diff --git a/DOCS/man/options.rst b/DOCS/man/options.rst
index 9d9368d8b8..99f7f2b078 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/options.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/options.rst
@@ -3086,7 +3086,7 @@ Window
     (Windows only) Snap the player window to screen edges.
 
 ``--drag-and-drop=<no|auto|replace|append>``
-    (X11 and Wayland only)
+    (X11, Wayland and Windows only)
     Controls the default behavior of drag and drop on platforms that support this.
     ``auto`` will obey what the underlying os/platform gives mpv. Typically, holding
     shift during the drag and drop will append the item to the playlist. Otherwise,
diff --git a/video/out/w32_common.c b/video/out/w32_common.c
index 8a7c157952..07ae957be7 100644
--- a/video/out/w32_common.c
+++ b/video/out/w32_common.c
@@ -1594,7 +1594,7 @@ static void *gui_thread(void *ptr)
     if (SUCCEEDED(OleInitialize(NULL))) {
         ole_ok = true;
 
-        IDropTarget *dt = mp_w32_droptarget_create(w32->log, w32->input_ctx);
+        IDropTarget *dt = mp_w32_droptarget_create(w32->log, w32->opts, w32->input_ctx);
         RegisterDragDrop(w32->window, dt);
 
         // ITaskbarList2 has the MarkFullscreenWindow method, which is used to
diff --git a/video/out/win32/droptarget.c b/video/out/win32/droptarget.c
index 70400352b3..3443f2eaba 100644
--- a/video/out/win32/droptarget.c
+++ b/video/out/win32/droptarget.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ struct droptarget {
     atomic_int ref_cnt;
     struct mp_log *log;
     struct input_ctx *input_ctx;
+    struct mp_vo_opts *opts;
     DWORD last_effect;
     IDataObject *data_obj;
 };
@@ -129,12 +130,20 @@ static STDMETHODIMP DropTarget_Drop(IDropTarget *self, IDataObject *pDataObj,
                                     DWORD *pdwEffect)
 {
     struct droptarget *t = (struct droptarget *)self;
-    enum mp_dnd_action action = (grfKeyState & MK_SHIFT) ? DND_APPEND : DND_REPLACE;
+
+    enum mp_dnd_action action;
+    if (t->opts->drag_and_drop >= 0) {
+        action = t->opts->drag_and_drop;
+    } else {
+        action = (grfKeyState & MK_SHIFT) ? DND_APPEND : DND_REPLACE;
+    }
 
     SAFE_RELEASE(t->data_obj);
 
     STGMEDIUM medium;
-    if (SUCCEEDED(IDataObject_GetData(pDataObj, &fmtetc_file, &medium))) {
+    if (t->opts->drag_and_drop == -2) {
+        t->last_effect = DROPEFFECT_NONE;
+    } else if (SUCCEEDED(IDataObject_GetData(pDataObj, &fmtetc_file, &medium))) {
         if (GlobalLock(medium.hGlobal)) {
             HDROP drop = medium.hGlobal;
 
@@ -200,6 +209,7 @@ static IDropTargetVtbl idroptarget_vtbl = {
 };
 
 IDropTarget *mp_w32_droptarget_create(struct mp_log *log,
+                                      struct mp_vo_opts *opts,
                                       struct input_ctx *input_ctx)
 {
     fmtetc_url.cfFormat = RegisterClipboardFormatW(L"UniformResourceLocatorW");
@@ -210,6 +220,7 @@ IDropTarget *mp_w32_droptarget_create(struct mp_log *log,
     dt->last_effect = 0;
     dt->data_obj = NULL;
     dt->log = mp_log_new(dt, log, "droptarget");
+    dt->opts = opts;
     dt->input_ctx = input_ctx;
 
     return &dt->iface;
diff --git a/video/out/win32/droptarget.h b/video/out/win32/droptarget.h
index 53eb5ac998..1c18c06d9b 100644
--- a/video/out/win32/droptarget.h
+++ b/video/out/win32/droptarget.h
@@ -25,9 +25,11 @@
 #include "input/input.h"
 #include "common/msg.h"
 #include "common/common.h"
+#include "options/options.h"
 
 // Create a IDropTarget implementation that sends dropped files to input_ctx
 IDropTarget *mp_w32_droptarget_create(struct mp_log *log,
+                                      struct mp_vo_opts *opts,
                                       struct input_ctx *input_ctx);
 
 #endif