diff --git a/ts/components/conversation/WaveformScrubber.tsx b/ts/components/conversation/WaveformScrubber.tsx
index a5d73aec2d6..f28c5c879fc 100644
--- a/ts/components/conversation/WaveformScrubber.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/conversation/WaveformScrubber.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import type { LocalizerType } from '../../types/Util';
 import { durationToPlaybackText } from '../../util/durationToPlaybackText';
 import { Waveform } from './Waveform';
 import { arrow } from '../../util/keyboard';
+import { globalMessageAudio } from '../../services/globalMessageAudio';
 
 type Props = Readonly<{
   i18n: LocalizerType;
@@ -20,10 +21,9 @@ type Props = Readonly<{
 }>;
 
 const BAR_COUNT = 47;
-
 const REWIND_BAR_COUNT = 2;
 
-// Increments for keyboard audio seek (in seconds)\
+// Increments for keyboard audio seek (in seconds)
 const SMALL_INCREMENT = 1;
 const BIG_INCREMENT = 5;
 
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ export const WaveformScrubber = React.forwardRef(function WaveformScrubber(
   ref
 ): JSX.Element {
   const refMerger = useRefMerger();
-
   const waveformRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
 
   // Clicking waveform moves playback head position and starts playback.
@@ -63,11 +62,62 @@ export const WaveformScrubber = React.forwardRef(function WaveformScrubber(
 
       onClick(progress);
     },
-    [waveformRef, onClick]
+    [onClick]
+  );
+
+  const handleMouseDrag = useCallback(
+    (e: React.MouseEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
+      e.preventDefault();
+
+      let isDragging = true;
+      const wasPlayingBeforeDrag = globalMessageAudio?.playing || false;
+
+      if (globalMessageAudio?.playing) {
+        globalMessageAudio.pause();
+      }
+
+      globalMessageAudio?.muted(true);
+
+      const handleMouseMove = (moveEvent: MouseEvent) => {
+        if (!isDragging || !waveformRef.current) {
+          return;
+        }
+
+        const rect = waveformRef.current.getBoundingClientRect();
+        let positionAsRatio = (moveEvent.clientX - rect.left) / rect.width;
+        positionAsRatio = Math.min(Math.max(0, positionAsRatio), 1);
+
+        onScrub(positionAsRatio);
+
+        const durationVal = globalMessageAudio?.duration;
+        if (
+          durationVal !== undefined &&
+          !Number.isNaN(durationVal) &&
+          durationVal > 0
+        ) {
+          globalMessageAudio.currentTime = positionAsRatio * durationVal;
+        }
+      };
+
+      const handleMouseUp = () => {
+        isDragging = false;
+        document.removeEventListener('mousemove', handleMouseMove);
+        document.removeEventListener('mouseup', handleMouseUp);
+
+        globalMessageAudio?.muted(false);
+
+        if (wasPlayingBeforeDrag) {
+          globalMessageAudio?.play();
+        }
+      };
+
+      document.addEventListener('mousemove', handleMouseMove);
+      document.addEventListener('mouseup', handleMouseUp);
+    },
+    [onScrub]
   );
 
-  // Keyboard navigation for waveform. Pressing keys moves playback head
-  // forward/backwards.
+  // Keyboard navigation for waveform
   const handleKeyDown = (event: React.KeyboardEvent) => {
     if (!duration) {
       return;
@@ -84,7 +134,6 @@ export const WaveformScrubber = React.forwardRef(function WaveformScrubber(
     } else if (event.key === 'PageDown') {
       increment = -BIG_INCREMENT;
     } else {
-      // We don't handle other keys
       return;
     }
 
@@ -103,6 +152,7 @@ export const WaveformScrubber = React.forwardRef(function WaveformScrubber(
       ref={refMerger(waveformRef, ref)}
       className="WaveformScrubber"
       onClick={handleClick}
+      onMouseDown={handleMouseDrag}
       onKeyDown={handleKeyDown}
       tabIndex={0}
       role="slider"
diff --git a/ts/services/globalMessageAudio.ts b/ts/services/globalMessageAudio.ts
index b6f3560a41d..8da8948e75f 100644
--- a/ts/services/globalMessageAudio.ts
+++ b/ts/services/globalMessageAudio.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ class GlobalMessageAudio {
     this.#playing = false;
   }
 
+  muted(value: boolean): void {
+    this.#audio.muted = value;
+  }
+
   get playbackRate() {
     return this.#audio.playbackRate;
   }
diff --git a/ts/test-node/components/conversation/WaveformScrubberDragging_test.ts b/ts/test-node/components/conversation/WaveformScrubberDragging_test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..084fbbc0800
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ts/test-node/components/conversation/WaveformScrubberDragging_test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+// Copyright 2025 Signal Messenger, LLC
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+
+import { assert } from 'chai';
+import { describe, it, beforeEach } from 'mocha';
+import * as sinon from 'sinon';
+
+describe('WaveformScrubberDragging', () => {
+  let isDragging = false;
+  let wasPlayingBeforeDrag = false;
+  let onScrubMock: sinon.SinonSpy;
+  let mockDocument: {
+    addEventListener: sinon.SinonSpy;
+    removeEventListener: sinon.SinonSpy;
+  };
+  let mockAudio: {
+    playing: boolean;
+    duration: number;
+    currentTime: number;
+    play: sinon.SinonSpy;
+    pause: sinon.SinonSpy;
+  };
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    mockDocument = {
+      addEventListener: sinon.spy(),
+      removeEventListener: sinon.spy(),
+    };
+    mockAudio = {
+      playing: true,
+      duration: 10,
+      currentTime: 0,
+      play: sinon.spy(),
+      pause: sinon.spy(),
+    };
+    isDragging = false;
+    wasPlayingBeforeDrag = false;
+  });
+
+  function calculatePositionAsRatio(clientX: number): number {
+    return clientX / 100;
+  }
+
+  function handleMouseDown(): void {
+    isDragging = true;
+    wasPlayingBeforeDrag = mockAudio.playing;
+
+    if (wasPlayingBeforeDrag) {
+      mockAudio.pause();
+    }
+
+    mockDocument.addEventListener('mousemove', handleMouseMove);
+    mockDocument.addEventListener('mouseup', handleMouseUp);
+  }
+
+  function handleMouseMove(event: { clientX: number }): void {
+    if (!isDragging) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const positionAsRatio = calculatePositionAsRatio(event.clientX);
+    onScrubMock(positionAsRatio);
+    mockAudio.currentTime = positionAsRatio * mockAudio.duration;
+  }
+
+  function handleMouseUp(): void {
+    isDragging = false;
+
+    mockDocument.removeEventListener('mousemove', handleMouseMove);
+    mockDocument.removeEventListener('mouseup', handleMouseUp);
+
+    if (wasPlayingBeforeDrag) {
+      mockAudio.play();
+    }
+  }
+
+  it('should call onScrub with correct ratio while dragging', () => {
+    onScrubMock = sinon.spy();
+
+    handleMouseDown();
+
+    assert.isTrue(mockAudio.pause.calledOnce, 'pause should be called');
+
+    const mouseMoveHandlerEntry = mockDocument.addEventListener.args.find(
+      (args: Array<unknown>) => args[0] === 'mousemove'
+    );
+
+    if (!mouseMoveHandlerEntry) {
+      throw new Error('mousemove handler not found');
+    }
+
+    const mouseMoveHandler = mouseMoveHandlerEntry[1] as (event: {
+      clientX: number;
+    }) => void;
+
+    mouseMoveHandler({ clientX: 40 });
+
+    assert.isTrue(onScrubMock.calledOnce, 'onScrub should be called once');
+    assert.closeTo(
+      onScrubMock.args[0][0] as number,
+      0.4,
+      0.05,
+      'onScrub called with ~0.4'
+    );
+
+    assert.equal(mockAudio.currentTime, 4, 'currentTime should be 4 seconds');
+
+    const mouseUpHandlerEntry = mockDocument.addEventListener.args.find(
+      (args: Array<unknown>) => args[0] === 'mouseup'
+    );
+
+    if (!mouseUpHandlerEntry) {
+      throw new Error('mouseup handler not found');
+    }
+
+    const mouseUpHandler = mouseUpHandlerEntry[1] as () => void;
+
+    mouseUpHandler();
+
+    assert.isFalse(isDragging, 'Dragging should be stopped');
+    assert.isTrue(mockAudio.play.calledOnce, 'play should be called');
+
+    assert.isTrue(
+      mockDocument.removeEventListener.calledWith('mousemove', handleMouseMove),
+      'mousemove listener should be removed'
+    );
+
+    assert.isTrue(
+      mockDocument.removeEventListener.calledWith('mouseup', handleMouseUp),
+      'mouseup listener should be removed'
+    );
+  });
+});