diff --git a/src/plots/cartesian/dragbox.js b/src/plots/cartesian/dragbox.js
index c0ca83a10c9..22a253f287e 100644
--- a/src/plots/cartesian/dragbox.js
+++ b/src/plots/cartesian/dragbox.js
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ module.exports = function dragBox(gd, plotinfo, x, y, w, h, ns, ew) {
                 // This is specifically directed at scatter traces, applying an inverse
                 // scale to individual points to counteract the scale of the trace
                 // as a whole:
-                .selectAll('.points').selectAll('.point')
+                .select('.scatterlayer').selectAll('.points').selectAll('.point')
                     .call(Drawing.setPointGroupScale, 1 / xScaleFactor, 1 / yScaleFactor);
         }
     }
diff --git a/test/jasmine/tests/click_test.js b/test/jasmine/tests/click_test.js
index fc2425e1b0e..88a32102dcd 100644
--- a/test/jasmine/tests/click_test.js
+++ b/test/jasmine/tests/click_test.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ var Lib = require('@src/lib');
 var Drawing = require('@src/components/drawing');
 var DBLCLICKDELAY = require('@src/plots/cartesian/constants').DBLCLICKDELAY;
 
+var d3 = require('d3');
 var createGraphDiv = require('../assets/create_graph_div');
 var destroyGraphDiv = require('../assets/destroy_graph_div');
 var mouseEvent = require('../assets/mouse_event');
@@ -809,3 +810,48 @@ describe('Test click interactions:', function() {
         });
     });
 });
+
+describe('dragbox', function() {
+
+    afterEach(destroyGraphDiv);
+
+    it('should scale subplot and inverse scale scatter points', function(done) {
+        var mock = Lib.extendDeep({}, require('@mocks/bar_line.json'));
+
+        function assertScale(node, x, y) {
+            var scale = Drawing.getScale(node);
+            expect(scale.x).toBeCloseTo(x, 1);
+            expect(scale.y).toBeCloseTo(y, 1);
+        }
+
+        Plotly.plot(createGraphDiv(), mock).then(function() {
+            var node = d3.select('rect.nedrag').node();
+            var pos = getRectCenter(node);
+
+            assertScale(d3.select('.plot').node(), 1, 1);
+
+            d3.selectAll('.point').each(function() {
+                assertScale(this, 1, 1);
+            });
+
+            mouseEvent('mousemove', pos[0], pos[1]);
+            mouseEvent('mousedown', pos[0], pos[1]);
+            mouseEvent('mousemove', pos[0] + 50, pos[1]);
+
+            setTimeout(function() {
+                assertScale(d3.select('.plot').node(), 1.14, 1);
+
+                d3.select('.scatterlayer').selectAll('.point').each(function() {
+                    assertScale(this, 0.87, 1);
+                });
+                d3.select('.barlayer').selectAll('.point').each(function() {
+                    assertScale(this, 1, 1);
+                });
+
+                mouseEvent('mouseup', pos[0] + 50, pos[1]);
+                done();
+            }, DBLCLICKDELAY / 4);
+        });
+    });
+
+});