diff --git a/projects/angular-gridster2/src/lib/gridsterEmptyCell.ts b/projects/angular-gridster2/src/lib/gridsterEmptyCell.ts
index 6018287c..811230e7 100644
--- a/projects/angular-gridster2/src/lib/gridsterEmptyCell.ts
+++ b/projects/angular-gridster2/src/lib/gridsterEmptyCell.ts
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ export class GridsterEmptyCell {
   };
 
   emptyCellMouseDown = (e: MouseEvent): void => {
-    if (GridsterUtils.checkContentClassForEmptyCellClickEvent(this.gridster, e)) {
+    if (GridsterUtils.checkContentClassForEmptyCellClickEvent(this.gridster, e) || this.isEventFromScrollbar(e)) {
       return;
     }
     e.preventDefault();
@@ -250,4 +250,27 @@ export class GridsterEmptyCell {
     }
     return item;
   }
+
+  private isEventFromScrollbar(e: MouseEvent): boolean {
+    const el = this.gridster.el;
+    const rect = el.getBoundingClientRect();
+    const verticalScrollbarWidth = el.offsetWidth - el.clientWidth;
+    const horizontalScrollbarHeight = el.offsetHeight - el.clientHeight;
+    const offsetX = e.clientX - rect.left;
+    const offsetY = e.clientY - rect.top;
+    const hasVerticalScrollbar = verticalScrollbarWidth > 0 && el.scrollHeight > el.clientHeight;
+    const hasHorizontalScrollbar = horizontalScrollbarHeight > 0 && el.scrollWidth > el.clientWidth;
+    const direction = getComputedStyle(el).direction;
+    const withinElementWidth = offsetX >= 0 && offsetX <= el.offsetWidth;
+    const withinElementHeight = offsetY >= 0 && offsetY <= el.offsetHeight;
+    const onVerticalScrollbar =
+      hasVerticalScrollbar &&
+      withinElementWidth &&
+      withinElementHeight &&
+      (direction === 'rtl' ? offsetX <= verticalScrollbarWidth : offsetX >= el.clientWidth) &&
+      offsetX <= el.offsetWidth;
+    const onHorizontalScrollbar = hasHorizontalScrollbar && withinElementWidth && offsetY >= el.clientHeight && offsetY <= el.offsetHeight;
+
+    return onVerticalScrollbar || onHorizontalScrollbar;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/projects/angular-gridster2/src/lib/tests/gridsterEmptyCell.spec.ts b/projects/angular-gridster2/src/lib/tests/gridsterEmptyCell.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..38cb05d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/angular-gridster2/src/lib/tests/gridsterEmptyCell.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+import { GridsterEmptyCell } from '../gridsterEmptyCell';
+
+function setElementGeometry(
+  el: HTMLElement,
+  geometry: {
+    clientHeight: number;
+    clientWidth: number;
+    offsetHeight: number;
+    offsetWidth: number;
+    scrollHeight: number;
+    scrollWidth: number;
+  }
+): void {
+  for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(geometry)) {
+    Object.defineProperty(el, key, { configurable: true, value });
+  }
+  el.getBoundingClientRect = () =>
+    ({
+      bottom: geometry.offsetHeight,
+      height: geometry.offsetHeight,
+      left: 0,
+      right: geometry.offsetWidth,
+      top: 0,
+      width: geometry.offsetWidth
+    }) as DOMRect;
+}
+
+function createMouseDownEvent(clientX: number, clientY: number): MouseEvent {
+  const event = new MouseEvent('mousedown', {
+    buttons: 1,
+    clientX,
+    clientY
+  });
+  vi.spyOn(event, 'preventDefault');
+  vi.spyOn(event, 'stopPropagation');
+
+  return event;
+}
+
+function createEmptyCell() {
+  const el = document.createElement('div');
+  document.body.appendChild(el);
+  setElementGeometry(el, {
+    clientHeight: 200,
+    clientWidth: 200,
+    offsetHeight: 200,
+    offsetWidth: 217,
+    scrollHeight: 500,
+    scrollWidth: 200
+  });
+
+  const removeListener = vi.fn();
+  const gridster = {
+    $options: () => ({
+      draggable: {
+        dragHandleClass: 'drag-handler',
+        ignoreContentClass: 'gridster-item-content'
+      }
+    }),
+    cdRef: {
+      markForCheck: vi.fn()
+    },
+    el,
+    movingItem: null,
+    previewStyle: vi.fn(),
+    renderer: {
+      listen: vi.fn(() => removeListener)
+    },
+    zone: {
+      runOutsideAngular: (callback: () => void) => callback()
+    }
+  };
+
+  return {
+    emptyCell: new GridsterEmptyCell(gridster as never),
+    gridster,
+    removeListener
+  };
+}
+
+describe('gridster empty cell drag', () => {
+  it('does not start empty cell drag when the mousedown starts on the vertical scrollbar', () => {
+    const { emptyCell, gridster } = createEmptyCell();
+    const event = createMouseDownEvent(210, 80);
+
+    emptyCell.emptyCellMouseDown(event);
+
+    expect(event.preventDefault).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(event.stopPropagation).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(gridster.renderer.listen).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(gridster.movingItem).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('still starts empty cell drag when the mousedown starts inside the grid content', () => {
+    const { emptyCell, gridster } = createEmptyCell();
+    const item = { cols: 1, rows: 1, x: 0, y: 0 };
+    const event = createMouseDownEvent(100, 80);
+    vi.spyOn(emptyCell, 'getValidItemFromEvent').mockReturnValue(item);
+
+    emptyCell.emptyCellMouseDown(event);
+
+    expect(event.preventDefault).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(event.stopPropagation).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(gridster.movingItem).toBe(item);
+    expect(gridster.previewStyle).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(gridster.renderer.listen).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(4);
+  });
+});