diff --git a/widget/src/cocoa/nsChildView.mm b/widget/src/cocoa/nsChildView.mm
index c370cca0724e..87b75a734e38 100644
--- a/widget/src/cocoa/nsChildView.mm
+++ b/widget/src/cocoa/nsChildView.mm
@@ -6228,6 +6228,12 @@ static BOOL keyUpAlreadySentKeyDown = NO;
   }
 
   if (mDragService) {
+    // set the dragend point from the current mouse location
+    nsDragService* dragService = static_cast<nsDragService *>(mDragService);
+    NSPoint pnt = [NSEvent mouseLocation];
+    FlipCocoaScreenCoordinate(pnt);
+    dragService->SetDragEndPoint(nsPoint(NSToIntRound(pnt.x), NSToIntRound(pnt.y)));
+
     mDragService->EndDragSession(PR_TRUE);
     NS_RELEASE(mDragService);
   }
diff --git a/widget/src/windows/nsDragService.cpp b/widget/src/windows/nsDragService.cpp
index d73b74b278f7..8ce2b405746e 100644
--- a/widget/src/windows/nsDragService.cpp
+++ b/widget/src/windows/nsDragService.cpp
@@ -355,7 +355,10 @@ nsDragService::StartInvokingDragSession(IDataObject * aDataObj,
 
   mUserCancelled = nativeDragSource->UserCancelled();
 
-  // We're done dragging
+  // We're done dragging, get the cursor position and end the drag
+  POINT pos;
+  GetCursorPos(&pos);
+  SetDragEndPoint(nsPoint(pos.x, pos.y));
   EndDragSession(PR_TRUE);
 
   // For some drag/drop interactions, IDataObject::SetData doesn't get
diff --git a/widget/src/xpwidgets/nsBaseDragService.cpp b/widget/src/xpwidgets/nsBaseDragService.cpp
index c2a139b6d50a..449c9e0ec15e 100644
--- a/widget/src/xpwidgets/nsBaseDragService.cpp
+++ b/widget/src/xpwidgets/nsBaseDragService.cpp
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ nsBaseDragService::InvokeDragSession(nsIDOMNode *aDOMNode,
   // stash the document of the dom node
   aDOMNode->GetOwnerDocument(getter_AddRefs(mSourceDocument));
   mSourceNode = aDOMNode;
+  mEndDragPoint = nsPoint(0, 0);
 
   // When the mouse goes down, the selection code starts a mouse
   // capture. However, this gets in the way of determining drag
@@ -374,7 +375,11 @@ nsBaseDragService::FireDragEventAtSource(PRUint32 aMsg)
       if (presShell) {
         nsEventStatus status = nsEventStatus_eIgnore;
         nsDragEvent event(PR_TRUE, aMsg, nsnull);
-        event.userCancelled = (aMsg == NS_DRAGDROP_END && mUserCancelled);
+        if (aMsg == NS_DRAGDROP_END) {
+          event.refPoint.x = mEndDragPoint.x;
+          event.refPoint.y = mEndDragPoint.y;
+          event.userCancelled = mUserCancelled;
+        }
 
         nsCOMPtr<nsIContent> content = do_QueryInterface(mSourceNode);
         return presShell->HandleDOMEventWithTarget(content, &event, &status);
diff --git a/widget/src/xpwidgets/nsBaseDragService.h b/widget/src/xpwidgets/nsBaseDragService.h
index 1d891ace3034..3bfc26861ca0 100644
--- a/widget/src/xpwidgets/nsBaseDragService.h
+++ b/widget/src/xpwidgets/nsBaseDragService.h
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ public:
   NS_DECL_NSIDRAGSERVICE
   NS_DECL_NSIDRAGSESSION
 
+  void SetDragEndPoint(nsPoint aEndDragPoint) { mEndDragPoint = aEndDragPoint; }
+
 protected:
 
   /**
@@ -154,6 +156,9 @@ protected:
   PRInt32 mScreenX;
   PRInt32 mScreenY;
 
+  // the screen position where the drag ended
+  nsPoint mEndDragPoint;
+
   PRUint32 mSuppressLevel;
 };