diff --git a/src/declarativeimports/draganddrop/DeclarativeDragArea.cpp b/src/declarativeimports/draganddrop/DeclarativeDragArea.cpp
index 2b5a151e0..3df56e3bd 100644
--- a/src/declarativeimports/draganddrop/DeclarativeDragArea.cpp
+++ b/src/declarativeimports/draganddrop/DeclarativeDragArea.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QQmlContext>
 
+#include <QDebug>
+
 /*!
     A DragArea is used to make an item draggable.
 */
@@ -249,6 +251,7 @@ bool DeclarativeDragArea::childMouseEventFilter(QQuickItem *item, QEvent *event)
 
     if (event->type() == QEvent::MouseMove) {
         QMouseEvent *me = static_cast<QMouseEvent *>(event);
+        qDebug() << "move in dragarea";
         mouseMoveEvent(me);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/declarativeimports/draganddrop/DeclarativeDropArea.cpp b/src/declarativeimports/draganddrop/DeclarativeDropArea.cpp
index 012a1c4ea..0050a4a97 100644
--- a/src/declarativeimports/draganddrop/DeclarativeDropArea.cpp
+++ b/src/declarativeimports/draganddrop/DeclarativeDropArea.cpp
@@ -27,33 +27,42 @@
 #include <QGraphicsSceneDragDropEvent>
 #include <QMimeData>
 
+#include <QDebug>
+
 DeclarativeDropArea::DeclarativeDropArea(QQuickItem *parent)
     : QQuickItem(parent),
     m_enabled(true)
 {
     setFlag(ItemAcceptsDrops, m_enabled);
+    setFlag(ItemHasContents, m_enabled);
+    setAcceptHoverEvents(m_enabled);
+
 }
 
 void DeclarativeDropArea::dragEnterEvent(QDragEnterEvent *event) {
     DeclarativeDragDropEvent dde(event, this);
+    qDebug() << "enter.";
     emit dragEnter(&dde);
 }
 
 void DeclarativeDropArea::dragLeaveEvent(QDragLeaveEvent *event)
 {
     DeclarativeDragDropEvent dde(event, this);
+    qDebug() << "leave.";
     emit dragLeave(&dde);
 }
 
 void DeclarativeDropArea::dragMoveEvent(QDragMoveEvent *event)
 {
     DeclarativeDragDropEvent dde(event, this);
+    qDebug() << "move.";
     emit dragMove(&dde);
 }
 
 void DeclarativeDropArea::dropEvent(QDropEvent *event)
 {
     DeclarativeDragDropEvent dde(event, this);
+    qDebug() << "Drop.";
     emit drop(&dde);
 }
 
@@ -69,6 +78,7 @@ void DeclarativeDropArea::setEnabled(bool enabled)
     }
 
     m_enabled = enabled;
+    setAcceptHoverEvents(m_enabled);
     setFlag(ItemAcceptsDrops, m_enabled);
     emit enabledChanged();
 }
diff --git a/src/declarativeimports/draganddrop/draganddropplugin.cpp b/src/declarativeimports/draganddrop/draganddropplugin.cpp
index 3628f1d09..630a4dee2 100644
--- a/src/declarativeimports/draganddrop/draganddropplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/declarativeimports/draganddrop/draganddropplugin.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 
 void DragAndDropPlugin::registerTypes(const char *uri)
 {
+    qDebug() << " ********** " << uri << "loaded.";
     Q_ASSERT(uri == QLatin1String("org.kde.draganddrop"));
 
     qmlRegisterType<DeclarativeDropArea>(uri, 1, 0, "DropArea");