diff --git a/kittens/dnd/drop.go b/kittens/dnd/drop.go
index 5c9647ee6..392a632f1 100644
--- a/kittens/dnd/drop.go
+++ b/kittens/dnd/drop.go
@@ -423,6 +423,10 @@ func (d *drop_dest) reset() {
 }
 
 func (dnd *dnd) reset_drop() {
+	if dnd.drop_status.root_remote_dir != nil {
+		dnd.drop_status.root_remote_dir.close_tree()
+		dnd.drop_status.root_remote_dir = nil
+	}
 	dnd.drop_status.reset()
 	for _, x := range dnd.drop_dests {
 		x.reset()
@@ -438,24 +442,31 @@ func (root *remote_dir_entry) close_tree() {
 	}
 }
 
-func (dnd *dnd) end_drop() {
-	dnd.lp.QueueDnDData(DC{Type: 'r'}) // end drop
-	if dnd.drop_status.root_remote_dir != nil {
-		dnd.drop_status.root_remote_dir.close_tree()
-		dnd.drop_status.root_remote_dir = nil
+func (dnd *dnd) end_drop(success bool) {
+	if dnd.drop_status.reading_data {
+		dnd.lp.QueueDnDData(DC{
+			Type: 'r', Operation: utils.IfElse(success, dnd.drop_status.action, 0)}) // end drop
 	}
 	dnd.reset_drop()
-	dnd.render_screen()
 }
 
-func (dnd *dnd) all_drop_data_received() error {
+func (dnd *dnd) all_drop_data_received() (err error) {
 	dnd.data_has_been_dropped = true
 	var staging_dir *os.File
 	if dnd.drop_status.dropping_to != nil {
 		staging_dir = dnd.drop_status.dropping_to.handle
 		dnd.drop_status.dropping_to = nil
 	}
-	defer dnd.end_drop()
+	defer func() {
+		if err == nil {
+			if len(dnd.confirm_drop.overwrites) == 0 {
+				dnd.end_drop(true)
+			}
+			err = dnd.render_screen()
+		} else {
+			dnd.end_drop(false)
+		}
+	}()
 	if staging_dir != nil {
 		if dnd.opts.ConfirmDropOverwrite {
 			overwrites, err := find_overwrites(staging_dir, dnd.drop_output_dir)
@@ -473,7 +484,7 @@ func (dnd *dnd) all_drop_data_received() error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		return dnd.render_screen()
+		return nil
 	}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -505,8 +516,8 @@ func (dnd *dnd) all_mime_data_dropped() (err error) {
 	drop_status := &dnd.drop_status
 	if len(drop_status.uri_list) == 0 {
 		dnd.data_has_been_dropped = true
-		dnd.end_drop()
-		return
+		dnd.end_drop(true)
+		return dnd.render_screen()
 	}
 	f, err := dnd.new_tdir()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -608,7 +619,7 @@ func (dnd *dnd) on_drop_move(cell_x, cell_y int, has_more bool, offered_mimes st
 	if is_drop {
 		needs_rerender = true
 		if dnd.drop_status.action == 0 || len(dnd.drop_status.accepted_mimes) == 0 || dnd.drag_started {
-			dnd.end_drop()
+			dnd.end_drop(false)
 			return
 		}
 		dnd.drop_status.reading_data = true
@@ -743,8 +754,12 @@ func (dnd *dnd) drop_confirm(accepted bool) error {
 	dnd.data_has_been_dropped = accepted
 	if accepted {
 		if err := rename_contents(staging_dir, dnd.drop_output_dir); err != nil {
+			dnd.end_drop(false)
 			return err
 		}
+		dnd.end_drop(true)
+	} else {
+		dnd.end_drop(false)
 	}
 	return dnd.render_screen()
 }
diff --git a/kittens/dnd/main.go b/kittens/dnd/main.go
index fe9278894..0f12cccb9 100644
--- a/kittens/dnd/main.go
+++ b/kittens/dnd/main.go
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ func dnd_main(cmd *cli.Command, opts *Options, args []string) (rc int, err error
 	}
 	dnd := dnd{opts: opts, drop_dests: drop_dests, drag_sources: drag_sources}
 	defer func() {
-		dnd.reset_drop()
+		dnd.end_drop(false)
 		if dnd.confirm_drop.staging_dir != nil {
 			dnd.confirm_drop.staging_dir.Close()
 			dnd.confirm_drop.staging_dir = nil
diff --git a/kitty/dnd.c b/kitty/dnd.c
index f52b37e28..65f63cc32 100644
--- a/kitty/dnd.c
+++ b/kitty/dnd.c
@@ -1148,10 +1148,13 @@ drop_process_queue(Window *w) {
     }
 }
 
+static GLFWDragOperationType last_drop_finish_operation = GLFW_DRAG_OPERATION_NONE;
+
 void
 drop_enqueue_request(Window *w, int32_t cell_x, int32_t cell_y, int32_t pixel_y, uint32_t operation) {
     if (cell_x == 0 && cell_y == 0 && pixel_y == 0) {  // drop finished
         w->drop.accepted_operation = drop_operation_to_enum(operation);
+        last_drop_finish_operation = w->drop.accepted_operation;
         drop_finish_and_clear_queue(w);
         reset_drop(w);
         return;
@@ -2210,6 +2213,9 @@ dnd_test_probe_state(PyObject *self UNUSED, PyObject *args) {
     if (strcmp(q, "drop_action") == 0) {
         return PyLong_FromLong((long)w->drop.accepted_operation);
     }
+    if (strcmp(q, "last_drop_action") == 0) {
+        return PyLong_FromLong((long)last_drop_finish_operation);
+    }
     if (strcmp(q, "drop_mimes") == 0) {
         if (w->drop.accepted_mimes == NULL) return PyUnicode_FromString("");
         return PyUnicode_FromStringAndSize(w->drop.accepted_mimes, w->drop.accepted_mimes_sz);
diff --git a/kitty_tests/dnd_kitten.py b/kitty_tests/dnd_kitten.py
index 79b40aecd..34831efeb 100644
--- a/kitty_tests/dnd_kitten.py
+++ b/kitty_tests/dnd_kitten.py
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ def send_file_in_chunks(f, mime, sz=3072):
         if remote_client:
             pass
         else:
+            self.wait_for_state('last_drop_action', GLFW_DRAG_OPERATION_COPY)
             self.wait_for_state('drop_action', 0)
 
     def assert_files_have_same_content(self, a, b):