diff --git a/src/gui/views/listview.py b/src/gui/views/listview.py
index 9b616797d..206700a58 100644
--- a/src/gui/views/listview.py
+++ b/src/gui/views/listview.py
@@ -153,9 +153,17 @@ class ListView(NavigationView):
         else:
             # Tree
             self.list.connect('key-press-event', self._key_press_tree)
+
         if self.drag_info():
             self.list.connect('drag_data_get', self.drag_data_get)
             self.list.connect('drag_begin', self.drag_begin)
+        if self.drag_dest_info():
+            self.list.connect('drag_data_received', self.drag_data_received)
+            self.list.drag_dest_set(gtk.DEST_DEFAULT_MOTION |
+                                    gtk.DEST_DEFAULT_DROP, 
+                                    [self.drag_dest_info().target()], 
+                                    gtk.gdk.ACTION_MOVE |
+                                    gtk.gdk.ACTION_COPY)
 
         scrollwindow = gtk.ScrolledWindow()
         scrollwindow.set_policy(gtk.POLICY_AUTOMATIC, gtk.POLICY_AUTOMATIC)
@@ -409,6 +417,9 @@ class ListView(NavigationView):
     ####################################################################
 
     def drag_info(self):
+        """
+        Specify the drag type for a single selected row
+        """
         return None
 
     def drag_list_info(self):
@@ -417,6 +428,12 @@ class ListView(NavigationView):
         """
         return DdTargets.LINK_LIST
 
+    def drag_dest_info(self):
+        """
+        Specify the drag type for objects dropped on the view
+        """
+        return None
+
     def drag_begin(self, widget, context):
         widget.drag_source_set_icon_stock(self.get_stock())
         return True
diff --git a/src/plugins/view/mediaview.py b/src/plugins/view/mediaview.py
index 235bde7bd..64b72d9f7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/view/mediaview.py
+++ b/src/plugins/view/mediaview.py
@@ -113,8 +113,6 @@ class MediaView(ListView):
     FILTER_TYPE = 'MediaObject'
     QR_CATEGORY = CATEGORY_QR_MEDIA
 
-    _DND_TYPE = DdTargets.URI_LIST
-    
     def __init__(self, pdata, dbstate, uistate, nav_group=0):
 
         signal_map = {
@@ -144,25 +142,6 @@ class MediaView(ListView):
     def navigation_type(self):
         return 'Media'
 
-    def _set_dnd(self):
-        """
-        Set up drag-n-drop. The source and destination are set by calling .target()
-        on the _DND_TYPE. Obviously, this means that there must be a _DND_TYPE
-        variable defined that points to an entry in DdTargets.
-        """
-
-        dnd_types = [ self._DND_TYPE.target() ]
-
-        self.list.drag_dest_set(gtk.DEST_DEFAULT_MOTION|gtk.DEST_DEFAULT_DROP, 
-                                dnd_types, 
-                                gtk.gdk.ACTION_MOVE|gtk.gdk.ACTION_COPY)
-        self.list.drag_source_set(gtk.gdk.BUTTON1_MASK, 
-                                  [self._DND_TYPE.target()], 
-                                  gtk.gdk.ACTION_COPY)
-        #connected in listview already
-        #self.list.connect('drag_data_get', self.drag_data_get)
-        self.list.connect('drag_data_received', self.drag_data_received)
-
     def drag_info(self):
         """
         Return the type of DND targets that this view will accept. For Media 
@@ -170,6 +149,12 @@ class MediaView(ListView):
         """
         return DdTargets.MEDIAOBJ
 
+    def drag_dest_info(self):
+        """
+        Specify the drag type for objects dropped on the view
+        """
+        return DdTargets.URI_LIST
+
     def find_index(self, obj):
         """
         returns the index of the object within the associated data