diff --git a/docs/timeline/index.html b/docs/timeline/index.html
index 5e5c8c85..d3e350df 100644
--- a/docs/timeline/index.html
+++ b/docs/timeline/index.html
@@ -666,6 +666,14 @@ function (option, path) {
         and set repeat to weekly.
       </td>
     </tr>
+
+    <tr>
+      <td>itemsAlwaysDraggable</td>
+      <td>boolean</td>
+      <td><code>false</code></td>
+      <td>If true, all items in the Timeline are draggable without being selected. If false, only the selected item(s) are draggable.</td>
+    </tr>
+
     <tr>
       <td>locale</td>
       <td>String</td>
diff --git a/lib/timeline/component/ItemSet.js b/lib/timeline/component/ItemSet.js
index e688bf11..4ec39bfb 100644
--- a/lib/timeline/component/ItemSet.js
+++ b/lib/timeline/component/ItemSet.js
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ function ItemSet(body, options) {
 
     selectable: true,
     multiselect: false,
+    itemsAlwaysDraggable: false,
 
     editable: {
       updateTime: false,
@@ -307,7 +308,7 @@ ItemSet.prototype._create = function(){
 ItemSet.prototype.setOptions = function(options) {
   if (options) {
     // copy all options that we know
-    var fields = ['type', 'align', 'order', 'stack', 'selectable', 'multiselect', 'multiselectPerGroup', 'groupOrder', 'dataAttributes', 'template', 'groupTemplate', 'hide', 'snap', 'groupOrderSwap'];
+    var fields = ['type', 'align', 'order', 'stack', 'selectable', 'multiselect', 'itemsAlwaysDraggable', 'multiselectPerGroup', 'groupOrder', 'dataAttributes', 'template', 'groupTemplate', 'hide', 'snap', 'groupOrderSwap'];
     util.selectiveExtend(fields, this.options, options);
 
     if ('orientation' in options) {
@@ -1172,7 +1173,7 @@ ItemSet.prototype._onDragStart = function (event) {
   var me = this;
   var props;
 
-  if (item && item.selected) {
+  if (item && (item.selected || this.options.itemsAlwaysDraggable)) {
 
     if (!this.options.editable.updateTime &&
         !this.options.editable.updateGroup &&
@@ -1213,7 +1214,9 @@ ItemSet.prototype._onDragStart = function (event) {
 
       var baseGroupIndex = this._getGroupIndex(item.data.group);
 
-      this.touchParams.itemProps = this.getSelection().map(function (id) {
+      var itemsToDrag = (this.options.itemsAlwaysDraggable && !item.selected) ? [item.id] : this.getSelection();
+
+      this.touchParams.itemProps = itemsToDrag.map(function (id) {
         var item = me.items[id];
         var groupIndex = me._getGroupIndex(item.data.group);
         return {
diff --git a/lib/timeline/optionsTimeline.js b/lib/timeline/optionsTimeline.js
index 05646730..6474914f 100644
--- a/lib/timeline/optionsTimeline.js
+++ b/lib/timeline/optionsTimeline.js
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ let allOptions = {
     repeat: {string},
     __type__: {object, array}
   },
+  itemsAlwaysDraggable: { boolean: boolean },
   locale:{string},
   locales:{
     __any__: {any},