diff --git a/packages/editor/src/lib/editor/Editor.ts b/packages/editor/src/lib/editor/Editor.ts
index 43043f610..cb06e5519 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/lib/editor/Editor.ts
+++ b/packages/editor/src/lib/editor/Editor.ts
@@ -8730,7 +8730,7 @@ export class Editor extends EventEmitter<TLEventMap> {
 						if (
 							inputs.isPointing &&
 							!inputs.isDragging &&
-							Vec.Dist2(originPagePoint, currentPagePoint) >
+							Vec.Dist2(originPagePoint, currentPagePoint) * this.getZoomLevel() >
 								(instanceState.isCoarsePointer
 									? this.options.coarseDragDistanceSquared
 									: this.options.dragDistanceSquared) /
diff --git a/packages/tldraw/src/test/Editor.test.tsx b/packages/tldraw/src/test/Editor.test.tsx
index 13b16bc63..c1d063c4d 100644
--- a/packages/tldraw/src/test/Editor.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/tldraw/src/test/Editor.test.tsx
@@ -678,3 +678,39 @@ describe('middle-click panning', () => {
 		expect(editor.inputs.isPanning).toBe(false)
 	})
 })
+
+describe('dragging', () => {
+	it('drags correctly at 100% zoom', () => {
+		expect(editor.inputs.isDragging).toBe(false)
+		editor.pointerMove(0, 0).pointerDown()
+		expect(editor.inputs.isDragging).toBe(false)
+		editor.pointerMove(0, 1)
+		expect(editor.inputs.isDragging).toBe(false)
+		editor.pointerMove(0, 5)
+		expect(editor.inputs.isDragging).toBe(true)
+	})
+
+	it('drags correctly at 150% zoom', () => {
+		editor.setCamera({ x: 0, y: 0, z: 8 }).forceTick()
+
+		expect(editor.inputs.isDragging).toBe(false)
+		editor.pointerMove(0, 0).pointerDown()
+		expect(editor.inputs.isDragging).toBe(false)
+		editor.pointerMove(0, 2)
+		expect(editor.inputs.isDragging).toBe(false)
+		editor.pointerMove(0, 5)
+		expect(editor.inputs.isDragging).toBe(true)
+	})
+
+	it('drags correctly at 50% zoom', () => {
+		editor.setCamera({ x: 0, y: 0, z: 0.1 }).forceTick()
+
+		expect(editor.inputs.isDragging).toBe(false)
+		editor.pointerMove(0, 0).pointerDown()
+		expect(editor.inputs.isDragging).toBe(false)
+		editor.pointerMove(0, 2)
+		expect(editor.inputs.isDragging).toBe(false)
+		editor.pointerMove(0, 5)
+		expect(editor.inputs.isDragging).toBe(true)
+	})
+})