diff --git a/src/modules/love/boot.lua b/src/modules/love/boot.lua
index 9b13cdbbb..9d8ed7f0b 100644
--- a/src/modules/love/boot.lua
+++ b/src/modules/love/boot.lua
@@ -48,6 +48,17 @@ function love.boot()
 	-- Having love.system loaded before conf.lua is run can be useful for accessing love.system.getOS.
 	require("love.system")
 
+	-- nogame.lua returns noGameRestartInfo when
+	-- dropping a file or directory on to its window.
+	if love.restart and type(love.restart) == "table" then
+		local was_no_game = love.restart.noGameRestartInfo
+		if was_no_game and type(was_no_game) == "table" then
+			if was_no_game.gamepath then
+				table.insert(arg, 1, was_no_game.gamepath)
+			end
+		end
+	end
+
 	love.rawGameArguments = arg
 
 	local arg0 = love.arg.getLow(love.rawGameArguments)
diff --git a/src/scripts/nogame.lua b/src/scripts/nogame.lua
index e66fcaaf3..106832a84 100644
--- a/src/scripts/nogame.lua
+++ b/src/scripts/nogame.lua
@@ -3285,6 +3285,18 @@ function love.nogame()
 			t.window.borderless = true
 		end
 	end
+
+	function restartWithNewGame(path)
+		love.event.quit("restart", {noGameRestartInfo = {gamepath = path}})
+	end
+
+	function love.filedropped(file)
+		restartWithNewGame(file:getFilename())
+	end
+
+	function love.directorydropped(path)
+		restartWithNewGame(path)
+	end
 end
 
 return love.nogame
diff --git a/src/scripts/nogame.lua.h b/src/scripts/nogame.lua.h
index 8d0d7d6e7..6e2a002b5 100644
--- a/src/scripts/nogame.lua.h
+++ b/src/scripts/nogame.lua.h
@@ -12129,6 +12129,28 @@ const unsigned char nogame_lua[] =
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