diff --git a/docs/app/components/content/examples/tree/TreeDragAndDropExample.vue b/docs/app/components/content/examples/tree/TreeDragAndDropExample.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e543701812
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/app/components/content/examples/tree/TreeDragAndDropExample.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+<script setup lang="ts">
+import type { TreeItem } from '@nuxt/ui'
+import { useSortable } from '@vueuse/integrations/useSortable'
+
+const items = shallowRef<TreeItem[]>([
+  {
+    label: 'app/',
+    defaultExpanded: true,
+    children: [
+      {
+        label: 'composables/',
+        children: [
+          { label: 'useAuth.ts', icon: 'i-vscode-icons-file-type-typescript' },
+          { label: 'useUser.ts', icon: 'i-vscode-icons-file-type-typescript' }
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        label: 'components/',
+        defaultExpanded: true,
+        children: [
+          { label: 'Card.vue', icon: 'i-vscode-icons-file-type-vue' },
+          { label: 'Button.vue', icon: 'i-vscode-icons-file-type-vue' }
+        ]
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  { label: 'app.vue', icon: 'i-vscode-icons-file-type-vue' },
+  { label: 'nuxt.config.ts', icon: 'i-vscode-icons-file-type-nuxt' }
+])
+
+function flatten(items: TreeItem[], parent = items): { item: TreeItem, parent: TreeItem[], index: number }[] {
+  return items.flatMap((item, index) => [
+    { item, parent, index },
+    ...(item.children?.length && item.defaultExpanded ? flatten(item.children, item.children) : [])
+  ])
+}
+
+function moveItem(oldIndex: number, newIndex: number) {
+  if (oldIndex === newIndex) return
+
+  const flat = flatten(items.value)
+  const source = flat[oldIndex]
+  const target = flat[newIndex]
+
+  if (!source || !target) return
+
+  const [moved] = source.parent.splice(source.index, 1)
+  if (!moved) return
+
+  const updatedFlat = flatten(items.value)
+  const updatedTarget = updatedFlat.find(({ item }) => item === target.item)
+  if (!updatedTarget) return
+
+  const insertIndex = oldIndex < newIndex ? updatedTarget.index + 1 : updatedTarget.index
+  updatedTarget.parent.splice(insertIndex, 0, moved)
+}
+
+const tree = useTemplateRef<HTMLElement>('tree')
+
+useSortable(tree, items, {
+  animation: 150,
+  ghostClass: 'opacity-50',
+  onUpdate: (e: any) => moveItem(e.oldIndex, e.newIndex)
+})
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <UTree ref="tree" :nested="false" :unmount-on-hide="false" :items="items" />
+</template>
diff --git a/docs/content/docs/2.components/tree.md b/docs/content/docs/2.components/tree.md
index 562c1b1169..7f3c4eacf0 100644
--- a/docs/content/docs/2.components/tree.md
+++ b/docs/content/docs/2.components/tree.md
@@ -518,6 +518,20 @@ props:
 This example uses the `as` prop to change the items from `button` to `div` as the [`Checkbox`](/docs/components/checkbox) is also rendered as a `button`.
 ::
 
+### With drag and drop :badge{label="Soon"}
+
+Use the [`useSortable`](https://vueuse.org/integrations/useSortable/) composable from [`@vueuse/integrations`](https://vueuse.org/integrations/README.html) to enable drag and drop functionality on the Tree. This integration wraps [Sortable.js](https://sortablejs.github.io/Sortable/) to provide a seamless drag and drop experience.
+
+::component-example
+---
+name: 'tree-drag-and-drop-example'
+---
+::
+
+::note
+This example sets the `nested` prop to `false` to have a flat list of items so that the items can be dragged and dropped.
+::
+
 ### With virtualization :badge{label="Soon"}
 
 Use the `virtualize` prop to enable virtualization for large lists as a boolean or an object with options like `{ estimateSize: 32, overscan: 12 }`.
diff --git a/src/runtime/components/Tree.vue b/src/runtime/components/Tree.vue
index 6b52f7f657..af884121e1 100644
--- a/src/runtime/components/Tree.vue
+++ b/src/runtime/components/Tree.vue
@@ -139,7 +139,8 @@ export type TreeSlots<
 </script>
 
 <script setup lang="ts" generic="T extends TreeItem[], M extends boolean = false">
-import { computed, toRef } from 'vue'
+import type { ComponentPublicInstance } from 'vue'
+import { computed, toRef, ref } from 'vue'
 import { TreeRoot, TreeItem, TreeVirtualizer, useForwardPropsEmits } from 'reka-ui'
 import { reactivePick, createReusableTemplate } from '@vueuse/core'
 import { defu } from 'defu'
@@ -218,6 +219,8 @@ const ui = computed(() => tv({ extend: tv(theme), ...(appConfig.ui?.tree || {})
   virtualize: !!props.virtualize
 }))
 
+const rootRef = ref<ComponentPublicInstance>()
+
 function getItemLabel<Item extends T[number]>(item: Item): string {
   return get(item, props.labelKey as string)
 }
@@ -235,9 +238,13 @@ function getDefaultOpenedItems(item: T[number]): string[] {
   return [currentItem, ...childItems].filter(Boolean) as string[]
 }
 
-const defaultExpanded = computed(() =>
-  props.defaultExpanded ?? props.items?.flatMap(item => getDefaultOpenedItems(item))
-)
+const defaultExpanded = computed(() => props.defaultExpanded ?? props.items?.flatMap(item => getDefaultOpenedItems(item)))
+
+defineExpose({
+  get $el() {
+    return rootRef.value?.$el
+  }
+})
 </script>
 
 <!-- eslint-disable vue/no-template-shadow -->
@@ -343,6 +350,7 @@ const defaultExpanded = computed(() =>
   </DefineTreeTemplate>
 
   <TreeRoot
+    ref="rootRef"
     v-slot="{ flattenItems }"
     v-bind="{ ...rootProps, ...$attrs }"
     :as="as.root"