diff --git a/widget/splitcontainer.go b/widget/splitcontainer.go
index 9f8ea1fcdf..e47bd68042 100644
--- a/widget/splitcontainer.go
+++ b/widget/splitcontainer.go
@@ -222,8 +222,20 @@ func (d *divider) DragEnd() {
 func (d *divider) Dragged(event *fyne.DragEvent) {
 	offset := d.split.Offset
 	if d.split.Horizontal {
+		if leadingRatio := float64(d.split.Leading.Size().Width) / float64(d.split.Size().Width); offset < leadingRatio {
+			offset = leadingRatio
+		}
+		if trailingRatio := 1. - (float64(d.split.Trailing.Size().Width) / float64(d.split.Size().Width)); offset > trailingRatio {
+			offset = trailingRatio
+		}
 		offset += float64(event.Dragged.DX) / float64(d.split.Size().Width)
 	} else {
+		if leadingRatio := float64(d.split.Leading.Size().Height) / float64(d.split.Size().Height); offset < leadingRatio {
+			offset = leadingRatio
+		}
+		if trailingRatio := 1. - (float64(d.split.Trailing.Size().Height) / float64(d.split.Size().Height)); offset > trailingRatio {
+			offset = trailingRatio
+		}
 		offset += float64(event.Dragged.DY) / float64(d.split.Size().Height)
 	}
 	d.split.SetOffset(offset)
diff --git a/widget/splitcontainer_test.go b/widget/splitcontainer_test.go
index b340d61758..a3dd45aba1 100644
--- a/widget/splitcontainer_test.go
+++ b/widget/splitcontainer_test.go
@@ -278,6 +278,64 @@ func TestSplitContainer_divider_drag(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestSplitContainer_divider_drag_StartOffsetLessThanMinSize(t *testing.T) {
+	size := fyne.NewSize(30, 30)
+	objA := canvas.NewRectangle(color.NRGBA{0, 0, 0, 0})
+	objA.SetMinSize(size)
+	objB := canvas.NewRectangle(color.NRGBA{0, 0, 0, 0})
+	objB.SetMinSize(size)
+	t.Run("Horizontal", func(t *testing.T) {
+		split := NewHSplitContainer(objA, objB)
+		split.Resize(fyne.NewSize(100, 100))
+		divider := newDivider(split)
+		t.Run("Leading", func(t *testing.T) {
+			split.SetOffset(0.1)
+
+			divider.Dragged(&fyne.DragEvent{
+				Dragged: fyne.NewDelta(10, 0),
+			})
+			divider.DragEnd()
+
+			assert.Equal(t, 0.4, split.Offset)
+		})
+		t.Run("Trailing", func(t *testing.T) {
+			split.SetOffset(0.9)
+
+			divider.Dragged(&fyne.DragEvent{
+				Dragged: fyne.NewDelta(-10, 0),
+			})
+			divider.DragEnd()
+
+			assert.Equal(t, 0.6, split.Offset)
+		})
+	})
+	t.Run("Vertical", func(t *testing.T) {
+		split := NewVSplitContainer(objA, objB)
+		split.Resize(fyne.NewSize(100, 100))
+		divider := newDivider(split)
+		t.Run("Leading", func(t *testing.T) {
+			split.SetOffset(0.1)
+
+			divider.Dragged(&fyne.DragEvent{
+				Dragged: fyne.NewDelta(0, 10),
+			})
+			divider.DragEnd()
+
+			assert.Equal(t, 0.4, split.Offset)
+		})
+		t.Run("Trailing", func(t *testing.T) {
+			split.SetOffset(0.9)
+
+			divider.Dragged(&fyne.DragEvent{
+				Dragged: fyne.NewDelta(0, -10),
+			})
+			divider.DragEnd()
+
+			assert.Equal(t, 0.6, split.Offset)
+		})
+	})
+}
+
 func TestSplitContainer_divider_hover(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("Horizontal", func(t *testing.T) {
 		divider := newDivider(&SplitContainer{Horizontal: true})