diff --git a/modules/react-arborist/src/components/provider.tsx b/modules/react-arborist/src/components/provider.tsx
index 0326c82a..2723de37 100644
--- a/modules/react-arborist/src/components/provider.tsx
+++ b/modules/react-arborist/src/components/provider.tsx
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export function TreeProvider<T>({
         <NodesContext.Provider value={state.nodes}>
           <DndContext.Provider value={state.dnd}>
             <DndProvider
-              backend={HTML5Backend}
+              backend={treeProps.dndBackend || HTML5Backend}
               options={{ rootElement: api.props.dndRootElement || undefined }}
               {...(treeProps.dndManager && { manager: treeProps.dndManager })}
             >
diff --git a/modules/react-arborist/src/types/tree-props.ts b/modules/react-arborist/src/types/tree-props.ts
index 440bcc40..1f033e4f 100644
--- a/modules/react-arborist/src/types/tree-props.ts
+++ b/modules/react-arborist/src/types/tree-props.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { ElementType, MouseEventHandler } from "react";
 import { ListOnScrollProps } from "react-window";
 import { NodeApi } from "../interfaces/node-api";
 import { OpenMap } from "../state/open-slice";
-import { useDragDropManager } from "react-dnd";
+import { useDragDropManager, DndProviderProps } from "react-dnd";
 
 export interface TreeProps<T> {
   /* Data Options */
@@ -76,5 +76,9 @@ export interface TreeProps<T> {
   dndRootElement?: globalThis.Node | null;
   onClick?: MouseEventHandler;
   onContextMenu?: MouseEventHandler;
+  dndBackend?: Extract<
+    DndProviderProps<unknown, unknown>,
+    { backend: unknown }
+  >["backend"];
   dndManager?: ReturnType<typeof useDragDropManager>;
 }