diff --git a/packages/@react-aria/interactions/src/usePress.ts b/packages/@react-aria/interactions/src/usePress.ts
index a90b602cc39..e018aefe316 100644
--- a/packages/@react-aria/interactions/src/usePress.ts
+++ b/packages/@react-aria/interactions/src/usePress.ts
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ export function usePress(props: PressHookProps): PressResult {
   ]);
 
   // Remove user-select: none in case component unmounts immediately after pressStart
-   
+
   useEffect(() => {
     return () => {
       if (!allowTextSelectionOnPress) {
@@ -935,7 +935,15 @@ function isOverTarget(point: EventPoint, target: Element) {
 
 function shouldPreventDefaultDown(target: Element) {
   // We cannot prevent default if the target is a draggable element.
-  return !(target instanceof HTMLElement) || !target.hasAttribute('draggable');
+  if (!(target instanceof HTMLElement)) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  if (target.tagName === 'A' && target.getAttribute('draggable') !== 'false') {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  return !target.hasAttribute('draggable');
 }
 
 function shouldPreventDefaultUp(target: Element) {