diff --git a/docs/.vuepress/config.js b/docs/.vuepress/config.js
index bb57688e..b4bc2829 100755
--- a/docs/.vuepress/config.js
+++ b/docs/.vuepress/config.js
@@ -145,9 +145,10 @@ module.exports = {
           title: 'Drag to Zoom',
           children: [
             'drag/category',
-            'drag/linear',
             'drag/linear-ratio',
+            'drag/linear',
             'drag/log',
+            'drag/reject-outside',
             'drag/time',
             'drag/timeseries',
           ]
diff --git a/docs/samples/drag/reject-outside.md b/docs/samples/drag/reject-outside.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c499503a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/samples/drag/reject-outside.md
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+# Reject outside chartArea
+
+Zooming is performed by clicking and selecting an area over the chart with the mouse. Pan is activated by keeping `ctrl` pressed.
+
+```js chart-editor
+// <block:data:1>
+const NUMBER_CFG = {count: 20, min: -100, max: 100};
+const data = {
+  datasets: [{
+    label: 'My First dataset',
+    borderColor: Utils.randomColor(0.4),
+    backgroundColor: Utils.randomColor(0.1),
+    pointBorderColor: Utils.randomColor(0.7),
+    pointBackgroundColor: Utils.randomColor(0.5),
+    pointBorderWidth: 1,
+    data: Utils.points(NUMBER_CFG),
+  }, {
+    label: 'My Second dataset',
+    borderColor: Utils.randomColor(0.4),
+    backgroundColor: Utils.randomColor(0.1),
+    pointBorderColor: Utils.randomColor(0.7),
+    pointBackgroundColor: Utils.randomColor(0.5),
+    pointBorderWidth: 1,
+    data: Utils.points(NUMBER_CFG),
+  }]
+};
+// </block:data>
+
+// <block:scales:2>
+const scaleOpts = {
+  reverse: true,
+  ticks: {
+    callback: (val, index, ticks) => index === 0 || index === ticks.length - 1 ? null : val,
+  },
+  grid: {
+    borderColor: Utils.randomColor(1),
+    color: 'rgba( 0, 0, 0, 0.1)',
+  },
+  title: {
+    display: true,
+    text: (ctx) => ctx.scale.axis + ' axis',
+  }
+};
+const scales = {
+  x: {
+    position: 'top',
+  },
+  y: {
+    position: 'right',
+  },
+};
+Object.keys(scales).forEach(scale => Object.assign(scales[scale], scaleOpts));
+// </block:scales>
+
+// <block:zoom:0>
+const dragColor = Utils.randomColor(0.4);
+const zoomOptions = {
+  pan: {
+    enabled: true,
+    mode: 'xy',
+    modifierKey: 'ctrl',
+  },
+  zoom: {
+    mode: 'xy',
+    // here is the magic!
+    onZoomStart: ({chart, point}) => chart.isPointInArea(point),
+    drag: {
+      enabled: true,
+      borderColor: 'rgb(54, 162, 235)',
+      borderWidth: 1,
+      backgroundColor: 'rgba(54, 162, 235, 0.3)'
+    }
+  }
+};
+// </block:zoom>
+
+const zoomStatus = () => zoomOptions.zoom.drag.enabled ? 'enabled' : 'disabled';
+
+// <block:config:1>
+const config = {
+  type: 'scatter',
+  data: data,
+  options: {
+    scales: scales,
+    plugins: {
+      zoom: zoomOptions,
+      title: {
+        display: true,
+        position: 'bottom',
+        text: (ctx) => 'Zoom: ' + zoomStatus()
+      }
+    },
+  }
+};
+// </block:config>
+
+const actions = [
+  {
+    name: 'Toggle zoom',
+    handler(chart) {
+      zoomOptions.zoom.drag.enabled = !zoomOptions.zoom.drag.enabled;
+      chart.update();
+    }
+  }, {
+    name: 'Reset zoom',
+    handler(chart) {
+      chart.resetZoom();
+    }
+  }
+];
+
+module.exports = {
+  actions,
+  config,
+};
+```
diff --git a/src/hammer.js b/src/hammer.js
index d8d5ab96..6e0877fe 100644
--- a/src/hammer.js
+++ b/src/hammer.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {callback as call} from 'chart.js/helpers';
+import {callback as call, getRelativePosition} from 'chart.js/helpers';
 import Hammer from 'hammerjs';
 import {pan, zoom} from './core';
 import {getState} from './state';
@@ -66,9 +66,10 @@ function handlePinch(chart, state, e) {
   }
 }
 
-function startPinch(chart, state) {
+function startPinch(chart, state, event) {
   if (state.options.zoom.pinch.enabled) {
-    call(state.options.zoom.onZoomStart, [{chart}]);
+    const point = getRelativePosition(event, chart);
+    call(state.options.zoom.onZoomStart, [{chart, event, point}]);
     state.scale = 1;
   }
 }
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ export function startHammer(chart, options) {
   const mc = new Hammer.Manager(canvas);
   if (zoomOptions && zoomOptions.pinch.enabled) {
     mc.add(new Hammer.Pinch());
-    mc.on('pinchstart', () => startPinch(chart, state));
+    mc.on('pinchstart', (e) => startPinch(chart, state, e));
     mc.on('pinch', (e) => handlePinch(chart, state, e));
     mc.on('pinchend', (e) => endPinch(chart, state, e));
   }