diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f01548e5..a890e244 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@
 * Ignore auto-detected URLs that overlap with OSC-8 URLs.
 * Default value for the `notify` option to use `-a ${app-id} -i
   ${app-id} ...` instead of `-a foot -i foot ...`.
+* `scrollback-*`+`pipe-scrollback` key bindings are now passed through
+  to the client application when the alt screen is active
+  (https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/573).
 
 
 ### Deprecated
diff --git a/input.c b/input.c
index 96c41a15..707c23f1 100644
--- a/input.c
+++ b/input.c
@@ -88,28 +88,46 @@ execute_binding(struct seat *seat, struct terminal *term,
         return true;
 
     case BIND_ACTION_SCROLLBACK_UP_PAGE:
-        cmd_scrollback_up(term, term->rows);
-        return true;
+        if (term->grid == &term->normal) {
+            cmd_scrollback_up(term, term->rows);
+            return true;
+        }
+        break;
 
     case BIND_ACTION_SCROLLBACK_UP_HALF_PAGE:
-        cmd_scrollback_up(term, max(term->rows / 2, 1));
-        return true;
+        if (term->grid == &term->normal) {
+            cmd_scrollback_up(term, max(term->rows / 2, 1));
+            return true;
+        }
+        break;
 
     case BIND_ACTION_SCROLLBACK_UP_LINE:
-        cmd_scrollback_up(term, 1);
-        return true;
+        if (term->grid == &term->normal) {
+            cmd_scrollback_up(term, 1);
+            return true;
+        }
+        break;
 
     case BIND_ACTION_SCROLLBACK_DOWN_PAGE:
-        cmd_scrollback_down(term, term->rows);
-        return true;
+        if (term->grid == &term->normal) {
+            cmd_scrollback_down(term, term->rows);
+            return true;
+        }
+        break;
 
     case BIND_ACTION_SCROLLBACK_DOWN_HALF_PAGE:
-        cmd_scrollback_down(term, max(term->rows / 2, 1));
-        return true;
+        if (term->grid == &term->normal) {
+            cmd_scrollback_down(term, max(term->rows / 2, 1));
+            return true;
+        }
+        break;
 
     case BIND_ACTION_SCROLLBACK_DOWN_LINE:
-        cmd_scrollback_down(term, 1);
-        return true;
+        if (term->grid == &term->normal) {
+            cmd_scrollback_down(term, 1);
+            return true;
+        }
+        break;
 
     case BIND_ACTION_CLIPBOARD_COPY:
         selection_to_clipboard(seat, term, serial);
@@ -165,6 +183,9 @@ execute_binding(struct seat *seat, struct terminal *term,
         return true;
 
     case BIND_ACTION_PIPE_SCROLLBACK:
+        if (term->grid == &term->alt)
+            break;
+        /* FALLTHROUGH */
     case BIND_ACTION_PIPE_VIEW:
     case BIND_ACTION_PIPE_SELECTED: {
         if (pipe_argv == NULL)