diff --git a/packages/react-events/src/Drag.js b/packages/react-events/src/Drag.js
index 54498760ff305..ed11c4260c270 100644
--- a/packages/react-events/src/Drag.js
+++ b/packages/react-events/src/Drag.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ type EventData = {
   diffX: number,
   diffY: number,
 };
-type DragEventType = 'dragend' | 'dragchange' | 'dragmove';
+type DragEventType = 'dragstart' | 'dragend' | 'dragchange' | 'dragmove';
 
 type DragEvent = {|
   listener: DragEvent => void,
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ const DragResponder = {
       case 'mousedown':
       case 'pointerdown': {
         if (!state.isDragging) {
+          if (props.onShouldClaimOwnership) {
+            context.releaseOwnership(state.dragTarget);
+          }
           const obj =
             eventType === 'touchstart' ? (event: any).changedTouches[0] : event;
           const x = (state.startX = (obj: any).screenX);
@@ -107,6 +110,17 @@ const DragResponder = {
           state.y = y;
           state.dragTarget = eventTarget;
           state.isPointerDown = true;
+
+          if (props.onDragStart) {
+            dispatchDragEvent(
+              context,
+              'dragstart',
+              props.onDragStart,
+              state,
+              true,
+            );
+          }
+
           context.addRootEventTypes(rootEventTypes);
         }
         break;
diff --git a/packages/react-events/src/__tests__/Drag-test.internal.js b/packages/react-events/src/__tests__/Drag-test.internal.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..96196242c83d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-events/src/__tests__/Drag-test.internal.js
@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ * @emails react-core
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+let React;
+let ReactFeatureFlags;
+let ReactDOM;
+let Drag;
+describe('Drag event responder', () => {
+  let container;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.resetModules();
+    ReactFeatureFlags = require('shared/ReactFeatureFlags');
+    ReactFeatureFlags.enableEventAPI = true;
+    React = require('react');
+    ReactDOM = require('react-dom');
+    Drag = require('react-events/drag');
+
+    container = document.createElement('div');
+    document.body.appendChild(container);
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    document.body.removeChild(container);
+    container = null;
+  });
+
+  it('should support onDragChange', () => {
+    let divRef = React.createRef();
+    let events = [];
+
+    function handleOnDrag() {
+      events.push({isChanged: true});
+    }
+
+    function Component() {
+      return (
+        <Drag onDragChange={handleOnDrag}>
+          <div ref={divRef}>Drag me!</div>
+        </Drag>
+      );
+    }
+
+    ReactDOM.render(<Component />, container);
+
+    const mouseOverEvent = document.createEvent('MouseEvents');
+    mouseOverEvent.initEvent('mousedown', true, true);
+    divRef.current.dispatchEvent(mouseOverEvent);
+
+    const mouseMoveEvent = document.createEvent('MouseEvents');
+    for (let index = 0; index <= 20; index++) {
+      mouseMoveEvent.initMouseEvent(
+        'mousemove',
+        true,
+        true,
+        window,
+        1,
+        index,
+        index,
+        50,
+        50,
+      );
+      divRef.current.dispatchEvent(mouseMoveEvent);
+    }
+    divRef.current.dispatchEvent(mouseMoveEvent);
+
+    const mouseUpEvent = document.createEvent('MouseEvents');
+    mouseUpEvent.initEvent('mouseup', true, true);
+    divRef.current.dispatchEvent(mouseUpEvent);
+
+    expect(events).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(events).toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining([expect.objectContaining({isChanged: true})]),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should support onDragStart and onDragEnd', () => {
+    let divRef = React.createRef();
+    let events = [];
+
+    function handleDragStart() {
+      events.push('dragstart');
+    }
+
+    function handleDragEnd() {
+      events.push('dragend');
+    }
+
+    function Component() {
+      return (
+        <Drag onDragStart={handleDragStart} onDragEnd={handleDragEnd}>
+          <div ref={divRef}>Drag me!</div>
+        </Drag>
+      );
+    }
+
+    ReactDOM.render(<Component />, container);
+
+    const mouseOverEvent = document.createEvent('MouseEvents');
+    mouseOverEvent.initEvent('mousedown', true, true);
+    divRef.current.dispatchEvent(mouseOverEvent);
+
+    const mouseMoveEvent = document.createEvent('MouseEvents');
+    for (let index = 0; index <= 20; index++) {
+      mouseMoveEvent.initMouseEvent(
+        'mousemove',
+        true,
+        true,
+        window,
+        1,
+        index,
+        index,
+        50,
+        50,
+      );
+      divRef.current.dispatchEvent(mouseMoveEvent);
+    }
+    divRef.current.dispatchEvent(mouseMoveEvent);
+
+    const mouseUpEvent = document.createEvent('MouseEvents');
+    mouseUpEvent.initEvent('mouseup', true, true);
+    divRef.current.dispatchEvent(mouseUpEvent);
+
+    expect(events).toEqual(['dragstart', 'dragend']);
+  });
+
+  it('should support onDragMove', () => {
+    let divRef = React.createRef();
+    let events = [];
+
+    function handleDragMove(e) {
+      events.push({
+        diffX: e.diffX,
+        diffY: e.diffY,
+      });
+    }
+
+    function Component() {
+      return (
+        <Drag onDragMove={handleDragMove}>
+          <div ref={divRef}>Drag me!</div>
+        </Drag>
+      );
+    }
+
+    ReactDOM.render(<Component />, container);
+
+    const mouseOverEvent = document.createEvent('MouseEvents');
+    mouseOverEvent.initEvent('mousedown', true, true);
+    divRef.current.dispatchEvent(mouseOverEvent);
+
+    const mouseMoveEvent = document.createEvent('MouseEvents');
+    for (let index = 0; index <= 20; index++) {
+      mouseMoveEvent.initMouseEvent(
+        'mousemove',
+        true,
+        true,
+        window,
+        1,
+        index,
+        index,
+        50,
+        50,
+      );
+      divRef.current.dispatchEvent(mouseMoveEvent);
+    }
+
+    const mouseUpEvent = document.createEvent('MouseEvents');
+    mouseUpEvent.initEvent('mouseup', true, true);
+    divRef.current.dispatchEvent(mouseUpEvent);
+    expect(events).toHaveLength(20);
+    let index = 0;
+    expect(events).toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining([
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          diffX: index,
+          diffY: index++,
+        }),
+      ]),
+    );
+  });
+});