diff --git a/projects/angular-calendar/src/modules/week/calendar-week-view-header.component.ts b/projects/angular-calendar/src/modules/week/calendar-week-view-header.component.ts
index 8da1dd3ef..427fe3025 100644
--- a/projects/angular-calendar/src/modules/week/calendar-week-view-header.component.ts
+++ b/projects/angular-calendar/src/modules/week/calendar-week-view-header.component.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { trackByWeekDayHeaderDate } from '../common/util';
       let-dayHeaderClicked="dayHeaderClicked"
       let-eventDropped="eventDropped"
       let-trackByWeekDayHeaderDate="trackByWeekDayHeaderDate"
+      let-dragEnter="dragEnter"
     >
       <div class="cal-day-headers" role="row">
         <div
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ import { trackByWeekDayHeaderDate } from '../common/util';
               newStart: day.date
             })
           "
+          (dragEnter)="dragEnter.emit({ date: day.date })"
           tabindex="0"
           role="columnheader"
         >
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ import { trackByWeekDayHeaderDate } from '../common/util';
         locale: locale,
         dayHeaderClicked: dayHeaderClicked,
         eventDropped: eventDropped,
+        dragEnter: dragEnter,
         trackByWeekDayHeaderDate: trackByWeekDayHeaderDate
       }"
     >
@@ -68,17 +71,17 @@ export class CalendarWeekViewHeaderComponent {
 
   @Input() customTemplate: TemplateRef<any>;
 
-  @Output()
-  dayHeaderClicked = new EventEmitter<{
+  @Output() dayHeaderClicked = new EventEmitter<{
     day: WeekDay;
     sourceEvent: MouseEvent;
   }>();
 
-  @Output()
-  eventDropped: EventEmitter<{
+  @Output() eventDropped = new EventEmitter<{
     event: CalendarEvent;
     newStart: Date;
-  }> = new EventEmitter<{ event: CalendarEvent; newStart: Date }>();
+  }>();
+
+  @Output() dragEnter = new EventEmitter<{ date: Date }>();
 
   trackByWeekDayHeaderDate = trackByWeekDayHeaderDate;
 }
diff --git a/projects/angular-calendar/src/modules/week/calendar-week-view.component.ts b/projects/angular-calendar/src/modules/week/calendar-week-view.component.ts
index f7a25f5fa..fec38b5d8 100644
--- a/projects/angular-calendar/src/modules/week/calendar-week-view.component.ts
+++ b/projects/angular-calendar/src/modules/week/calendar-week-view.component.ts
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ export interface CalendarWeekViewBeforeRenderEvent extends WeekView {
         (eventDropped)="
           eventDropped({ dropData: $event }, $event.newStart, true)
         "
+        (dragEnter)="dateDragEnter($event.date)"
       >
       </mwl-calendar-week-view-header>
       <div
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ export interface CalendarWeekViewBeforeRenderEvent extends WeekView {
             mwlDroppable
             dragOverClass="cal-drag-over"
             (drop)="eventDropped($event, day.date, true)"
+            (dragEnter)="dateDragEnter(day.date)"
           ></div>
         </div>
         <div
@@ -367,6 +369,7 @@ export interface CalendarWeekViewBeforeRenderEvent extends WeekView {
                 "
                 dragActiveClass="cal-drag-active"
                 (drop)="eventDropped($event, segment.date, false)"
+                (dragEnter)="dateDragEnter(segment.date)"
               >
               </mwl-calendar-week-view-hour-segment>
             </div>
@@ -644,6 +647,11 @@ export class CalendarWeekViewComponent implements OnChanges, OnInit, OnDestroy {
    */
   trackByDayOrWeekEvent = trackByDayOrWeekEvent;
 
+  /**
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  private lastDragEnterDate: Date;
+
   /**
    * @hidden
    */
@@ -893,6 +901,13 @@ export class CalendarWeekViewComponent implements OnChanges, OnInit, OnDestroy {
     return Math.floor(eventRowContainer.offsetWidth / this.days.length);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  dateDragEnter(date: Date) {
+    this.lastDragEnterDate = date;
+  }
+
   /**
    * @hidden
    */
@@ -901,7 +916,10 @@ export class CalendarWeekViewComponent implements OnChanges, OnInit, OnDestroy {
     date: Date,
     allDay: boolean
   ): void {
-    if (shouldFireDroppedEvent(dropEvent, date, allDay, this.calendarId)) {
+    if (
+      shouldFireDroppedEvent(dropEvent, date, allDay, this.calendarId) &&
+      this.lastDragEnterDate.getTime() === date.getTime()
+    ) {
       this.eventTimesChanged.emit({
         type: CalendarEventTimesChangedEventType.Drop,
         event: dropEvent.dropData.event,
diff --git a/projects/angular-calendar/test/calendar-week-view.component.spec.ts b/projects/angular-calendar/test/calendar-week-view.component.spec.ts
index e8cae6966..33010de84 100644
--- a/projects/angular-calendar/test/calendar-week-view.component.spec.ts
+++ b/projects/angular-calendar/test/calendar-week-view.component.spec.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,24 @@ import * as sinon from 'sinon';
 import { triggerDomEvent, ExternalEventComponent } from './util';
 import { take } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { adapterFactory } from '../src/date-adapters/date-fns';
+import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+
+@Component({
+  template: `
+    <mwl-calendar-week-view
+      [viewDate]="viewDate"
+      [events]="events"
+      (eventTimesChanged)="eventTimesChanged($event)"
+    ></mwl-calendar-week-view>
+    <mwl-external-event></mwl-external-event>
+  `
+})
+class TestComponent {
+  viewDate: Date;
+  events: CalendarEvent[];
+  eventTimesChanged = sinon.spy();
+}
 
 describe('calendarWeekView component', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
@@ -45,7 +63,7 @@ describe('calendarWeekView component', () => {
         ),
         DragAndDropModule
       ],
-      declarations: [ExternalEventComponent],
+      declarations: [ExternalEventComponent, TestComponent],
       providers: [{ provide: MOMENT, useValue: moment }]
     });
   });
@@ -912,20 +930,14 @@ describe('calendarWeekView component', () => {
   });
 
   it('should allow external events to be dropped on the week view headers', () => {
-    const fixture: ComponentFixture<
-      CalendarWeekViewComponent
-    > = TestBed.createComponent(CalendarWeekViewComponent);
+    const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(TestComponent);
     fixture.componentInstance.viewDate = new Date('2016-06-27');
     fixture.componentInstance.events = [];
-    fixture.componentInstance.ngOnChanges({ viewDate: {}, events: {} });
     fixture.detectChanges();
     document.body.appendChild(fixture.nativeElement);
-
-    const externalEventFixture: ComponentFixture<
-      ExternalEventComponent
-    > = TestBed.createComponent(ExternalEventComponent);
-    externalEventFixture.detectChanges();
-    document.body.appendChild(externalEventFixture.nativeElement);
+    const externalEventFixture = fixture.debugElement.query(
+      By.directive(ExternalEventComponent)
+    );
 
     const event: HTMLElement = externalEventFixture.nativeElement.querySelector(
       '.external-event'
@@ -938,8 +950,7 @@ describe('calendarWeekView component', () => {
     const header: HTMLElement = headers[2];
     const headerPosition: ClientRect = header.getBoundingClientRect();
 
-    const eventDropped: sinon.SinonSpy = sinon.spy();
-    fixture.componentInstance.eventTimesChanged.subscribe(eventDropped);
+    const eventDropped = fixture.componentInstance.eventTimesChanged;
     triggerDomEvent('mousedown', event, {
       clientY: eventPosition.top,
       clientX: eventPosition.left
@@ -955,8 +966,6 @@ describe('calendarWeekView component', () => {
       clientX: headerPosition.left
     });
     fixture.detectChanges();
-    fixture.destroy();
-    externalEventFixture.destroy();
     expect(eventDropped).to.have.been.calledWith({
       type: 'drop',
       event: externalEventFixture.componentInstance.event,
@@ -966,6 +975,7 @@ describe('calendarWeekView component', () => {
         .toDate(),
       allDay: true
     });
+    expect(eventDropped).to.have.been.calledOnce;
   });
 
   it('should allow the weekend days to be customised', () => {
@@ -2336,4 +2346,56 @@ describe('calendarWeekView component', () => {
     );
     document.head.appendChild(style);
   });
+
+  it('should allow external events to be dropped on the hour segments', () => {
+    const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(TestComponent);
+    fixture.componentInstance.viewDate = new Date('2016-06-27');
+    fixture.componentInstance.events = [];
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+    document.body.appendChild(fixture.nativeElement);
+    const externalEventFixture = fixture.debugElement.query(
+      By.directive(ExternalEventComponent)
+    );
+
+    const event: HTMLElement = externalEventFixture.nativeElement.querySelector(
+      '.external-event'
+    );
+    const eventPosition: ClientRect = event.getBoundingClientRect();
+
+    const segments: HTMLElement[] = Array.from(
+      fixture.nativeElement.querySelectorAll(
+        '.cal-day-columns .cal-hour-segment'
+      )
+    );
+    const segment = segments[1];
+    const segmentPosition: ClientRect = segment.getBoundingClientRect();
+
+    const eventDropped = fixture.componentInstance.eventTimesChanged;
+
+    triggerDomEvent('mousedown', event, {
+      clientY: eventPosition.top,
+      clientX: eventPosition.left
+    });
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+    triggerDomEvent('mousemove', document.body, {
+      clientY: segmentPosition.top,
+      clientX: segmentPosition.left
+    });
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+    triggerDomEvent('mouseup', document.body, {
+      clientY: segmentPosition.top,
+      clientX: segmentPosition.left
+    });
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+    expect(eventDropped).to.have.been.calledWith({
+      type: 'drop',
+      event: externalEventFixture.componentInstance.event,
+      newStart: moment('2016-06-27')
+        .startOf('week')
+        .add(30, 'minutes')
+        .toDate(),
+      allDay: false
+    });
+    expect(eventDropped).to.have.been.calledOnce;
+  });
 });
diff --git a/projects/angular-calendar/test/util.ts b/projects/angular-calendar/test/util.ts
index 5fc9efa0f..a1eb00040 100644
--- a/projects/angular-calendar/test/util.ts
+++ b/projects/angular-calendar/test/util.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export function triggerDomEvent(
 }
 
 @Component({
+  selector: 'mwl-external-event',
   template:
     '<div class="external-event" mwlDraggable [dropData]="{event: event}">{{ event.title }}</div>',
   styles: [