diff --git a/platform/features/layout/src/LayoutController.js b/platform/features/layout/src/LayoutController.js
index 70a5126d78..9843252afb 100644
--- a/platform/features/layout/src/LayoutController.js
+++ b/platform/features/layout/src/LayoutController.js
@@ -85,6 +85,26 @@ define(
             // Position panes when the model field changes
             $scope.$watch("model.composition", lookupPanels);
 
+            // Position panes where they are dropped
+            $scope.$on("mctDrop", function (e, id, position) {
+                // Make sure there is a "panels" field in the
+                // view configuration.
+                $scope.configuration.panels =
+                    $scope.configuration.panels || {};
+                // Store the position of this panel.
+                $scope.configuration.panels[id] = {
+                    position: [
+                        Math.floor(position.x / gridSize[0]),
+                        Math.floor(position.y / gridSize[1])
+                    ],
+                    dimensions: DEFAULT_DIMENSIONS
+                };
+                // Mark change as persistable
+                if ($scope.commit) {
+                    $scope.commit("Dropped a frame.");
+                }
+            });
+
             return {
                 /**
                  * Get a style object for a frame with the specified domain
diff --git a/platform/representation/src/gestures/DropGesture.js b/platform/representation/src/gestures/DropGesture.js
index 00faa83710..985fe102d3 100644
--- a/platform/representation/src/gestures/DropGesture.js
+++ b/platform/representation/src/gestures/DropGesture.js
@@ -22,14 +22,23 @@ define(
         function DropGesture($q, element, domainObject) {
             function broadcastDrop(id, event) {
                 // Find the relevant scope...
-                var scope = element && element.scope && element.scope();
+                var scope = element && element.scope && element.scope(),
+                    rect;
                 if (scope && scope.$broadcast) {
+                    // Get the representation's bounds, to convert
+                    // drop position
+                    rect = element[0].getBoundingClientRect();
+
                     // ...and broadcast the event. This allows specific
                     // views to have post-drop behavior which depends on
                     // drop position.
                     scope.$broadcast(
                         GestureConstants.MCT_DROP_EVENT,
-                        { id: id, dropEvent: event }
+                        id,
+                        {
+                            x: event.pageX - rect.left,
+                            y: event.pageY - rect.top
+                        }
                     );
                 }
             }