diff --git a/src/gui/mainwindow.cpp b/src/gui/mainwindow.cpp
index 73ed049a1..d80252fef 100644
--- a/src/gui/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -1136,14 +1136,15 @@ void MainWindow::onClipboardCommandActionTriggered(CommandAction *commandAction,
     action( actionData, command, QModelIndex() );
 }
 
-void MainWindow::onTabWidgetDropItems(const QString &tabName, const QMimeData *data)
+void MainWindow::onTabWidgetDropItems(const QString &tabName, const QMimeData *data, bool *accepted)
 {
     auto browser = tab(tabName);
 
     if (browser) {
         const QVariantMap dataMap = data->hasFormat(mimeItems)
                 ? cloneData(data, QStringList() << mimeItems) : cloneData(data);
-        browser->addAndSelect(dataMap, 0);
+        if ( browser->addAndSelect(dataMap, 0) )
+            *accepted = true;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/gui/mainwindow.h b/src/gui/mainwindow.h
index 742bc70a6..45c76d61a 100644
--- a/src/gui/mainwindow.h
+++ b/src/gui/mainwindow.h
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ class MainWindow final : public QMainWindow
     void onItemCommandActionTriggered(CommandAction *commandAction, const QString &triggeredShortcut);
     void onClipboardCommandActionTriggered(CommandAction *commandAction, const QString &triggeredShortcut);
 
-    void onTabWidgetDropItems(const QString &tabName, const QMimeData *data);
+    void onTabWidgetDropItems(const QString &tabName, const QMimeData *data, bool *accepted);
 
     void showContextMenuAt(QPoint position);
 
diff --git a/src/gui/tabbar.cpp b/src/gui/tabbar.cpp
index 31aaa3b28..ac98a5ebe 100644
--- a/src/gui/tabbar.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/tabbar.cpp
@@ -184,8 +184,10 @@ void TabBar::dropEvent(QDropEvent *event)
     int tabIndex = dropItemsTabIndex(*event, *this);
 
     if ( tabIndex != -1 ) {
-        acceptDrag(event);
-        emit dropItems( tabName(tabIndex), event->mimeData() );
+        bool accepted = false;
+        emit dropItems( tabName(tabIndex), event->mimeData(), &accepted );
+        if (accepted)
+            acceptDrag(event);
     } else {
         QTabBar::dropEvent(event);
     }
diff --git a/src/gui/tabbar.h b/src/gui/tabbar.h
index 5ecfdd588..e0f08fa8f 100644
--- a/src/gui/tabbar.h
+++ b/src/gui/tabbar.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class TabBar final : public QTabBar, public TabsWidgetInterface
 signals:
     void tabBarMenuRequested(const QPoint &pos, int tab);
     void tabRenamed(const QString &newName, int index);
-    void dropItems(const QString &tabName, const QMimeData *data);
+    void dropItems(const QString &tabName, const QMimeData *data, bool *accepted);
 
 protected:
     void contextMenuEvent(QContextMenuEvent *event) override;
diff --git a/src/gui/tabtree.cpp b/src/gui/tabtree.cpp
index 17b309eef..0d98b0d7b 100644
--- a/src/gui/tabtree.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/tabtree.cpp
@@ -559,8 +559,10 @@ void TabTree::dropEvent(QDropEvent *event)
 
     const auto targetItem = dropItemsTarget(*event, *this);
     if (targetItem) {
-        acceptDrag(event);
-        emit dropItems( getTabPath(targetItem), event->mimeData() );
+        bool accepted = false;
+        emit dropItems( getTabPath(targetItem), event->mimeData(), &accepted );
+        if (accepted)
+            acceptDrag(event);
     } else if ( itemAt(event->pos()) ) {
         const QString oldPrefix = getTabPath(current);
 
diff --git a/src/gui/tabtree.h b/src/gui/tabtree.h
index 7b5387cc3..33f7b642f 100644
--- a/src/gui/tabtree.h
+++ b/src/gui/tabtree.h
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class TabTree final : public QTreeWidget, public TabsWidgetInterface
     void currentTabChanged(int index);
     void tabTreeMenuRequested(const QPoint &pos, const QString &groupPath);
     void tabsMoved(const QString &oldPrefix, const QString &newPrefix, const QList<int> &indexes);
-    void dropItems(const QString &tabName, const QMimeData *data);
+    void dropItems(const QString &tabName, const QMimeData *data, bool *accepted);
 
 protected:
     void contextMenuEvent(QContextMenuEvent *event) override;
diff --git a/src/gui/tabwidget.h b/src/gui/tabwidget.h
index 6406d1224..3c23ef884 100644
--- a/src/gui/tabwidget.h
+++ b/src/gui/tabwidget.h
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class TabWidget final : public QWidget
     void tabRenamed(const QString &newName, int index);
     void currentChanged(int tabIndex, int oldTabIndex);
     void tabCloseRequested(int);
-    void dropItems(const QString &tabName, const QMimeData *data);
+    void dropItems(const QString &tabName, const QMimeData *data, bool *accepted);
 
 protected:
     bool eventFilter(QObject *object, QEvent *event) override;