diff --git a/modules/juce_gui_basics/native/juce_mac_FileChooser.mm b/modules/juce_gui_basics/native/juce_mac_FileChooser.mm
index 69c838cea5..00a8a20507 100644
--- a/modules/juce_gui_basics/native/juce_mac_FileChooser.mm
+++ b/modules/juce_gui_basics/native/juce_mac_FileChooser.mm
@@ -188,6 +188,14 @@ public:
         finished (result);
     }
 
+    bool canModalEventBeSentToComponent (const Component* targetComponent) override
+    {
+        if (targetComponent == nullptr)
+            return false;
+
+        return targetComponent->findParentComponentOfClass<FilePreviewComponent>() != nullptr;
+    }
+
 private:
     //==============================================================================
    #if defined (MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_6) && MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_6
diff --git a/modules/juce_gui_basics/native/juce_win32_FileChooser.cpp b/modules/juce_gui_basics/native/juce_win32_FileChooser.cpp
index bd5964b14f..936020f582 100644
--- a/modules/juce_gui_basics/native/juce_win32_FileChooser.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_gui_basics/native/juce_win32_FileChooser.cpp
@@ -558,6 +558,14 @@ public:
         owner.finished (nativeFileChooser->results);
     }
 
+    bool canModalEventBeSentToComponent (const Component* targetComponent) override
+    {
+        if (targetComponent == nullptr)
+            return false;
+
+        return targetComponent->findParentComponentOfClass<FilePreviewComponent>() != nullptr;
+    }
+
 private:
     FileChooser& owner;
     Win32NativeFileChooser::Ptr nativeFileChooser;