diff --git a/components/src/Scroller/Scroller.stories.svelte b/components/src/Scroller/Scroller.stories.svelte
index 5b274dbe..d824e371 100644
--- a/components/src/Scroller/Scroller.stories.svelte
+++ b/components/src/Scroller/Scroller.stories.svelte
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <script module>
 	import { defineMeta } from '@storybook/addon-svelte-csf';
-	import { expect } from 'storybook/test';
+	import { expect, fn } from 'storybook/test';
 
 	import Scroller from './Scroller.svelte';
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 <Story
 	name="Default"
 	asChild
-	play={async ({ step, canvasElement }) => {
+	play={async ({ step, canvasElement, userEvent }) => {
 		await step('Verify state values are set', async () => {
 			expect(index).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
 			expect(offset).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
 				<p><code>index</code> / {index}</p>
 				<p><code>offset</code> / {offset}</p>
 				<p><code>progress</code> / {progress}</p>
+				<button>I'm not clickable</button>
 			{/snippet}
 
 			{#snippet foreground()}
@@ -87,6 +88,40 @@
 	</div>
 </Story>
 
+<Story
+	name="Enable background events"
+	asChild
+	play={async ({ step, canvasElement, userEvent }) => {
+		await step('Background button fires click event', async () => {
+			const handler = fn();
+			const button = canvasElement.querySelector('button');
+			expect(button).toBeDefined();
+			if (button) {
+				button.addEventListener('click', handler);
+				await userEvent.click(button);
+				expect(handler).toHaveBeenCalled();
+			}
+		});
+	}}
+>
+	<div>
+		<Scroller interactive="background">
+			{#snippet background()}
+				<p>
+					This is the background content. It will stay fixed in place while the foreground scrolls
+					over the top.
+				</p>
+				<button>I'm clickable</button>
+			{/snippet}
+
+			{#snippet foreground()}
+				<section>This is the first section.</section>
+				<section>This is the second section.</section>
+			{/snippet}
+		</Scroller>
+	</div>
+</Story>
+
 <style>
 	section {
 		height: 25vh;
diff --git a/components/src/Scroller/Scroller.svelte b/components/src/Scroller/Scroller.svelte
index f6ed8daa..77d8648d 100644
--- a/components/src/Scroller/Scroller.svelte
+++ b/components/src/Scroller/Scroller.svelte
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <script module lang="ts">
+	import { type Snippet } from 'svelte';
 	interface ScrollHandler {
 		(): void;
 	}
@@ -166,10 +167,14 @@
 		 * Whether the scroller is currently visible in the viewport (bindable)
 		 */
 		visible?: boolean;
+
+		/**
+		 * Whether background and/or foreground elements trigger mouse events
+		 */
+		interactive?: 'background' | 'foreground' | 'both' | 'none';
 	}
 
 	let {
-		// Configuration props (read-only)
 		foreground = null,
 		background = null,
 		top = 0,
@@ -177,8 +182,7 @@
 		threshold = 0.5,
 		query = 'section',
 		parallax = false,
-
-		// Binding props (two-way binding)
+		interactive = 'foreground',
 		index = $bindable(0),
 		count = $bindable(0),
 		offset = $bindable(0),
@@ -290,13 +294,19 @@
 <svelte:window bind:innerHeight={windowHeight} />
 
 <svelte-scroller-outer bind:this={outerWrapper}>
-	<svelte-scroller-background-container class="background-container">
+	<svelte-scroller-background-container
+		class="background-container"
+		style:pointer-events={['background', 'both'].includes(interactive) ? 'all' : 'none'}
+	>
 		<svelte-scroller-background bind:this={backgroundWrapper} style={backgroundStyle}>
 			{@render background()}
 		</svelte-scroller-background>
 	</svelte-scroller-background-container>
 
-	<svelte-scroller-foreground bind:this={foregroundWrapper}>
+	<svelte-scroller-foreground
+		bind:this={foregroundWrapper}
+		style:pointer-events={['foreground', 'both'].includes(interactive) ? 'all' : 'none'}
+	>
 		{@render foreground()}
 	</svelte-scroller-foreground>
 </svelte-scroller-outer>
@@ -333,7 +343,6 @@
 		width: 100%;
 		height: 100%;
 		max-width: 100%;
-		pointer-events: none;
 		will-change: transform;
 	}
 </style>