diff --git a/js/boilerplate.js b/js/boilerplate.js
index 2d5170c..39c0ce3 100644
--- a/js/boilerplate.js
+++ b/js/boilerplate.js
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ window.rkt_event_info = function(e, id, evt) {
 
 window.rkt_bounds = new Map();
 
-window.rkt_get_evt_handler = function(event_kind, el_id, selector, win_nr)
+window.rkt_get_evt_handler = function(event_kind, el_id, selector, win_nr, no_prevent_default = false)
 {
    let handler_key = "h-" + event_kind + "-" + el_id + "-" + selector + "-" + win_nr;
    if (window.rkt_bounds.has(handler_key)) {
@@ -61,21 +61,21 @@ window.rkt_get_evt_handler = function(event_kind, el_id, selector, win_nr)
               let obj = {evt: event_kind, id: el_id, selector: selector, window: win_nr,
 						 js_evt: window.rkt_event_info(event_kind, el_id, e) };
               window.rkt_put_evt(obj);
-              e.preventDefault();
+              if (!no_prevent_default) { e.preventDefault(); }
          }
       };
       window.rkt_bounds.set(handler_key, handler);
       return handler;
    }
-}
+};
 
 window.rkt_rm_evt_handler = function(event_kind, el_id, selector, win_nr)
 {
    let handler_key = "h-" + event_kind + "-" + el_id + "-" + selector + "-" + win_nr;
    window.rkt_bounds.delete(handler_key);
-}
+};
 
-window.rkt_bind_evt_ids = function(win_nr, selector, event_kinds) {
+window.rkt_bind_evt_ids = function(win_nr, selector, event_kinds, no_prevent_default = false) {
    try {
      let nodelist = document.querySelectorAll(selector);
      if (nodelist === undefined || nodelist === null) {
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ window.rkt_bind_evt_ids = function(win_nr, selector, event_kinds) {
             let i;
             for(i = 0; i < event_kinds.length; i++) {
                let event_kind = event_kinds[i];
-               el.addEventListener(event_kind, window.rkt_get_evt_handler(event_kind, el_id, selector, win_nr));
+               el.addEventListener(event_kind, window.rkt_get_evt_handler(event_kind, el_id, selector, win_nr, no_prevent_default));
             }
             let info = [ el_id, el_tag, el_type ];
             ids.push(info);
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ window.rkt_with_selector = function(selector, func) {
      let c = results.length;
      let r = { 'applied-to-elements': c, 'with-ids': results.filter((id) => id !== null) };
      return r;
-}
+};
 
 window.addEventListener('contextmenu', function (e) { e.preventDefault(); });
 
diff --git a/racket-webview.rkt b/racket-webview.rkt
index db3ab37..be70f36 100644
--- a/racket-webview.rkt
+++ b/racket-webview.rkt
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@
     (rkt-webview-close (wv-win-handle wv))
     'oke))
 
-(define/contract (webview-bind! wv selector event)
+(define/contract (webview-bind! wv selector event no-prevent-default)
   (-> wv-win? (or/c symbol? string?) (or/c symbol? list-of-symbol?) list?)
   (let* ((sel (if (symbol? selector)
                   (format "#~a" selector)
@@ -715,8 +715,9 @@
                                 (map (λ (e) (format "'~a'" e)) event*) ", ")))
          )
     (let ((r (webview-call-js wv
-                              (format "return window.rkt_bind_evt_ids(~a, '~a', ~a)"
-                                      (wv-win-window-nr wv) sel evt))))
+                              (format "return window.rkt_bind_evt_ids(~a, '~a', ~a, ~a)"
+                                      (wv-win-window-nr wv) sel evt
+                                      (if no-prevent-default 'true 'false)))))
       (map (λ (el)
              (list (string->symbol (car el)) (cadr el) (caddr el)))
            r))))
diff --git a/wv-window.rkt b/wv-window.rkt
index a94fc2b..0fc08b3 100644
--- a/wv-window.rkt
+++ b/wv-window.rkt
@@ -354,8 +354,10 @@
     (define/public (call-js js)
       (webview-call-js wv js))
 
-    (define/public (bind! selector events callback)
-      (let ((items (webview-bind! wv selector events))
+    (define/public (bind! selector events callback . no-prevent-default)
+      (let ((items (webview-bind! wv selector events (if (null? no-prevent-default)
+                                                         #f
+                                                         (car no-prevent-default))))
             (events* (if (symbol? events) (list events) events)))
         (map (λ (item)
                     (let ((id (car item))