diff --git a/addons/drop/drop.go b/addons/drop/drop.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0435f98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/drop/drop.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// +build !windows
+
+package drop
+
+func Register(dropper Dropper) error {
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/addons/drop/drop_windows.c b/addons/drop/drop_windows.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff6dc28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/drop/drop_windows.c
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+
+#include <Windows.h>
+#include <shellapi.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include "_cgo_export.h"
+
+#define droppedFilePathSize 32767
+
+HHOOK nextHook;
+uint32_t nextDropID = 0;
+
+LRESULT CALLBACK DragAndDropHook(
+    _In_ int nCode,
+    _In_ WPARAM wParam,
+    _In_ LPARAM lParam)
+{
+    if (nCode < 0 || wParam == 0)
+        return CallNextHookEx(nextHook, nCode, wParam, lParam);
+
+    LPMSG message = (LPMSG)lParam;
+    switch (message->message)
+    {
+    case WM_DROPFILES:
+    {
+        wchar_t droppedFilePath[droppedFilePathSize];
+        uint32_t dropID = nextDropID++;
+
+        HDROP drop = (HDROP)message->wParam;
+        POINT position;
+        DragQueryPoint(drop, &position);
+        droppedFilesPosition(dropID, position.x, position.y);
+        UINT numberOfFiles = DragQueryFile(drop, 0xFFFFFFFF, NULL, 0);
+        for (UINT fileIndex = 0; fileIndex < numberOfFiles; fileIndex++)
+        {
+            UINT length = DragQueryFileW(drop, fileIndex, droppedFilePath, droppedFilePathSize);
+            droppedFilesFile(dropID, &droppedFilePath[0], length);
+        }
+        droppedFilesDrop(dropID);
+    }
+    break;
+    }
+    return CallNextHookEx(nextHook, nCode, wParam, lParam);
+}
+
+void SetDragAndDropHook(void *window)
+{
+    HWND windowHandle = (HWND)window;
+    DragAcceptFiles(windowHandle, TRUE);
+    DWORD threadId = GetWindowThreadProcessId(windowHandle, NULL);
+    nextHook = SetWindowsHookEx(WH_GETMESSAGE, DragAndDropHook, NULL, threadId);
+}
diff --git a/addons/drop/drop_windows.go b/addons/drop/drop_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..774382e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/drop/drop_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+// +build windows
+
+package drop
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"unsafe"
+
+	"golang.org/x/text/encoding/unicode"
+	"opslag.de/schobers/geom"
+)
+
+/*
+#include <Windows.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+void SetDragAndDropHook(void* window);
+*/
+import "C"
+
+var handler Dropper = nil
+var drops map[uint32]droppedFiles = map[uint32]droppedFiles{}
+
+type droppedFiles struct {
+	X, Y  int
+	Files []string
+}
+
+//export droppedFilesPosition
+func droppedFilesPosition(id C.uint32_t, x, y C.INT) {
+	files := drops[uint32(id)]
+	files.X = int(x)
+	files.Y = int(y)
+	drops[uint32(id)] = files
+}
+
+//export droppedFilesFile
+func droppedFilesFile(id C.uint32_t, filePath *C.wchar_t, filePathLength C.UINT) {
+	files := drops[uint32(id)]
+	pathBytes := C.GoBytes(unsafe.Pointer(filePath), C.int(filePathLength)*C.sizeof_wchar_t)
+	decoder := unicode.UTF16(unicode.LittleEndian, unicode.UseBOM).NewDecoder()
+	path, err := decoder.Bytes(pathBytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	files.Files = append(files.Files, string(path))
+	drops[uint32(id)] = files
+}
+
+//export droppedFilesDrop
+func droppedFilesDrop(id C.uint32_t) {
+	h := handler
+	if h == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	drop, ok := drops[uint32(id)]
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+	h.FilesDropped(geom.Pt(drop.X, drop.Y).ToF32(), drop.Files)
+}
+
+func Register(dropper Dropper) error {
+	if handler != nil {
+		return errors.New(`can only register single dropper`)
+	}
+	handler = dropper
+	C.SetDragAndDropHook(unsafe.Pointer(dropper.WindowHandle()))
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/addons/drop/dropper.go b/addons/drop/dropper.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..adc9bdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/drop/dropper.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package drop
+
+import "opslag.de/schobers/geom"
+
+type Dropper interface {
+	WindowHandle() uintptr
+
+	FilesDropped(geom.PointF32, []string)
+}
diff --git a/allg5ui/renderer_default.go b/allg5ui/renderer_default.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b434245
--- /dev/null
+++ b/allg5ui/renderer_default.go
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// +build !windows
+
+package allg5ui
+
+func (r *Renderer) WindowHandle() uintptr { return 0 }
diff --git a/allg5ui/renderer_windows.go b/allg5ui/renderer_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd0e992
--- /dev/null
+++ b/allg5ui/renderer_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// +build windows
+
+package allg5ui
+
+func (r *Renderer) WindowHandle() uintptr {
+	return uintptr(r.disp.WindowHandle())
+}
diff --git a/sdlui/renderer.go b/sdlui/renderer.go
index ab20896..19f50c7 100644
--- a/sdlui/renderer.go
+++ b/sdlui/renderer.go
@@ -499,6 +499,26 @@ func (r *Renderer) TextTexture(font ui.Font, color color.Color, text string) (ui
 	return r.text(font, color, text)
 }
 
+func (r *Renderer) WindowHandle() uintptr {
+	info, err := r.window.GetWMInfo()
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0
+	}
+	switch info.Subsystem {
+	case sdl.SYSWM_COCOA:
+		return uintptr(info.GetCocoaInfo().Window)
+	case sdl.SYSWM_DIRECTFB:
+		return uintptr(info.GetDFBInfo().Window)
+	case sdl.SYSWM_UIKIT:
+		return uintptr(info.GetUIKitInfo().Window)
+	case sdl.SYSWM_WINDOWS:
+		return uintptr(info.GetWindowsInfo().Window)
+	case sdl.SYSWM_X11:
+		return uintptr(info.GetX11Info().Window)
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
 // Resources
 
 func (r *Renderer) Resources() ui.Resources { return r.resources }
diff --git a/ui/examples/02_drop/drop.go b/ui/examples/02_drop/drop.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91b5d06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/examples/02_drop/drop.go
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"image/color"
+	"log"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"opslag.de/schobers/geom"
+	"opslag.de/schobers/zntg/addons/drop"
+	_ "opslag.de/schobers/zntg/allg5ui" // import the renderer for the UI
+
+	"opslag.de/schobers/zntg/ui"
+)
+
+type dropFiles struct {
+	ui.StackPanel
+
+	ctx   ui.Context
+	files *ui.Paragraph
+	ping  *ping
+}
+
+type ping struct {
+	ui.OverlayBase
+
+	circle   ui.Texture
+	position geom.PointF32
+	tick     time.Time
+}
+
+func (p *ping) Render(ctx ui.Context) {
+	elapsed := time.Since(p.tick)
+	const animationDuration = 500 * time.Millisecond
+	if elapsed > animationDuration {
+		return
+	}
+	tint := color.Gray{Y: uint8(elapsed * 255 / animationDuration)}
+	center := geom.PtF32(float32(p.circle.Width()), float32(p.circle.Height())).Mul(.5)
+	ctx.Renderer().DrawTexturePointOptions(p.circle, p.position.Sub(center), ui.DrawOptions{Tint: tint})
+	ctx.Animate()
+}
+
+func (d *dropFiles) WindowHandle() uintptr { return d.ctx.Renderer().WindowHandle() }
+
+func (d *dropFiles) FilesDropped(position geom.PointF32, files []string) {
+	d.files.Text = "Files dropped:\n" + strings.Join(files, "\n")
+	d.ping.tick = time.Now()
+	d.ping.position = position
+	d.ctx.Animate()
+}
+
+func newCircle() ui.ImageSource {
+	const side = 16
+	center := geom.PtF32(.5*side, .5*side)
+	return &ui.AlphaPixelImageSource{
+		ImageAlphaPixelTestFn: func(p geom.PointF32) uint8 {
+			dist := p.Distance(center)
+			if dist < 7 {
+				return 255
+			} else if dist > 8 {
+				return 0
+			}
+			return uint8((8 - dist) * 255 * 0.5)
+		},
+		Size: geom.Pt(side, side),
+	}
+}
+
+func (d *dropFiles) Init(ctx ui.Context) error {
+	d.ctx = ctx
+	drop.Register(d)
+
+	_, err := ctx.Fonts().CreateFontPath("default", "../resources/font/OpenSans-Regular.ttf", 14)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	d.files = ui.BuildParagraph("", nil)
+
+	pingCircle, err := ctx.Renderer().CreateTexture(newCircle())
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	d.ping = &ping{circle: pingCircle}
+	ctx.Overlays().AddOnTop("ping", d.ping, true)
+
+	d.Background = color.White
+	d.Children = []ui.Control{
+		&ui.Label{Text: "Drop files on this window!"},
+		d.files,
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func run() error {
+	var render, err = ui.NewRendererDefault("Files Drop Example", 800, 600)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer render.Destroy()
+
+	return ui.RunWait(render, ui.DefaultStyle(), &dropFiles{}, true)
+}
+
+func main() {
+	var err = run()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/ui/renderer.go b/ui/renderer.go
index bc51bdf..91af1c4 100644
--- a/ui/renderer.go
+++ b/ui/renderer.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ type Renderer interface {
 	Text(font Font, p geom.PointF32, color color.Color, text string)
 	TextAlign(font Font, p geom.PointF32, color color.Color, text string, align HorizontalAlignment)
 	TextTexture(font Font, color color.Color, text string) (Texture, error)
+	WindowHandle() uintptr
 
 	// Resources
 	Resources() Resources