diff --git a/include/MainWindow.h b/include/MainWindow.h
index 6c140a1e61d..1330de8c5cb 100644
--- a/include/MainWindow.h
+++ b/include/MainWindow.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <QTimer>
 #include <QList>
 #include <QMainWindow>
+#include <QMdiArea>
 
 #include "ConfigManager.h"
 
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
 public:
 	QMdiArea* workspace()
 	{
-		return m_workspace;
+		return static_cast<QMdiArea*>(m_workspace);
 	}
 
 	QWidget* toolBar()
@@ -203,7 +204,22 @@ private slots:
 	bool guiSaveProject();
 	bool guiSaveProjectAs( const QString & filename );
 
-	QMdiArea * m_workspace;
+	class MovableQMdiArea : public QMdiArea
+	{
+	public:
+		MovableQMdiArea(QWidget* parent = nullptr);
+		~MovableQMdiArea() {}
+	protected:
+		void mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent* event) override;
+		void mouseMoveEvent(QMouseEvent* event) override;
+		void mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent* event) override;
+	private:
+		bool m_isBeingMoved;
+		int m_lastX;
+		int m_lastY;
+	};
+
+	MovableQMdiArea * m_workspace;
 
 	QWidget * m_toolBar;
 	QGridLayout * m_toolBarLayout;
@@ -258,7 +274,6 @@ private slots:
 
 } ;
 
-
 } // namespace gui
 
 } // namespace lmms
diff --git a/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp b/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
index 48d2ddb3025..18c33d616c8 100644
--- a/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow() :
 	sideBar->appendTab(new FileBrowser(root_paths.join("*"), FileItem::defaultFilters(), title,
 		embed::getIconPixmap("computer").transformed(QTransform().rotate(90)), splitter, dirs_as_items));
 
-	m_workspace = new QMdiArea(splitter);
+	m_workspace = new MovableQMdiArea(splitter);
 
 	// Load background
 	emit initProgress(tr("Loading background picture"));
@@ -531,8 +531,6 @@ void MainWindow::finalize()
 }
 
 
-
-
 int MainWindow::addWidgetToToolBar( QWidget * _w, int _row, int _col )
 {
 	int col = ( _col == -1 ) ? m_toolBarLayout->columnCount() + 7 : _col;
@@ -1611,5 +1609,43 @@ void MainWindow::onProjectFileNameChanged()
 	this->resetWindowTitle();
 }
 
+MainWindow::MovableQMdiArea::MovableQMdiArea(QWidget* parent) :
+	QMdiArea(parent),
+	m_isBeingMoved(false),
+	m_lastX(0),
+	m_lastY(0)
+{}
+
+void MainWindow::MovableQMdiArea::mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent* event)
+{
+	m_lastX = event->x();
+	m_lastY = event->y();
+	m_isBeingMoved = true;
+	setCursor(Qt::ClosedHandCursor);
+}
+
+void MainWindow::MovableQMdiArea::mouseMoveEvent(QMouseEvent* event)
+{
+	if (m_isBeingMoved == false) { return; }
+
+
+	if (m_lastX != event->x())
+	{
+		horizontalScrollBar()->setValue(horizontalScrollBar()->value() + m_lastX - event->x());
+		m_lastX = event->x();
+	}
+
+	if (m_lastY != event->y())
+	{
+		verticalScrollBar()->setValue(verticalScrollBar()->value() + m_lastY - event->y());
+		m_lastY = event->y();
+	}
+}
+
+void MainWindow::MovableQMdiArea::mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent* event)
+{
+	setCursor(Qt::ArrowCursor);
+	m_isBeingMoved = false;
+}
 
 } // namespace lmms::gui