diff --git a/src/components/sprite-selector-item/sprite-selector-item.jsx b/src/components/sprite-selector-item/sprite-selector-item.jsx
index e2e56170b..df4f8e5ca 100644
--- a/src/components/sprite-selector-item/sprite-selector-item.jsx
+++ b/src/components/sprite-selector-item/sprite-selector-item.jsx
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const SpriteSelectorItem = props => (
             onMouseDown: props.onMouseDown,
             onTouchStart: props.onMouseDown
         }}
-        disable={props.dragging}
+        disable={props.preventContextMenu}
         id={`${props.name}-${contextMenuId}`}
     >
         {typeof props.number === 'undefined' ? null : (
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ SpriteSelectorItem.propTypes = {
     className: PropTypes.string,
     costumeURL: PropTypes.string,
     details: PropTypes.string,
-    dragging: PropTypes.bool,
     name: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
     number: PropTypes.number,
     onClick: PropTypes.func,
@@ -101,6 +100,7 @@ SpriteSelectorItem.propTypes = {
     onMouseDown: PropTypes.func,
     onMouseEnter: PropTypes.func,
     onMouseLeave: PropTypes.func,
+    preventContextMenu: PropTypes.bool,
     selected: PropTypes.bool.isRequired
 };
 
diff --git a/src/containers/sprite-selector-item.jsx b/src/containers/sprite-selector-item.jsx
index aa759aeeb..101ecd92f 100644
--- a/src/containers/sprite-selector-item.jsx
+++ b/src/containers/sprite-selector-item.jsx
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ class SpriteSelectorItem extends React.PureComponent {
         return (
             <SpriteSelectorItemComponent
                 costumeURL={this.getCostumeData()}
+                preventContextMenu={this.dragRecognizer.gestureInProgress()}
                 onClick={this.handleClick}
                 onDeleteButtonClick={onDeleteButtonClick ? this.handleDelete : null}
                 onDuplicateButtonClick={onDuplicateButtonClick ? this.handleDuplicate : null}