diff --git a/draftlogs/6528_fix.md b/draftlogs/6528_fix.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cbd5a6baab9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/draftlogs/6528_fix.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ - fix dragging of legend when xanchor is not 'left' or yanchor is not 'top' [[#6528](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/pull/6528)]
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diff --git a/src/components/legend/draw.js b/src/components/legend/draw.js
index abbced80002..9f000a6c26c 100644
--- a/src/components/legend/draw.js
+++ b/src/components/legend/draw.js
@@ -325,9 +325,8 @@ function _draw(gd, legendObj) {
                         var newY = y0 + dy;
 
                         Drawing.setTranslate(legend, newX, newY);
-
-                        xf = dragElement.align(newX, 0, gs.l, gs.l + gs.w, legendObj.xanchor);
-                        yf = dragElement.align(newY, 0, gs.t + gs.h, gs.t, legendObj.yanchor);
+                        xf = dragElement.align(newX, legendObj._width, gs.l, gs.l + gs.w, legendObj.xanchor);
+                        yf = dragElement.align(newY + legendObj._height, -legendObj._height, gs.t + gs.h, gs.t, legendObj.yanchor);
                     },
                     doneFn: function() {
                         if(xf !== undefined && yf !== undefined) {