diff --git a/src/components/dragelement/index.js b/src/components/dragelement/index.js
index b2396952d18..e188216911f 100644
--- a/src/components/dragelement/index.js
+++ b/src/components/dragelement/index.js
@@ -77,6 +77,30 @@ dragElement.init = function init(options) {
     element.onmousedown = onStart;
     element.ontouchstart = onStart;
 
+    function onContextMenu(e) {
+        if(gd._context.rightClick) {
+            return;
+        }
+        var e2;
+        e.preventDefault();
+        try {
+            e2 = new MouseEvent('contextmenu', e);
+        }
+        catch(err) {
+            var offset = pointerOffset(e);
+            e2 = document.createEvent('MouseEvents');
+            e2.initMouseEvent('contextmenu',
+                e.bubbles, e.cancelable,
+                e.view, e.detail,
+                e.screenX, e.screenY,
+                offset[0], offset[1],
+                e.ctrlKey, e.altKey, e.shiftKey, e.metaKey,
+                e.button, initialTarget);
+        }
+        initialTarget.dispatchEvent(e2);
+        onDone(e);
+    }
+
     function onStart(e) {
         // make dragging and dragged into properties of gd
         // so that others can look at and modify them
@@ -111,6 +135,7 @@ dragElement.init = function init(options) {
             document.documentElement.style.cursor = window.getComputedStyle(element).cursor;
         }
 
+        document.addEventListener('contextmenu', onContextMenu);
         document.addEventListener('mousemove', onMove);
         document.addEventListener('mouseup', onDone);
         document.addEventListener('touchmove', onMove);
@@ -138,6 +163,7 @@ dragElement.init = function init(options) {
     }
 
     function onDone(e) {
+        document.removeEventListener('contextmenu', onContextMenu);
         document.removeEventListener('mousemove', onMove);
         document.removeEventListener('mouseup', onDone);
         document.removeEventListener('touchmove', onMove);
diff --git a/src/plot_api/plot_config.js b/src/plot_api/plot_config.js
index 27f4735a24e..9f690c775de 100644
--- a/src/plot_api/plot_config.js
+++ b/src/plot_api/plot_config.js
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ module.exports = {
     // double click interaction (false, 'reset', 'autosize' or 'reset+autosize')
     doubleClick: 'reset+autosize',
 
+    // right click interaction, if false browser context menu won't be shown, syntetic contextmenu event instead
+    rightClick: true,
+
     // new users see some hints about interactivity
     showTips: true,
 
diff --git a/test/jasmine/tests/dragelement_test.js b/test/jasmine/tests/dragelement_test.js
index a0151c95d78..a7016d4c912 100644
--- a/test/jasmine/tests/dragelement_test.js
+++ b/test/jasmine/tests/dragelement_test.js
@@ -148,6 +148,24 @@ describe('dragElement', function() {
 
         expect(mockObj.dummy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
+
+    it('should fire contextmenu event on element when option rightclick set to false', function() {
+        var options = { element: this.element, gd: this.gd };
+        options.gd._context = { rightClick: false };
+        dragElement.init(options);
+
+        var mockObj = {
+            handleContextMenu: function() {}
+        };
+        spyOn(mockObj, 'handleContextMenu');
+
+        this.element.oncontextmenu = mockObj.handleContextMenu;
+
+        mouseEvent('mousedown', this.x, this.y);
+        mouseEvent('contextmenu', this.x, this.y);
+
+        expect(mockObj.handleContextMenu).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
 });
 
 describe('dragElement.getCursor', function() {