diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Control.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Control.java
index 88f7a051de..4a50dff7fc 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Control.java	
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Control.java	
@@ -5052,7 +5052,7 @@ boolean sendMouseEvent (int type, int button, int count, int detail, boolean sen
 	 */
 	event.data = Boolean.valueOf(send);
 	if (OS.isWayland()) {
-		if (type == SWT.MouseDown) {
+		if (type == SWT.MouseDown && event.button == 1) {
 			if (wantDragDropDetection ()) {
 				// Delay MouseDown
 				dragDetectionQueue = new LinkedList<>();