diff --git a/source/blender/editors/interface/interface_drag.cc b/source/blender/editors/interface/interface_drag.cc
index d0198a96362..5f32bb1040b 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/interface/interface_drag.cc
+++ b/source/blender/editors/interface/interface_drag.cc
@@ -125,4 +125,8 @@ void ui_but_drag_start(bContext *C, uiBut *but)
   if (ELEM(but->dragtype, WM_DRAG_ASSET, WM_DRAG_ID)) {
     WM_event_start_drag(C, ICON_NONE, WM_DRAG_ASSET_LIST, nullptr, WM_DRAG_NOP);
   }
+
+  if (but->dragtype == WM_DRAG_PATH) {
+    WM_event_drag_path_override_poin_data_with_space_file_paths(C, drag);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/source/blender/windowmanager/WM_api.hh b/source/blender/windowmanager/WM_api.hh
index c810ea65725..1d315e66cdd 100644
--- a/source/blender/windowmanager/WM_api.hh
+++ b/source/blender/windowmanager/WM_api.hh
@@ -1548,6 +1548,11 @@ wmDrag *WM_drag_data_create(
  */
 void WM_event_start_prepared_drag(bContext *C, wmDrag *drag);
 void WM_event_drag_image(wmDrag *drag, const ImBuf *imb, float scale);
+/**
+ * Overrides the `drag.poin` event to include all selected files in the space file where the event
+ * started.
+ */
+void WM_event_drag_path_override_poin_data_with_space_file_paths(const bContext *, wmDrag *drag);
 void WM_event_drag_preview_icon(wmDrag *drag, int icon_id);
 void WM_drag_free(wmDrag *drag);
 void WM_drag_data_free(eWM_DragDataType dragtype, void *poin);
diff --git a/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_dragdrop.cc b/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_dragdrop.cc
index 616a703b280..a1fcf2c927e 100644
--- a/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_dragdrop.cc
+++ b/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_dragdrop.cc
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@
 
 #include "BLT_translation.hh"
 
+#include "BLI_linear_allocator.hh"
 #include "BLI_listbase.h"
 #include "BLI_math_color.h"
+#include "BLI_path_utils.hh"
 #include "BLI_string.h"
 #include "BLI_string_utf8.h"
 
@@ -360,6 +362,32 @@ void WM_event_drag_image(wmDrag *drag, const ImBuf *imb, float scale)
   drag->imbuf_scale = scale;
 }
 
+void WM_event_drag_path_override_poin_data_with_space_file_paths(const bContext *C, wmDrag *drag)
+{
+  BLI_assert(drag->type == WM_DRAG_PATH);
+  if (!CTX_wm_space_file(C)) {
+    return;
+  }
+  char dirpath[FILE_MAX];
+  BLI_path_split_dir_part(WM_drag_get_single_path(drag), dirpath, FILE_MAX);
+
+  blender::LinearAllocator<> allocator;
+  blender::Vector<const char *> paths;
+  const blender::Vector<PointerRNA> files = CTX_data_collection_get(C, "selected_files");
+  for (const PointerRNA &file_ptr : files) {
+    const FileDirEntry *file = static_cast<const FileDirEntry *>(file_ptr.data);
+    char filepath[FILE_MAX];
+    BLI_path_join(filepath, sizeof(filepath), dirpath, file->name);
+
+    paths.append(allocator.copy_string(filepath).c_str());
+  }
+  if (paths.is_empty()) {
+    return;
+  }
+  WM_drag_data_free(drag->type, drag->poin);
+  drag->poin = WM_drag_create_path_data(paths);
+}
+
 void WM_event_drag_preview_icon(wmDrag *drag, int icon_id)
 {
   BLI_assert_msg(!drag->imb, "Drag image and preview are mutually exclusive");