diff --git a/kitty/dnd.c b/kitty/dnd.c
index 6f5afd9f5..d46ceee66 100644
--- a/kitty/dnd.c
+++ b/kitty/dnd.c
@@ -1916,7 +1916,7 @@ void
 drag_offer_start_to_child(Window *w, int32_t cell_x, int32_t cell_y, int32_t pixel_x, int32_t pixel_y) {
     char buf[256];
     int header_size = snprintf(
-        buf, sizeof(buf), "%d;t=o:x=%d:y=%d:X=%d:Y=%d", DND_CODE, cell_x, cell_y, pixel_x, pixel_y);
+        buf, sizeof(buf), "\x1b]%d;t=o:x=%d:y=%d:X=%d:Y=%d", DND_CODE, cell_x, cell_y, pixel_x, pixel_y);
     queue_payload_to_child(
         w->id, w->drag_source.client_id, &w->drag_source.pending, buf, header_size, NULL, 0, false);
 }
@@ -2229,6 +2229,25 @@ dnd_test_probe_state(PyObject *self UNUSED, PyObject *args) {
     if (strcmp(q, "drop_getting_data_for_mime") == 0) {
         return PyUnicode_FromString(w->drop.getting_data_for_mime ? w->drop.getting_data_for_mime : "");
     }
+    if (strcmp(q, "drag_operations") == 0) {
+        return PyLong_FromLong((long)w->drag_source.allowed_operations);
+    }
+    if (strcmp(q, "drag_mimes") == 0) {
+        PyObject *ans = PyTuple_New(w->drag_source.num_mimes);
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < w->drag_source.num_mimes; i++) PyTuple_SET_ITEM(
+            ans, i, PyUnicode_FromString(w->drag_source.items[i].mime_type));
+        return ans;
+    }
+    Py_RETURN_NONE;
+}
+
+static PyObject*
+dnd_test_start_drag_offer(PyObject *self UNUSED, PyObject *args) {
+    unsigned long long window_id; int x=0, y=0, X=0, Y=0;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "K|iiii", &window_id, &x, &y, &X, &Y)) return NULL;
+    Window *w = window_for_window_id((id_type)window_id);
+    if (!w) { PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "Window not found"); return NULL; }
+    drag_offer_start_to_child(w, x, y, X, Y);
     Py_RETURN_NONE;
 }
 
@@ -2239,6 +2258,7 @@ static PyMethodDef dnd_methods[] = {
     METHODB(dnd_test_set_mouse_pos, METH_VARARGS),
     METHODB(dnd_test_fake_drop_event, METH_VARARGS),
     METHODB(dnd_test_fake_drop_data, METH_VARARGS),
+    METHODB(dnd_test_start_drag_offer, METH_VARARGS),
     METHODB(dnd_test_force_drag_dropped, METH_VARARGS),
     METHODB(dnd_test_request_drag_data, METH_VARARGS),
     METHODB(dnd_test_drag_notify, METH_VARARGS),
diff --git a/kitty_tests/dnd_kitten.py b/kitty_tests/dnd_kitten.py
index de863ef97..806e02673 100644
--- a/kitty_tests/dnd_kitten.py
+++ b/kitty_tests/dnd_kitten.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ from kitty.fast_data_types import (
     dnd_test_fake_drop_data,
     dnd_test_fake_drop_event,
     dnd_test_probe_state,
+    dnd_test_start_drag_offer,
 )
 from kitty.utils import as_file_url
 
@@ -315,8 +316,22 @@ class TestDnDKitten(BaseTest):
                 self.assertEqual(expected_dest_content, f.read())
 
         do_overwrite_drop(enter_content, '\x1b[13u')
-        do_overwrite_drop(b'overwrite-esc-test-content', '\x1b[27u', 0)
+        do_overwrite_drop(b'overwrite-esc-test-content', '\x1b[27u', 0)  # ]]]
 
     def assert_files_have_same_content(self, a, b):
         with open(a, 'rb') as fa, open(b, 'rb') as fb:
             self.assertEqual(fa.read(), fb.read(), f'{a} ({os.path.getsize(a)}) != {b} ({os.path.getsize(b)})')
+
+    def test_dnd_kitten_drag(self):
+        img_drag_path = 'image.png'
+        with open(os.path.join(self.kitten_wd, img_drag_path), 'wb') as f:
+            f.write(os.urandom(1113))
+        create_fs(self.src_data_dir)
+        self.finish_setup(cli_args=(f'--drag=image/png:{img_drag_path}', self.src_data_dir)) # )))
+        with self.subTest(remote=False):
+            self.dnd_kitten_drag(False, img_drag_path)
+
+    def dnd_kitten_drag(self, remote_client, img_drop_path):
+        copy, move = self.get_button_geometry()
+        dnd_test_start_drag_offer(self.capture.window_id, 1, 1)
+        self.wait_for_state('drag_operations', 3)