diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/components/App.tsx b/packages/excalidraw/components/App.tsx
index a6fc3572a9..a1d75fd348 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/components/App.tsx
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/components/App.tsx
@@ -1015,10 +1015,11 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
 
   /**
    * Whether the active tool captures the primary pointer instead of the
-   * view-mode drag-to-pan — the laser always does; while non-interactive,
-   * any tool allowed via `interaction.enabled.tools` does. (Editing tools
-   * capture the pointer trivially since view mode implies they're not
-   * active; this predicate only matters where view-mode gates apply.)
+   * view-mode drag-to-pan — the laser and host-implemented custom tools do;
+   * while non-interactive, any tool allowed via
+   * `interaction.enabled.tools` does. (Editing tools capture the pointer
+   * trivially since view mode implies they're not active; this predicate only
+   * matters where view-mode gates apply.)
    */
   public isActiveToolPointerCapturing(): boolean {
     if (!this.isInteractionEnabled()) {
@@ -1026,7 +1027,10 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
       // is inert — including the laser
       return this.isToolSupported(this.state.activeTool.type);
     }
-    return this.state.activeTool.type === "laser";
+    return (
+      this.state.activeTool.type === "laser" ||
+      this.state.activeTool.type === "custom"
+    );
   }
 
   /** Whether Excalidraw's full default UI is rendered. */
diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/tests/viewMode.test.tsx b/packages/excalidraw/tests/viewMode.test.tsx
index 38cb6f989e..a720a7464f 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/tests/viewMode.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/tests/viewMode.test.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import React from "react";
+import { vi } from "vitest";
 
 import { CURSOR_TYPE, KEYS } from "@excalidraw/common";
 
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ import { API } from "./helpers/api";
 import { Keyboard, Pointer, UI } from "./helpers/ui";
 import { getTextEditor, updateTextEditor } from "./queries/dom";
 import {
+  act,
   fireEvent,
   render,
   GlobalTestState,
@@ -59,6 +61,48 @@ describe("view mode", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("dispatches pointer events to custom tools in view mode", () => {
+    const onPointerDown = vi.fn();
+    const onPointerUp = vi.fn();
+
+    GlobalTestState.renderResult.rerender(
+      <Excalidraw
+        handleKeyboardGlobally={true}
+        onPointerDown={onPointerDown}
+        onPointerUp={onPointerUp}
+      />,
+    );
+
+    API.setAppState({ viewModeEnabled: true });
+    act(() => {
+      h.app.setActiveTool({
+        type: "custom",
+        customType: "comment",
+        locked: true,
+      });
+    });
+    expect(h.app.isInteractionEnabled()).toBe(true);
+
+    const { scrollX, scrollY } = h.state;
+
+    mouse.reset();
+    mouse.downAt(50, 50);
+    mouse.moveTo(100, 100);
+    mouse.upAt(100, 100);
+
+    expect(onPointerDown).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(onPointerDown.mock.calls[0][0]).toMatchObject({
+      type: "custom",
+      customType: "comment",
+    });
+    expect(onPointerUp).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(onPointerUp.mock.calls[0][0]).toMatchObject({
+      type: "custom",
+      customType: "comment",
+    });
+    expect([h.state.scrollX, h.state.scrollY]).toEqual([scrollX, scrollY]);
+  });
+
   it("cursor should stay as grabbing type when hovering over canvas elements", async () => {
     // create a rectangle, then hover over it – cursor should be
     // move type for mouse and grab for touch & pen