diff --git a/client/components/swimlanes/swimlanes.js b/client/components/swimlanes/swimlanes.js
index b8a94cbff..5490b8e92 100644
--- a/client/components/swimlanes/swimlanes.js
+++ b/client/components/swimlanes/swimlanes.js
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ function initSortable(boardComponent, $listsDom) {
   };
 
   $listsDom.sortable({
+    connectWith: '.board-canvas',
     tolerance: 'pointer',
     helper: 'clone',
     items: '.js-list:not(.js-list-composer)',