diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d91d630e..aa7919f5 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
         "react-collapse": "^5.1.1",
         "react-color": "^2.19.3",
         "react-dom": "^18.2.0",
+        "react-dropzone": "^14.3.5",
         "react-file-reader-input": "^2.0.0",
         "react-i18next": "^15.4.0",
         "react-icon-base": "^2.1.2",
@@ -3856,6 +3857,14 @@
         "node": ">= 4.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/attr-accept": {
+      "version": "2.2.5",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/attr-accept/-/attr-accept-2.2.5.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-0bDNnY/u6pPwHDMoF0FieU354oBi0a8rD9FcsLwzcGWbc8KS8KPIi7y+s13OlVY+gMWc/9xEMUgNE6Qm8ZllYQ==",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=4"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/available-typed-arrays": {
       "version": "1.0.7",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/available-typed-arrays/-/available-typed-arrays-1.0.7.tgz",
@@ -6219,6 +6228,17 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/file-saver/-/file-saver-2.0.5.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-P9bmyZ3h/PRG+Nzga+rbdI4OEpNDzAVyy74uVO9ATgzLK6VtAsYybF/+TOCvrc0MO793d6+42lLyZTw7/ArVzA=="
     },
+    "node_modules/file-selector": {
+      "version": "2.1.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/file-selector/-/file-selector-2.1.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-QgXo+mXTe8ljeqUFaX3QVHc5osSItJ/Km+xpocx0aSqWGMSCf6qYs/VnzZgS864Pjn5iceMRFigeAV7AfTlaig==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "tslib": "^2.7.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 12"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/fill-range": {
       "version": "7.1.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fill-range/-/fill-range-7.1.1.tgz",
@@ -10641,6 +10661,22 @@
         "react": "^18.3.1"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/react-dropzone": {
+      "version": "14.3.5",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-dropzone/-/react-dropzone-14.3.5.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-9nDUaEEpqZLOz5v5SUcFA0CjM4vq8YbqO0WRls+EYT7+DvxUdzDPKNCPLqGfj3YL9MsniCLCD4RFA6M95V6KMQ==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "attr-accept": "^2.2.4",
+        "file-selector": "^2.1.0",
+        "prop-types": "^15.8.1"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 10.13"
+      },
+      "peerDependencies": {
+        "react": ">= 16.8 || 18.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/react-file-reader-input": {
       "version": "2.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-file-reader-input/-/react-file-reader-input-2.0.0.tgz",
@@ -12535,10 +12571,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/tslib": {
-      "version": "2.6.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tslib/-/tslib-2.6.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-AEYxH93jGFPn/a2iVAwW87VuUIkR1FVUKB77NwMF7nBTDkDrrT/Hpt/IrCJ0QXhW27jTBDcf5ZY7w6RiqTMw2Q==",
-      "dev": true
+      "version": "2.8.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tslib/-/tslib-2.8.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-oJFu94HQb+KVduSUQL7wnpmqnfmLsOA/nAh6b6EH0wCEoK0/mPeXU6c3wKDV83MkOuHPRHtSXKKU99IBazS/2w=="
     },
     "node_modules/tunnel-agent": {
       "version": "0.6.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 84ccd37e..dcd1b223 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
     "react-collapse": "^5.1.1",
     "react-color": "^2.19.3",
     "react-dom": "^18.2.0",
+    "react-dropzone": "^14.3.5",
     "react-file-reader-input": "^2.0.0",
     "react-i18next": "^15.4.0",
     "react-icon-base": "^2.1.2",
diff --git a/src/components/AppToolbar.tsx b/src/components/AppToolbar.tsx
index ca12aa50..2bf8461a 100644
--- a/src/components/AppToolbar.tsx
+++ b/src/components/AppToolbar.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ import maputnikLogo from 'maputnik-design/logos/logo-color.svg?inline'
 import { withTranslation, WithTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import { supportedLanguages } from '../i18n';
 
+import Dropzone from 'react-dropzone'; // for class components
+
 // This is required because of <https://stackoverflow.com/a/49846426>, there isn't another way to detect support that I'm aware of.
 const browser = detect();
 const colorAccessibilityFiltersEnabled = ['chrome', 'firefox'].indexOf(browser!.name) > -1;
@@ -289,6 +291,15 @@ class AppToolbarInternal extends React.Component<AppToolbarInternalProps> {
             <MdHelpOutline />
             <IconText>{t("Help")}</IconText>
           </ToolbarLink>
+
+          <Dropzone onDrop={this.props.onFileSelected}>
+            {({getRootProps, getInputProps}) => (
+                <div {...getRootProps({className: 'dropzone maputnik-toolbar-link'})}>
+                  <input {...getInputProps()} />
+                  Drop file here
+                </div>
+            )}
+          </Dropzone>
         </div>
       </div>
     </nav>