diff --git a/packages/main/src/Dialog.ts b/packages/main/src/Dialog.ts
index 98ba6f55ce3f..02e6a997177a 100644
--- a/packages/main/src/Dialog.ts
+++ b/packages/main/src/Dialog.ts
@@ -707,7 +707,9 @@ class Dialog extends Popup {
 	}
 
 	_handleDragStart(e: DragEvent) {
-		if (this.draggable) {
+		// Only prevent native drag behavior when dragging from the header
+		// to allow native drag-and-drop functionality in the dialog content.
+		if (this.draggable && e.target instanceof HTMLElement && Dialog._isHeader(e.target)) {
 			e.preventDefault();
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/packages/main/test/pages/Dialog.html b/packages/main/test/pages/Dialog.html
index 5fcfced3f48a..c13d80319f16 100644
--- a/packages/main/test/pages/Dialog.html
+++ b/packages/main/test/pages/Dialog.html
@@ -72,8 +72,22 @@
 	<br>
 	<ui5-button id="multiple-show">Open dialog calling show() multiple times</ui5-button>
 
+	<br>
+	<br>
+	<ui5-button id="native-dnd-open">Open draggable dialog with native DnD</ui5-button>
+
 	<ui5-block-layer></ui5-block-layer>
 
+	<ui5-dialog id="native-dnd-dialog" header-text="Draggable Dialog with Native DnD" draggable>
+		<p>Drag items to drop zone:</p>
+		<div id="dnd-item-1" draggable="true">Item 1</div>
+		<div id="dnd-item-2" draggable="true">Item 2</div>
+		<div id="drop-zone">Drop Zone</div>
+		<div slot="footer" class="dialogFooter">
+			<ui5-button id="native-dnd-close">Close</ui5-button>
+		</div>
+	</ui5-dialog>
+
 	<ui5-dialog id="msg-dialog" header-text="Message dialog" class="dialog1auto">
 		<p>Build enterprise-ready web applications, responsive to all devices and running on the browser of your choice.
 			That´s OpenUI5.</p>
@@ -805,6 +819,25 @@
 			window["dialogFocus1"].close();
 		});
 
+		window["native-dnd-open"].addEventListener("click", () => window["native-dnd-dialog"].open = true);
+		window["native-dnd-close"].addEventListener("click", () => window["native-dnd-dialog"].open = false);
+
+		document.getElementById("dnd-item-1").addEventListener("dragstart", (e) => {
+			e.dataTransfer.setData("text", "item-1");
+		});
+
+		document.getElementById("dnd-item-2").addEventListener("dragstart", (e) => {
+			e.dataTransfer.setData("text", "item-2");
+		});
+
+		const dropZone = document.getElementById("drop-zone");
+		dropZone.addEventListener("dragover", (e) => e.preventDefault());
+		dropZone.addEventListener("drop", (e) => {
+			e.preventDefault();
+			const data = e.dataTransfer.getData("text");
+			dropZone.textContent = `Dropped: ${data}`;
+		});
+
 	</script>
 </body>