diff --git a/PanModal/Controller/PanModalPresentationController.swift b/PanModal/Controller/PanModalPresentationController.swift
index 11fb2a6e..e44e1645 100644
--- a/PanModal/Controller/PanModalPresentationController.swift
+++ b/PanModal/Controller/PanModalPresentationController.swift
@@ -816,6 +816,14 @@ private extension PanModalPresentationController {
 
 extension PanModalPresentationController: UIGestureRecognizerDelegate {
 
+    /**
+     Asks the delegate if the pan modal should begin to track the pan gesture
+     */
+    public func gestureRecognizerShouldBegin(_ gestureRecognizer: UIGestureRecognizer) -> Bool {
+        guard gestureRecognizer == panGestureRecognizer else { return true }
+        return presentable?.shouldBeginPanGesture(panGestureRecognizer) ?? true
+    }
+    
     /**
      Do not require any other gesture recognizers to fail
      */
diff --git a/PanModal/Presentable/PanModalPresentable+Defaults.swift b/PanModal/Presentable/PanModalPresentable+Defaults.swift
index 76a0679f..66fd0df4 100644
--- a/PanModal/Presentable/PanModalPresentable+Defaults.swift
+++ b/PanModal/Presentable/PanModalPresentable+Defaults.swift
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ public extension PanModalPresentable where Self: UIViewController {
     var showDragIndicator: Bool {
         return shouldRoundTopCorners
     }
+    
+    func shouldBeginPanGesture(_ panModalGestureRecognizer: UIPanGestureRecognizer) -> Bool {
+        return true
+    }
 
     func shouldRespond(to panModalGestureRecognizer: UIPanGestureRecognizer) -> Bool {
         return true
diff --git a/PanModal/Presentable/PanModalPresentable.swift b/PanModal/Presentable/PanModalPresentable.swift
index 76c15015..515bd97f 100644
--- a/PanModal/Presentable/PanModalPresentable.swift
+++ b/PanModal/Presentable/PanModalPresentable.swift
@@ -173,6 +173,15 @@ public protocol PanModalPresentable: AnyObject {
      */
     var showDragIndicator: Bool { get }
 
+    /**
+     Asks the delegate if the pan modal should begin to track the pan gesture.
+     
+     Return false to not track the pan gesture and possibly let other observers track the gesture
+     
+     Default value is true.
+     */
+    func shouldBeginPanGesture(_ panModalGestureRecognizer: UIPanGestureRecognizer) -> Bool
+    
     /**
      Asks the delegate if the pan modal should respond to the pan modal gesture recognizer.