diff --git a/src/features/terminal/TerminalView.tsx b/src/features/terminal/TerminalView.tsx
index 12d5b0ae9..37ec86b0d 100644
--- a/src/features/terminal/TerminalView.tsx
+++ b/src/features/terminal/TerminalView.tsx
@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@ import {
   Tabs,
   type MenuItem,
   type TabItem,
+  type TabsDnd,
 } from "@/ui";
 import {
   getSession,
+  moveTab,
   newTab,
   publishFocus,
   renameTab,
@@ -36,6 +38,13 @@ import styles from "./Terminal.module.css";
 
 const TAB_PREFIX = "openidea-terminal";
 
+/** Dragging a tab reorders the sessions, like IDEA's terminal tabs. */
+const TAB_DND: TabsDnd = {
+  type: "application/x-openidea-terminal-tab",
+  payload: (id) => id,
+  onDrop: (id, index) => moveTab(id, index),
+};
+
 /** Full title when the label is trimmed, then the working directory. */
 function tabTooltip(tab: TerminalTab, sessions: Parameters<typeof tabTitle>[1]): string | undefined {
   const full = tabFullTitle(tab, sessions);
@@ -336,6 +345,7 @@ export function TerminalTabs() {
         onClose={(id) => void onClose(id)}
         onContextMenu={tabMenu}
         panelIdPrefix={TAB_PREFIX}
+        dnd={TAB_DND}
         trailing={
           <div className={styles.tabActions}>
             <IconButton icon="plus" size="small" action="terminal.new" title="New Tab" />
diff --git a/src/features/terminal/store.ts b/src/features/terminal/store.ts
index 463bfb6b8..16c02e9b2 100644
--- a/src/features/terminal/store.ts
+++ b/src/features/terminal/store.ts
@@ -205,6 +205,20 @@ export function selectTab(id: string) {
   useTerminals.setState({ activeTab: id });
 }
 
+/** `tabs` with tab `id` moved to insertion `index`, an index into `tabs` before the move. */
+export function reorderTabs<T extends { id: string }>(tabs: readonly T[], id: string, index: number): T[] {
+  const from = tabs.findIndex((t) => t.id === id);
+  if (from < 0) return [...tabs];
+  const rest = tabs.filter((t) => t.id !== id);
+  rest.splice(Math.max(0, Math.min(index > from ? index - 1 : index, rest.length)), 0, tabs[from]!);
+  return rest;
+}
+
+/** Drag & drop in the tab strip. */
+export function moveTab(id: string, index: number) {
+  useTerminals.setState((s) => ({ tabs: reorderTabs(s.tabs, id, index) }));
+}
+
 export function renameTab(id: string, name: string) {
   const trimmed = name.trim();
   useTerminals.setState((s) => ({
diff --git a/src/features/terminal/terminal.test.ts b/src/features/terminal/terminal.test.ts
index 548cb5ed5..1a5edf3ce 100644
--- a/src/features/terminal/terminal.test.ts
+++ b/src/features/terminal/terminal.test.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   layoutPanes,
   nextTabName,
   removeFromLayout,
+  reorderTabs,
   splitLayout,
   tabFullTitle,
   tabTitle,
@@ -230,6 +231,21 @@ describe("tab names", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("tab order", () => {
+  const ids = (tabs: { id: string }[]) => tabs.map((t) => t.id).join("");
+  const tabs = [{ id: "a" }, { id: "b" }, { id: "c" }];
+
+  it("moves a dragged tab to the insertion index", () => {
+    expect(ids(reorderTabs(tabs, "a", 3))).toBe("bca");
+    expect(ids(reorderTabs(tabs, "a", 2))).toBe("bac");
+    expect(ids(reorderTabs(tabs, "c", 0))).toBe("cab");
+    expect(ids(reorderTabs(tabs, "b", 1))).toBe("abc");
+    expect(ids(reorderTabs(tabs, "b", 2))).toBe("abc");
+  });
+
+  it("ignores unknown tabs", () => expect(ids(reorderTabs(tabs, "x", 0))).toBe("abc"));
+});
+
 describe("terminal find", () => {
   it("formats the match counter", () => {
     expect(matchCounter(null, "x")).toBe("");