diff --git a/crates/engine/src/vectoredit/pointer.rs b/crates/engine/src/vectoredit/pointer.rs
index 388fe245..6667a209 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/vectoredit/pointer.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/vectoredit/pointer.rs
@@ -996,8 +996,13 @@ impl Session {
         self.tool.overlay.guides.clear();
         let Gesture::Vector(g) = g else { return Ok(()) };
         match g {
-            VGesture::Points { moved, split, click_clears, .. } => {
+            VGesture::Points { verts, others, moved, split, click_clears, .. } => {
                 if moved || split.is_some() {
+                    if let ([v], None) = (verts.as_slice(), split)
+                        && others.iter().all(|(_, o)| o.is_empty())
+                    {
+                        self.merge_dropped_point(ve.id, *v, 6.0 / ev.zoom.max(1e-6))?;
+                    }
                     self.commit_interaction()?;
                 } else {
                     self.cancel_interaction()?;
@@ -1057,4 +1062,40 @@ impl Session {
         }
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    /// Point `v` of vector `id`, dragged and dropped within `tol` (page units) of another of its
+    /// points, merges into that point (in the same undo step as the move), which stays selected.
+    fn merge_dropped_point(&mut self, id: NodeId, v: usize, tol: f64) -> Result<()> {
+        let moved = self.ds()?.doc.get(id)?.clone();
+        let w = self.ds()?.doc.world_transform(id);
+        let NodeKind::Vector { network: net } = &moved.kind else { return Ok(()) };
+        let Some(p) = net.vertices.get(v).map(|x| w * x.point()) else { return Ok(()) };
+        let Some(keep) = net
+            .vertices
+            .iter()
+            .enumerate()
+            .filter(|(i, _)| *i != v)
+            .map(|(i, x)| (i, (w * x.point() - p).hypot()))
+            .filter(|(_, d)| *d <= tol)
+            .min_by(|a, b| a.1.total_cmp(&b.1))
+            .map(|(i, _)| i)
+        else {
+            return Ok(());
+        };
+        let mut merged = net.clone();
+        ops::merge_vertices(&mut merged, keep, v);
+        // A merge that would leave no segment (a 2-point line's ends dropped together) only moves.
+        if merged.segments.is_empty() {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+        // The preview starts again from the document before the drag: bring the moved layer.
+        self.preview(|doc, _| {
+            *doc.get_mut(id)? = moved;
+            edit(doc, id, |net| *net = merged)
+        })?;
+        set_state(self, |e| {
+            e.vertices = vec![if keep > v { keep - 1 } else { keep }];
+            e.segments.clear();
+        })
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/vectoredit/tests.rs b/crates/engine/src/vectoredit/tests.rs
index ae7ac27e..0eba28e3 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/vectoredit/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/vectoredit/tests.rs
@@ -280,6 +280,36 @@ fn mirroring_position_and_join_commands() {
     assert!(s.execute("vector.join", &json!({"ids": [id]})).is_ok());
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn a_point_dropped_on_another_merges_into_it() {
+    // #401: an open path's end dragged onto its start closes the path at that point.
+    let mut s = Session::new();
+    let r = ex(&mut s, "vector.create", json!({"points": [[0, 0], [100, 0], [100, 100], [0, 100]]}));
+    let id = crate::params::id_of(&r["id"]).unwrap();
+    ex(&mut s, "vector.edit.begin", json!({"id": id}));
+    drag(&mut s, (0.0, 100.0), (2.0, 3.0));
+    let n = net(&s, id);
+    assert_eq!(n.vertices.len(), 3, "the dropped point merged");
+    assert!((0..3).all(|v| n.incident(v).len() == 2), "a closed path: {n:?}");
+    assert_eq!(ve(&s).vertices, vec![vertex_at(&n, 0.0, 0.0)], "the point it merged into stays selected");
+    s.undo().unwrap();
+    let n = net(&s, id);
+    assert_eq!(n.vertices.len(), 4, "one undo step takes back the move and the merge");
+    vertex_at(&n, 0.0, 100.0);
+    // A drop away from every point only moves it.
+    ex(&mut s, "vector.edit.select", json!({"vertices": []}));
+    drag(&mut s, (0.0, 100.0), (0.0, 50.0));
+    assert_eq!(net(&s, id).vertices.len(), 4);
+    // A 2-point line's end dropped on its other end only moves: no segment would be left.
+    let mut s = Session::new();
+    let r = ex(&mut s, "vector.create", json!({"points": [[0, 0], [100, 0]]}));
+    let id = crate::params::id_of(&r["id"]).unwrap();
+    ex(&mut s, "vector.edit.begin", json!({"id": id}));
+    drag(&mut s, (100.0, 0.0), (2.0, 0.0));
+    let n = net(&s, id);
+    assert_eq!((n.vertices.len(), n.segments.len()), (2, 1), "still a line: {n:?}");
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn undo_back_past_the_conversion_leaves_edit_mode() {
     let mut s = Session::new();