diff --git a/Scripts/Editor/NodeEditorAction.cs b/Scripts/Editor/NodeEditorAction.cs
index 4ae446e..5319639 100644
--- a/Scripts/Editor/NodeEditorAction.cs
+++ b/Scripts/Editor/NodeEditorAction.cs
@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ namespace XNodeEditor {
             wantsMouseMove = true;
             Event e = Event.current;
             switch (e.type) {
+                case EventType.DragUpdated:
+                case EventType.DragPerform:
+                    DragAndDrop.visualMode = DragAndDropVisualMode.Generic;
+                    if (e.type == EventType.DragPerform) {
+                        DragAndDrop.AcceptDrag();
+                        graphEditor.OnDropObjects(DragAndDrop.objectReferences);
+                    }
+                    break;
                 case EventType.MouseMove:
                     //Keyboard commands will not get correct mouse position from Event
                     lastMousePosition = e.mousePosition;
diff --git a/Scripts/Editor/NodeGraphEditor.cs b/Scripts/Editor/NodeGraphEditor.cs
index f79779f..d33a3b3 100644
--- a/Scripts/Editor/NodeGraphEditor.cs
+++ b/Scripts/Editor/NodeGraphEditor.cs
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ namespace XNodeEditor {
             return NodeEditorPreferences.GetTypeColor(type);
         }
 
+        /// <summary> Deal with objects dropped into the graph through DragAndDrop </summary>
+        public virtual void OnDropObjects(UnityEngine.Object[] objects) {
+            Debug.Log("No OnDropItems override defined for " + GetType());
+        }
+
         /// <summary> Create a node and save it in the graph asset </summary>
         public virtual void CreateNode(Type type, Vector2 position) {
             XNode.Node node = target.AddNode(type);