diff --git a/apidoc/Titanium/UI/ListView.yml b/apidoc/Titanium/UI/ListView.yml
index 9d266002818..6bfb33d7024 100644
--- a/apidoc/Titanium/UI/ListView.yml
+++ b/apidoc/Titanium/UI/ListView.yml
@@ -387,9 +387,22 @@ events:
   - name: movestart
     summary: Fired when a list row has started moving.
     description: |
-      This property can be used to change the UI once a new drag-and-drop interaction starts.
+      This event can be used to change the UI once a new drag-and-drop interaction starts.
+      The event properties are available in Titanium SDK 12.0.0+ 
     since: "11.1.0"
     platforms: [android, iphone, ipad, macos]
+    properties:
+      - name: section
+        summary: List section from which the item is moved.
+        type: Titanium.UI.ListSection
+
+      - name: sectionIndex
+        summary: section index of the reference item.
+        type: Number
+
+      - name: itemIndex
+        summary: section item index of the reference item.
+        type: Number
 
   - name: moveend
     summary: Fired when a list row has ended moving.
diff --git a/iphone/Classes/TiUIListView.m b/iphone/Classes/TiUIListView.m
index d45631ecdaa..5304d62d86b 100644
--- a/iphone/Classes/TiUIListView.m
+++ b/iphone/Classes/TiUIListView.m
@@ -1108,7 +1108,21 @@ - (BOOL)canMoveRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
   UIDragItem *dragItem = [[UIDragItem alloc] initWithItemProvider:itemProvider];
   dragItem.localObject = identifier;
 
-  [[self proxy] fireEvent:@"movestart"];
+  // Fire an event to react to the move start
+  NSIndexPath *realIndexPath = [self pathForSearchPath:indexPath];
+  TiUIListSectionProxy *theSection = [[self.listViewProxy sectionForIndex:realIndexPath.section] retain];
+  NSDictionary *theItem = [[theSection itemAtIndex:realIndexPath.row] retain];
+  NSMutableDictionary *eventObject = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] initWithObjectsAndKeys:
+                                                                      theSection, @"section",
+                                                                  NUMINTEGER(realIndexPath.section), @"sectionIndex",
+                                                                  NUMINTEGER(realIndexPath.row), @"itemIndex",
+                                                                  nil];
+
+  [[self proxy] fireEvent:@"movestart" withObject:eventObject];
+
+  [eventObject release];
+  [theItem release];
+  [theSection release];
 
   return @[ dragItem ];
 }