diff --git a/obs/data/locale/en-US.ini b/obs/data/locale/en-US.ini
index 4c3eaed7e..f9b2b61ba 100644
--- a/obs/data/locale/en-US.ini
+++ b/obs/data/locale/en-US.ini
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ Basic.MainMenu.Edit.Undo="&Undo"
 Basic.MainMenu.Edit.Redo="&Redo"
 Basic.MainMenu.Edit.UndoAction="&Undo $1"
 Basic.MainMenu.Edit.RedoAction="&Redo $1"
+Basic.MainMenu.Edit.LockPreview="&Lock Preview"
 Basic.MainMenu.Edit.Transform="&Transform"
 Basic.MainMenu.Edit.Transform.EditTransform="&Edit Transform..."
 Basic.MainMenu.Edit.Transform.ResetTransform="&Reset Transform"
diff --git a/obs/forms/OBSBasic.ui b/obs/forms/OBSBasic.ui
index ca0e35fd9..76d8e5517 100644
--- a/obs/forms/OBSBasic.ui
+++ b/obs/forms/OBSBasic.ui
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
-    <width>957</width>
+    <width>1110</width>
     <height>724</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@
     <rect>
      <x>0</x>
      <y>0</y>
-     <width>957</width>
+     <width>1110</width>
      <height>21</height>
     </rect>
    </property>
@@ -875,6 +875,7 @@
     </widget>
     <addaction name="transformMenu"/>
     <addaction name="orderMenu"/>
+    <addaction name="actionLockPreview"/>
     <addaction name="separator"/>
     <addaction name="actionAdvAudioProperties"/>
    </widget>
@@ -1310,6 +1311,14 @@
     <string>Basic.MainMenu.View.StatusBar</string>
    </property>
   </action>
+  <action name="actionLockPreview">
+   <property name="checkable">
+    <bool>true</bool>
+   </property>
+   <property name="text">
+    <string>Basic.MainMenu.Edit.LockPreview</string>
+   </property>
+  </action>
  </widget>
  <customwidgets>
   <customwidget>
diff --git a/obs/window-basic-main.cpp b/obs/window-basic-main.cpp
index 558994459..eb3f7cfc4 100644
--- a/obs/window-basic-main.cpp
+++ b/obs/window-basic-main.cpp
@@ -374,6 +374,8 @@ void OBSBasic::Save(const char *file)
 			ui->transitionDuration->value(), transitions,
 			scene, curProgramScene);
 
+	obs_data_set_bool(saveData, "preview_locked", ui->preview->Locked());
+
 	if (!obs_data_save_json_safe(saveData, file, "tmp", "bak"))
 		blog(LOG_ERROR, "Could not save scene data to %s", file);
 
@@ -607,6 +609,10 @@ retryScene:
 
 	RefreshQuickTransitions();
 
+	bool previewLocked = obs_data_get_bool(data, "preview_locked");
+	ui->preview->SetLocked(previewLocked);
+	ui->actionLockPreview->setChecked(previewLocked);
+
 	obs_data_release(data);
 
 	if (!opt_starting_scene.empty())
@@ -2958,6 +2964,12 @@ void OBSBasic::CreateSourcePopupMenu(QListWidgetItem *item, bool preview)
 		if (IsPreviewProgramMode())
 			action->setEnabled(false);
 
+		action = popup.addAction(
+				QTStr("Basic.MainMenu.Edit.LockPreview"),
+				this, SLOT(on_actionLockPreview_triggered()));
+		action->setCheckable(true);
+		action->setChecked(ui->preview->Locked());
+
 		previewProjector = new QMenu(QTStr("PreviewProjector"));
 		AddProjectorMenuMonitors(previewProjector, this,
 				SLOT(OpenPreviewProjector()));
@@ -4306,3 +4318,9 @@ void OBSBasic::on_toggleStatusBar_toggled(bool visible)
 	config_set_bool(App()->GlobalConfig(), "BasicWindow",
 			"ShowStatusBar", visible);
 }
+
+void OBSBasic::on_actionLockPreview_triggered()
+{
+	ui->preview->ToggleLocked();
+	ui->actionLockPreview->setChecked(ui->preview->Locked());
+}
diff --git a/obs/window-basic-main.hpp b/obs/window-basic-main.hpp
index b84d16432..0fe477e88 100644
--- a/obs/window-basic-main.hpp
+++ b/obs/window-basic-main.hpp
@@ -460,6 +460,8 @@ private slots:
 	void on_actionMoveToTop_triggered();
 	void on_actionMoveToBottom_triggered();
 
+	void on_actionLockPreview_triggered();
+
 	void on_streamButton_clicked();
 	void on_recordButton_clicked();
 	void on_settingsButton_clicked();
diff --git a/obs/window-basic-preview.cpp b/obs/window-basic-preview.cpp
index 8e7725c11..dc2c4f310 100644
--- a/obs/window-basic-preview.cpp
+++ b/obs/window-basic-preview.cpp
@@ -379,6 +379,11 @@ void OBSBasicPreview::GetStretchHandleData(const vec2 &pos)
 
 void OBSBasicPreview::mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *event)
 {
+	if (locked) {
+		OBSQTDisplay::mousePressEvent(event);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	OBSBasic *main = reinterpret_cast<OBSBasic*>(App()->GetMainWindow());
 	float pixelRatio = main->devicePixelRatio();
 	float x = float(event->x()) - main->previewX / pixelRatio;
@@ -451,6 +456,11 @@ void OBSBasicPreview::ProcessClick(const vec2 &pos)
 
 void OBSBasicPreview::mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent *event)
 {
+	if (locked) {
+		OBSQTDisplay::mouseReleaseEvent(event);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (mouseDown) {
 		vec2 pos = GetMouseEventPos(event);
 
@@ -941,6 +951,9 @@ void OBSBasicPreview::StretchItem(const vec2 &pos)
 
 void OBSBasicPreview::mouseMoveEvent(QMouseEvent *event)
 {
+	if (locked)
+		return;
+
 	if (mouseDown) {
 		vec2 pos = GetMouseEventPos(event);
 
@@ -1076,6 +1089,9 @@ bool OBSBasicPreview::DrawSelectedItem(obs_scene_t *scene,
 
 void OBSBasicPreview::DrawSceneEditing()
 {
+	if (locked)
+		return;
+
 	OBSBasic *main = reinterpret_cast<OBSBasic*>(App()->GetMainWindow());
 
 	gs_effect_t    *solid = obs_get_base_effect(OBS_EFFECT_SOLID);
diff --git a/obs/window-basic-preview.hpp b/obs/window-basic-preview.hpp
index 1a2524532..c11581b67 100644
--- a/obs/window-basic-preview.hpp
+++ b/obs/window-basic-preview.hpp
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ private:
 	bool         mouseMoved     = false;
 	bool         mouseOverItems = false;
 	bool         cropping       = false;
+	bool         locked         = false;
 
 	static vec2 GetMouseEventPos(QMouseEvent *event);
 	static bool DrawSelectedItem(obs_scene_t *scene, obs_sceneitem_t *item,
@@ -80,6 +81,10 @@ public:
 
 	void DrawSceneEditing();
 
+	inline void SetLocked(bool newLockedVal) {locked = newLockedVal;}
+	inline void ToggleLocked() {locked = !locked;}
+	inline bool Locked() const {return locked;}
+
 	/* use libobs allocator for alignment because the matrices itemToScreen
 	 * and screenToItem may contain SSE data, which will cause SSE
 	 * instructions to crash if the data is not aligned to at least a 16