diff --git a/WINGs/WINGs/WINGsP.h.in b/WINGs/WINGs/WINGsP.h.in
index 810eeef..25de23c 100644
--- a/WINGs/WINGs/WINGsP.h.in
+++ b/WINGs/WINGs/WINGsP.h.in
@@ -633,6 +633,9 @@ typedef struct W_ViewBackend {
     /* Clipboard (cut buffer) */
     void  (*clipboard_store)(void *vctx, const char *text, int len);
     char *(*clipboard_fetch)(void *vctx, int *len_out);
+
+    /* Drag and drop */
+    void  (*drag_begin)(void *vctx, struct W_View *view, WMEvent *event);
 } W_ViewBackend;
 
 extern const W_ViewBackend W_ViewBackendX11;
diff --git a/WINGs/dragsource.c b/WINGs/dragsource.c
index c4345de..c843616 100644
--- a/WINGs/dragsource.c
+++ b/WINGs/dragsource.c
@@ -860,6 +860,12 @@ Bool WMIsDraggingFromView(WMView * view)
 
 void WMDragImageFromView(WMView * view, WMEvent * event)
 {
+	const W_ViewBackend *vb = W_VIEW_SCREEN(view)->viewBackend;
+	if (vb && vb->drag_begin) {
+		vb->drag_begin(W_VIEW_SCREEN(view)->viewBackendCtx, view, event);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	WMDraggingInfo *info = &W_VIEW_SCREEN(view)->dragInfo;
 	WMPoint mouseLocation;
 
diff --git a/WINGs/wview_wl.c b/WINGs/wview_wl.c
index c15adfa..a1770fe 100644
--- a/WINGs/wview_wl.c
+++ b/WINGs/wview_wl.c
@@ -531,6 +531,11 @@ static char *wl_clipboard_fetch(void *vctx, int *len_out)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static void wl_drag_begin(void *vctx, W_View *view, WMEvent *event)
+{
+	(void)vctx; (void)view; (void)event;
+}
+
 static void wl_flush(void *vctx)
 {
 	(void)vctx;
@@ -561,4 +566,5 @@ const W_ViewBackend W_ViewBackendWL = {
 	.flush                = wl_flush,
 	.clipboard_store      = wl_clipboard_store,
 	.clipboard_fetch      = wl_clipboard_fetch,
+	.drag_begin           = wl_drag_begin,
 };
diff --git a/WINGs/wview_x11.c b/WINGs/wview_x11.c
index a85efce..1152de6 100644
--- a/WINGs/wview_x11.c
+++ b/WINGs/wview_x11.c
@@ -253,4 +253,5 @@ const W_ViewBackend W_ViewBackendX11 = {
 	.flush                = x11_flush,
 	.clipboard_store      = x11_clipboard_store,
 	.clipboard_fetch      = x11_clipboard_fetch,
+	.drag_begin           = NULL,
 };