diff --git a/glfw/cocoa_window.m b/glfw/cocoa_window.m
index a3c890922..09ba085f1 100644
--- a/glfw/cocoa_window.m
+++ b/glfw/cocoa_window.m
@@ -878,6 +878,7 @@ static void _glfwUpdateNotchCover(_GLFWwindow*);
 
 - (instancetype)initWithWindow:(_GLFWwindow*)initWindow mimeType:(const char*)mime instanceId:(GLFWid)iid;
 - (void)request_drag_data;
+- (void)promised_data_ready:(const char*)data sz:(size_t)sz type:(int)type;
 - (void)end_transfer:(int)errorCode;
 - (void)end_transfer_with_error:(NSError*)err;
 - (bool)is_mimetype:(const char*)mime_type;
@@ -4460,6 +4461,24 @@ _glfwPlatformStartDrag(_GLFWwindow* window, const GLFWimage* thumbnail) {@autore
 
 - (bool)is_mimetype:(const char*)q { return strcmp(q, mimeType) == 0; }
 
+- (void)promised_data_ready:(const char*)path sz:(size_t)sz type:(int)type {
+    if (file_handle) [file_handle release];
+    file_handle = nil;
+    // TODO: erase file at file_url
+    switch (type) {
+        case 0:
+            // Create a hard link to path at file_url
+            break;
+        case 1:
+            // Create a symlink to the same destination as the symlink at path
+        default:
+            // copy the directory at path to file_url recursively using hard
+            // links for files.
+            break;
+    }
+    [self end_transfer:0];
+}
+
 - (void)request_drag_data {
     if (instanceId != _glfw.drag.instance_id) { [self end_transfer:EINVAL]; return; }
     _GLFWwindow *window = _glfwWindowForId(_glfw.drag.window_id);
@@ -4506,6 +4525,8 @@ _glfwPlatformStartDrag(_GLFWwindow* window, const GLFWimage* thumbnail) {@autore
 
 - (void)dealloc {
     free(mimeType); mimeType = NULL;
+    if (file_handle) [file_handle release];
+    file_handle = nil;
     if (file_url) [file_url release];
     file_url = nil;
     [self end_transfer:EINVAL];
@@ -4602,11 +4623,15 @@ _glfwPlatformChangeDragImage(const GLFWimage *thumbnail) {@autoreleasepool{
     return 0;
 }}
 
+
 int
-_glfwPlatformDragDataReady(const char *mime_type) {
+_glfwPlatformDragDataReady(const char *mime_type, const char *data, size_t sz, int type) {
     if (!file_promise_providers) return 0;
     for (GLFWFilePromiseProviderDelegate *d in file_promise_providers) {
-        if ([d is_mimetype:mime_type]) [d request_drag_data];
+        if ([d is_mimetype:mime_type]) {
+            if (type == -1) [d request_drag_data];
+            else [d promised_data_ready:data sz:sz type:type];
+        }
     }
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/glfw/input.c b/glfw/input.c
index 314c58299..f370129e4 100644
--- a/glfw/input.c
+++ b/glfw/input.c
@@ -1190,7 +1190,7 @@ glfwStartDrag(GLFWwindow* handle, const GLFWDragSourceItem *items, size_t item_c
     _GLFWwindow* window = (_GLFWwindow*) handle;
     assert(window != NULL);
     _GLFW_REQUIRE_INIT_OR_RETURN(EINVAL);
-    if (operations == -1) return _glfwPlatformDragDataReady(items[0].mime_type);
+    if (operations == -1) return _glfwPlatformDragDataReady(items[0].mime_type, items[0].optional_data, items[0].data_size, items[0].type);
     if (operations == -2) return _glfwPlatformChangeDragImage(thumbnail);
     if (operations == -3) { _glfwPlatformCancelDrag(window); return 0; }
     _glfwFreeDragSourceData();
diff --git a/glfw/internal.h b/glfw/internal.h
index 535d50054..9d3c19183 100644
--- a/glfw/internal.h
+++ b/glfw/internal.h
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ void _glfwPlatformCancelDrag(_GLFWwindow* window);
 void _glfwFreeDragSourceData(void);
 void _glfwPlatformFreeDragSourceData(void);
 void _glfwInputDragSourceRequest(_GLFWwindow* window, GLFWDragEvent *ev);
-int _glfwPlatformDragDataReady(const char *mime_type);
+int _glfwPlatformDragDataReady(const char *mime_type, const char *data, size_t sz, int type);
 int _glfwPlatformChangeDragImage(const GLFWimage *thumbnail);
 
 
diff --git a/glfw/null_window.c b/glfw/null_window.c
index 1c3c90b00..fcba784a6 100644
--- a/glfw/null_window.c
+++ b/glfw/null_window.c
@@ -547,7 +547,8 @@ _glfwPlatformStartDrag(_GLFWwindow* window, const GLFWimage* thumbnail) {
     return ENOTSUP;
 }
 void _glfwPlatformFreeDragSourceData(void) {}
-int _glfwPlatformDragDataReady(const char *mime_type) { (void) mime_type; return 0; }
+int
+_glfwPlatformDragDataReady(const char *mime_type UNUSED, const char *data UNUSED, size_t sz UNUSED, int type UNUSED) { return 0; }
 int _glfwPlatformChangeDragImage(const GLFWimage *thumbnail) { (void)thumbnail; return 0; }
 
 const char** _glfwPlatformGetDropMimeTypes(GLFWDropData* drop UNUSED, int* count)
diff --git a/glfw/wl_window.c b/glfw/wl_window.c
index 4d2fa7150..9d0dbeb4c 100644
--- a/glfw/wl_window.c
+++ b/glfw/wl_window.c
@@ -3343,7 +3343,7 @@ _glfwPlatformChangeDragImage(const GLFWimage *thumbnail) {
 }
 
 int
-_glfwPlatformDragDataReady(const char *mime_type) {
+_glfwPlatformDragDataReady(const char *mime_type, const char *data UNUSED, size_t sz UNUSED, int type UNUSED) {
     for (size_t i = 0; i < _glfw.wl.drag.count; i++) {
         if (strcmp(dr.mime_type, mime_type) == 0) {
             if (!dr.watch_id) dr.watch_id = add_drag_watch(dr.fd);
diff --git a/glfw/x11_window.c b/glfw/x11_window.c
index 718f24bcc..ecc94ae2e 100644
--- a/glfw/x11_window.c
+++ b/glfw/x11_window.c
@@ -4614,7 +4614,7 @@ _glfwPlatformChangeDragImage(const GLFWimage *thumbnail) {
 }
 
 int
-_glfwPlatformDragDataReady(const char *mime_type) {
+_glfwPlatformDragDataReady(const char *mime_type, const char *data UNUSED, size_t sz UNUSED, int type UNUSED) {
     // Find the pending request for this MIME type
     for (size_t i = 0; i < _glfw.x11.drag.pending_count; i++) {
         if (_glfw.x11.drag.pending_requests[i].inflight &&
diff --git a/kitty/dnd.c b/kitty/dnd.c
index 2ebb0e35f..15d2536f4 100644
--- a/kitty/dnd.c
+++ b/kitty/dnd.c
@@ -1835,7 +1835,7 @@ open_item_tmpfile(void) {
 
 static int
 notify_drag_data_ready_to_read(const char *mime_type) {
-    return notify_drag_data_ready(global_state.drag_source.from_os_window, mime_type, NULL, 0, 0);
+    return notify_drag_data_ready(global_state.drag_source.from_os_window, mime_type, NULL, 0, -1);
 }