diff --git a/src/dom_components/view/ComponentTextView.js b/src/dom_components/view/ComponentTextView.js
index 65285c034..f7ea7f879 100644
--- a/src/dom_components/view/ComponentTextView.js
+++ b/src/dom_components/view/ComponentTextView.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { on, off } from 'utils/mixins';
 import ComponentView from './ComponentView';
 
+const compProt = ComponentView.prototype;
+
 export default ComponentView.extend({
   events: {
     dblclick: 'onActive',
@@ -8,7 +10,7 @@ export default ComponentView.extend({
   },
 
   initialize(o) {
-    ComponentView.prototype.initialize.apply(this, arguments);
+    compProt.initialize.apply(this, arguments);
     this.disableEditing = this.disableEditing.bind(this);
     const model = this.model;
     const em = this.em;
@@ -18,6 +20,12 @@ export default ComponentView.extend({
     this.rte = em && em.get('RichTextEditor');
   },
 
+  handleDragStart(ev) {
+    event.preventDefault();
+    event.stopPropagation();
+    return !this.rteEnabled && compProt.handleDragStart.call(this, ev);
+  },
+
   updateContentText(m, v, opts = {}) {
     !opts.fromDisable && this.disableEditing();
   },