diff --git a/lib/components/content.js b/lib/components/content.js
index 866717229..7e14b34e6 100644
--- a/lib/components/content.js
+++ b/lib/components/content.js
@@ -1,29 +1,47 @@
 
+import Fragment from '../utils/fragment'
 import Key from '../utils/key'
-import Selection from '../models/selection'
 import OffsetKey from '../utils/offset-key'
 import Raw from '../serializers/raw'
 import React from 'react'
+import Selection from '../models/selection'
 import Text from './text'
 import includes from 'lodash/includes'
 import keycode from 'keycode'
-import Base64 from '../utils/base64'
 import { IS_FIREFOX } from '../utils/environment'
 
 /**
  * Noop.
+ *
+ * @type {Function}
  */
 
 function noop() {}
 
+/**
+ * Content types.
+ *
+ * @type {Object}
+ */
+
+const TYPES = {
+  HTML: 'text/html',
+  SLATE: 'application/x-slate',
+  TEXT: 'text/plain'
+}
+
 /**
  * Content.
+ *
+ * @type {Component}
  */
 
 class Content extends React.Component {
 
   /**
    * Property types.
+   *
+   * @type {Object}
    */
 
   static propTypes = {
@@ -44,6 +62,8 @@ class Content extends React.Component {
 
   /**
    * Default properties.
+   *
+   * @type {Object}
    */
 
   static defaultProps = {
@@ -215,9 +235,7 @@ class Content extends React.Component {
 
     const { state } = this.props
     const { fragment } = state
-    const raw = Raw.serializeNode(fragment)
-    const string = JSON.stringify(raw)
-    const encoded = Base64.encode(string)
+    const encoded = Fragment.serialize(fragment)
 
     // Wrap the first character of the selection in a span that has the encoded
     // fragment attached as an attribute, so it will show up in the copied HTML.
@@ -291,6 +309,11 @@ class Content extends React.Component {
   onDragStart = (e) => {
     this.tmp.isDragging = true
     this.tmp.isInternalDrag = true
+    const { state } = this.props
+    const { fragment } = state
+    const encoded = Fragment.serialize(fragment)
+    const data = e.nativeEvent.dataTransfer
+    data.setData(TYPES.SLATE, encoded)
   }
 
   /**
@@ -354,23 +377,31 @@ class Content extends React.Component {
     // COMPAT: In Firefox, `types` is array-like. (2016/06/21)
     const types = Array.from(data.types)
 
+    // Handle external Slate drags.
+    if (includes(types, TYPES.SLATE)) {
+      const encoded = data.getData(TYPES.SLATE)
+      const fragment = Fragment.deserialize(encoded)
+      drop.type = 'fragment'
+      drop.fragment = fragment
+    }
+
     // Handle files.
-    if (data.files.length) {
+    else if (data.files.length) {
       drop.type = 'files'
       drop.files = data.files
     }
 
     // Handle HTML.
-    else if (includes(types, 'text/html')) {
+    else if (includes(types, TYPES.HTML)) {
       drop.type = 'html'
-      drop.text = data.getData('text/plain')
-      drop.html = data.getData('text/html')
+      drop.text = data.getData(TYPES.TEXT)
+      drop.html = data.getData(TYPES.HTML)
     }
 
     // Handle plain text.
     else {
       drop.type = 'text'
-      drop.text = data.getData('text/plain')
+      drop.text = data.getData(TYPES.TEXT)
     }
 
     drop.data = data
@@ -479,16 +510,16 @@ class Content extends React.Component {
     }
 
     // Treat it as rich text if there is HTML content.
-    else if (includes(types, 'text/html')) {
+    else if (includes(types, TYPES.HTML)) {
       paste.type = 'html'
-      paste.text = data.getData('text/plain')
-      paste.html = data.getData('text/html')
+      paste.text = data.getData(TYPES.TEXT)
+      paste.html = data.getData(TYPES.HTML)
     }
 
     // Treat everything else as plain text.
     else {
       paste.type = 'text'
-      paste.text = data.getData('text/plain')
+      paste.text = data.getData(TYPES.TEXT)
     }
 
     // If html, and the html includes a `data-fragment` attribute, it's actually
@@ -498,14 +529,12 @@ class Content extends React.Component {
       const regexp = /data-fragment="([^\s]+)"/
       const matches = regexp.exec(paste.html)
       const [ full, encoded ] = matches
-      const string = Base64.decode(encoded)
-      const json = JSON.parse(string)
-      const fragment = Raw.deserialize(json)
+      const fragment = Fragment.deserialize(encoded)
       let { state } = this.props
 
       state = state
         .transform()
-        .insertFragment(fragment.document)
+        .insertFragment(fragment)
         .apply()
 
       this.onChange(state)
diff --git a/lib/plugins/core.js b/lib/plugins/core.js
index 38c9f4cd4..bc7ad6c83 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/core.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/core.js
@@ -150,6 +150,13 @@ function Plugin(options = {}) {
 
     onDrop(e, drop, state, editor) {
       switch (drop.type) {
+        case 'fragment': {
+          return state
+            .transform()
+            .moveTo(drop.target)
+            .insertFragment(drop.fragment)
+            .apply()
+        }
         case 'text':
         case 'html': {
           let transform = state
diff --git a/lib/utils/base64.js b/lib/utils/base64.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 330df2560..000000000
--- a/lib/utils/base64.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-
-/**
- * Encode a `string` as Base64.
- *
- * @param {String} string
- * @return {String}
- */
-
-function encode(string) {
-  return window.btoa(window.unescape(window.encodeURIComponent(string)))
-}
-
-/**
- * Decode a `string` as Base64.
- *
- * @param {String} string
- * @return {String}
- */
-
-function decode(string) {
-  return window.decodeURIComponent(window.escape(window.atob(string)))
-}
-
-/**
- * Export.
- */
-
-export default {
-  encode,
-  decode
-}
diff --git a/lib/utils/fragment.js b/lib/utils/fragment.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb0e982eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/utils/fragment.js
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+
+import Raw from '../serializers/raw'
+
+/**
+ * Serialize a `string` as Base64.
+ *
+ * @param {Document} fragment
+ * @return {String} encoded
+ */
+
+function serialize(fragment) {
+  const raw = Raw.serializeNode(fragment)
+  const string = JSON.stringify(raw)
+  const encoded = window.btoa(window.unescape(window.encodeURIComponent(string)))
+  return encoded
+}
+
+/**
+ * Deserialize a `fragment` as Base64.
+ *
+ * @param {String} encoded
+ * @return {Document} fragment
+ */
+
+function deserialize(encoded) {
+  const string = window.decodeURIComponent(window.escape(window.atob(encoded)))
+  const json = JSON.parse(string)
+  const state = Raw.deserialize(json)
+  return state.document
+}
+
+/**
+ * Export.
+ */
+
+export default {
+  serialize,
+  deserialize
+}