diff --git a/core/modules/widgets/link.js b/core/modules/widgets/link.js
index a59d33895..0fa3f3998 100644
--- a/core/modules/widgets/link.js
+++ b/core/modules/widgets/link.js
@@ -130,15 +130,27 @@ LinkWidget.prototype.handleDragStartEvent = function(event) {
 	if(this.to) {
 		// Set the dragging class on the element being dragged
 		$tw.utils.addClass(event.target,"tw-tiddlylink-dragging");
-		// Create the drag image element
+		// Create the drag image elements
 		this.dragImage = this.renderer.renderTree.document.createElement("div");
 		this.dragImage.className = "tw-tiddler-dragger";
-		this.dragImage.appendChild(this.renderer.renderTree.document.createTextNode(this.to));
+		var inner = this.renderer.renderTree.document.createElement("div");
+		inner.className = "tw-tiddler-dragger-inner";
+		inner.appendChild(this.renderer.renderTree.document.createTextNode(this.to));
+		this.dragImage.appendChild(inner);
 		this.renderer.renderTree.document.body.appendChild(this.dragImage);
+		// Astoundingly, we need to cover the dragger up: http://www.kryogenix.org/code/browser/custom-drag-image.html
+		var bounds = this.dragImage.firstChild.getBoundingClientRect(),
+			cover = this.renderer.renderTree.document.createElement("div");
+		cover.className = "tw-tiddler-dragger-cover";
+		cover.style.left = (bounds.left - 8) + "px";
+		cover.style.top = (bounds.top - 8) + "px";
+		cover.style.width = (bounds.width + 16) + "px";
+		cover.style.height = (bounds.height + 16) + "px";
+		this.dragImage.appendChild(cover);
 		// Set the data transfer properties
 		var dataTransfer = event.dataTransfer;
 		dataTransfer.effectAllowed = "copy";
-		dataTransfer.setDragImage(this.dragImage,-16,-16);
+		dataTransfer.setDragImage(this.dragImage.firstChild,-16,-16);
 		dataTransfer.clearData();
 		dataTransfer.setData("text/vnd.tiddler",this.renderer.renderTree.wiki.getTiddlerAsJson(this.to));
 		dataTransfer.setData("text/plain",this.renderer.renderTree.wiki.getTiddlerText(this.to,""));
diff --git a/themes/tiddlywiki/snowwhite/base.tid b/themes/tiddlywiki/snowwhite/base.tid
index 63bce66a6..2ae39a27b 100644
--- a/themes/tiddlywiki/snowwhite/base.tid
+++ b/themes/tiddlywiki/snowwhite/base.tid
@@ -164,6 +164,12 @@ a.tw-tiddlylink-external {
 */
 
 .tw-tiddler-dragger {
+	position: relative;
+	z-index: -10000;
+}
+
+.tw-tiddler-dragger-inner {
+	position: absolute;
 	display: inline-block;
 	padding: 8px 20px;
 	font-size: 16.9px;
@@ -177,6 +183,11 @@ a.tw-tiddlylink-external {
 	<<border-radius 20px>>
 }
 
+.tw-tiddler-dragger-cover {
+	position: absolute;
+	background-color: {{$:/themes/tiddlywiki/snowwhite/colourmappings##pagebackground}};
+}
+
 .tw-import {
 	position: relative;
 }