/input-range/input-range.jsx b/src/js/input-range/input-range.jsx
index a097d4f..d5a179f 100644
--- a/src/js/input-range/input-range.jsx
+++ b/src/js/input-range/input-range.jsx
@@ -108,12 +108,17 @@ export default class InputRange extends React.Component {
     this.lastKeyMoved = null;
   }
 
+  componentDidMount() {
+    this.addNodeTouchStartListener();
+  }
+
   /**
    * @ignore
    * @override
    * @return {void}
    */
   componentWillUnmount() {
+    this.removeNodeTouchStartListener();
     this.removeDocumentMouseUpListener();
     this.removeDocumentTouchEndListener();
   }
@@ -320,6 +325,22 @@ export default class InputRange extends React.Component {
     this.updateValue(key, value);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Start listening to touchstart events on the node
+   * @private
+   * @return {void}
+   */
+  addNodeTouchStartListener() {
+    // Adding a `onTouchStart` prop to the node doesn't work, as the
+    // event handler will be added as `passive`. The handler needs to
+    // be active, so it is able to call `preventDefault()`. Otherwise
+    // e.g. the page scrolls while dragging slightly vertically.
+    this.node.addEventListener('touchstart', this.handleTouchStart, {
+      passive: false,
+    });
+  }
+
+
   /**
    * Listen to mouseup event
    * @private
@@ -349,6 +370,15 @@ export default class InputRange extends React.Component {
     this.node.ownerDocument.removeEventListener('mouseup', this.handleMouseUp);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Stop listening to touchstart events on the node
+   * @private
+   * @return {void}
+   */
+  removeNodeTouchStartListener() {
+    this.node.removeEventListener('touchstart', this.handleTouchStart);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Stop listening to touchend event
    * @private
@@ -565,6 +595,7 @@ export default class InputRange extends React.Component {
   handleTouchStart(event) {
     this.handleInteractionStart(event);
     this.addDocumentTouchEndListener();
+    event.preventDefault();
   }
 
   /**
@@ -663,8 +694,7 @@ export default class InputRange extends React.Component {
         className={componentClassName}
         onKeyDown={this.handleKeyDown}
         onKeyUp={this.handleKeyUp}
-        onMouseDown={this.handleMouseDown}
-        onTouchStart={this.handleTouchStart}>
+        onMouseDown={this.handleMouseDown}>
         <Label
           classNames={this.props.classNames}
           formatLabel={this.props.formatLabel}