diff --git a/editor/src/components/canvas/canvas-strategies/strategies/grid-move-absolute.spec.browser2.tsx b/editor/src/components/canvas/canvas-strategies/strategies/grid-move-absolute.spec.browser2.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..305863f496e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/editor/src/components/canvas/canvas-strategies/strategies/grid-move-absolute.spec.browser2.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+import * as EP from '../../../../core/shared/element-path'
+import type { WindowPoint } from '../../../../core/shared/math-utils'
+import { offsetPoint, windowPoint } from '../../../../core/shared/math-utils'
+import type { Modifiers } from '../../../../utils/modifiers'
+import { cmdModifier, emptyModifiers } from '../../../../utils/modifiers'
+import { CanvasControlsContainerID } from '../../controls/new-canvas-controls'
+import type { Point } from '../../event-helpers.test-utils'
+import {
+  mouseClickAtPoint,
+  mouseDownAtPoint,
+  mouseMoveToPoint,
+  mouseUpAtPoint,
+} from '../../event-helpers.test-utils'
+import type { EditorRenderResult } from '../../ui-jsx.test-utils'
+import { getPrintedUiJsCode, renderTestEditorWithCode } from '../../ui-jsx.test-utils'
+
+async function dragElement(
+  renderResult: EditorRenderResult,
+  targetTestId: string,
+  targetControlTestId: string,
+  dragDelta: WindowPoint,
+  modifiers: Modifiers,
+): Promise<void> {
+  const targetElement = renderResult.renderedDOM.getByTestId(targetTestId)
+  const targetElementBounds = targetElement.getBoundingClientRect()
+  const canvasControlsLayer = renderResult.renderedDOM.getByTestId(CanvasControlsContainerID)
+
+  const startPoint = windowPoint({ x: targetElementBounds.x + 5, y: targetElementBounds.y + 5 })
+  const endPoint = offsetPoint(startPoint, dragDelta)
+
+  await mouseClickAtPoint(canvasControlsLayer, startPoint, { modifiers: cmdModifier })
+
+  const targetControl = renderResult.renderedDOM.getByTestId(targetControlTestId)
+
+  await mouseDownAtPoint(targetControl, startPoint, { modifiers: modifiers })
+
+  const delta: Point = {
+    x: endPoint.x - startPoint.x,
+    y: endPoint.y - startPoint.y,
+  }
+  await mouseMoveToPoint(
+    targetControl,
+    {
+      x: endPoint.x,
+      y: endPoint.y,
+    },
+    {
+      modifiers: modifiers,
+      eventOptions: {
+        movementX: delta.x,
+        movementY: delta.y,
+        buttons: 1,
+      },
+    },
+  )
+
+  await mouseUpAtPoint(canvasControlsLayer, endPoint, {
+    modifiers: modifiers,
+  })
+}
+
+describe('grid move absolute strategy', () => {
+  it('move an absolute element in a non-absolute grid', async () => {
+    const editor = await renderTestEditorWithCode(
+      `import * as React from 'react'
+import { Storyboard } from 'utopia-api'
+
+export var storyboard = (
+  <Storyboard data-uid='sb' data-testid='sb'>
+    <div
+      style={{
+        height: 'max-content',
+        position: 'absolute',
+        left: 776,
+        top: 6,
+      }}
+      data-uid='container'
+      data-testid='container'
+    >
+      <div
+        style={{
+          backgroundColor: '#aaaaaa33',
+          left: 100,
+          top: 100,
+          width: 1000,
+          height: 1000,
+          display: 'grid',
+          gridTemplateColumns: '200px 200px 200px',
+          gridTemplateRows: '200px 200px 200px',
+          gridGap: 10,
+          padding: 10,
+        }}
+        data-uid='grid'
+        data-testid='grid'
+      >
+        <div
+          style={{
+            gridColumn: 1,
+            gridRow: 1,
+            backgroundColor: '#f0f',
+            position: 'absolute',
+            left: 500,
+            top: 500,
+            width: 79,
+            height: 86,
+          }}
+          data-uid='dragme'
+          data-testid='dragme'
+        />
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </Storyboard>
+)`,
+      'await-first-dom-report',
+    )
+
+    await dragElement(
+      editor,
+      'dragme',
+      'grid-cell-sb/container/grid/dragme',
+      windowPoint({ x: -200, y: -200 }),
+      emptyModifiers,
+    )
+
+    expect(getPrintedUiJsCode(editor.getEditorState())).toEqual(
+      `import * as React from 'react'
+import { Storyboard } from 'utopia-api'
+
+export var storyboard = (
+  <Storyboard data-uid='sb' data-testid='sb'>
+    <div
+      style={{
+        height: 'max-content',
+        position: 'absolute',
+        left: 776,
+        top: 6,
+      }}
+      data-uid='container'
+      data-testid='container'
+    >
+      <div
+        style={{
+          backgroundColor: '#aaaaaa33',
+          left: 100,
+          top: 100,
+          width: 1000,
+          height: 1000,
+          display: 'grid',
+          gridTemplateColumns: '200px 200px 200px',
+          gridTemplateRows: '200px 200px 200px',
+          gridGap: 10,
+          padding: 10,
+        }}
+        data-uid='grid'
+        data-testid='grid'
+      >
+        <div
+          style={{
+            backgroundColor: '#f0f',
+            position: 'absolute',
+            width: 79,
+            height: 86,
+            gridColumn: 1,
+            gridRow: 1,
+            top: 300,
+            left: 300,
+          }}
+          data-uid='dragme'
+          data-testid='dragme'
+        />
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </Storyboard>
+)
+`,
+    )
+
+    expect(1).toEqual(1)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/editor/src/components/canvas/canvas-strategies/strategies/grid-move-absolute.ts b/editor/src/components/canvas/canvas-strategies/strategies/grid-move-absolute.ts
index a25d7f521a37..53eb97fe8f6d 100644
--- a/editor/src/components/canvas/canvas-strategies/strategies/grid-move-absolute.ts
+++ b/editor/src/components/canvas/canvas-strategies/strategies/grid-move-absolute.ts
@@ -215,6 +215,17 @@ function runGridMoveAbsolute(
     ]
   }
 
+  function getContainingRect(): CanvasRectangle {
+    if (selectedElementMetadata.specialSizeMeasurements.immediateParentProvidesLayout) {
+      const gridCellGlobalFrame = getGlobalFrameOfGridCell(gridCellGlobalFrames, targetRootCell)
+      return zeroRectIfNullOrInfinity(gridCellGlobalFrame)
+    } else {
+      return zeroRectIfNullOrInfinity(
+        selectedElementMetadata.specialSizeMeasurements.coordinateSystemBounds,
+      )
+    }
+  }
+
   // otherwise, return a change location + absolute adjustment
   return [
     ...runGridChangeElementLocation(
@@ -225,12 +236,7 @@ function runGridMoveAbsolute(
       gridTemplate,
       null,
     ),
-    ...gridChildAbsoluteMoveCommands(
-      selectedElementMetadata,
-      getGlobalFrameOfGridCell(gridCellGlobalFrames, targetRootCell) ??
-        canvasRectangle(zeroRectangle),
-      interactionData,
-    ),
+    ...gridChildAbsoluteMoveCommands(selectedElementMetadata, getContainingRect(), interactionData),
   ]
 }
 
diff --git a/editor/src/core/shared/math-utils.ts b/editor/src/core/shared/math-utils.ts
index 4978b144f4bf..a50258330f00 100644
--- a/editor/src/core/shared/math-utils.ts
+++ b/editor/src/core/shared/math-utils.ts
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ export function windowRectangle(
 }
 
 export function zeroRectIfNullOrInfinity<C extends CoordinateMarker>(
-  r: MaybeInfinityRectangle<C> | null,
+  r: MaybeInfinityRectangle<C> | null | undefined,
 ): Rectangle<C> {
   return r == null || isInfinityRectangle(r) ? (zeroRectangle as Rectangle<C>) : r
 }