diff --git a/src/hooks/useAutoScroll.tsx b/src/hooks/useAutoScroll.tsx
index d3add83e..99484f2a 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useAutoScroll.tsx
+++ b/src/hooks/useAutoScroll.tsx
@@ -15,8 +15,14 @@ export function useAutoScroll() {
   const {
     autoscrollThreshold = DEFAULT_PROPS.autoscrollThreshold,
     autoscrollSpeed = DEFAULT_PROPS.autoscrollSpeed,
+    minScrollOffset,
   } = useProps();
 
+  // Real list top (0) unless the consumer supplied a floor — see
+  // DraggableFlatListProps.minScrollOffset.
+  const DEFAULT_MIN_SCROLL_OFFSET = useSharedValue(0);
+  const minScrollOffsetSV = minScrollOffset || DEFAULT_MIN_SCROLL_OFFSET;
+
   const {
     scrollOffset,
     scrollViewSize,
@@ -31,7 +37,9 @@ export function useAutoScroll() {
   }, []);
 
   const isScrolledUp = useDerivedValue(() => {
-    return scrollOffset.value - SCROLL_POSITION_TOLERANCE <= 0;
+    return (
+      scrollOffset.value - SCROLL_POSITION_TOLERANCE <= minScrollOffsetSV.value
+    );
   }, []);
 
   const isScrolledDown = useDerivedValue(() => {
@@ -103,7 +111,7 @@ export function useAutoScroll() {
     const speedPct = 1 - distFromEdge / autoscrollThreshold!;
     const offset = speedPct * autoscrollSpeed;
     const targetOffset = isAtTopEdge.value
-      ? Math.max(0, scrollOffset.value - offset)
+      ? Math.max(minScrollOffsetSV.value, scrollOffset.value - offset)
       : Math.min(
           scrollOffset.value + offset,
           scrollViewSize.value - containerSize.value
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index d6755c8f..a068c8b8 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ export type DraggableFlatListProps<T> = Modify<
     renderPlaceholder?: RenderPlaceholder<T>;
     simultaneousHandlers?: React.Ref<any> | React.Ref<any>[];
     outerScrollOffset?: Animated.SharedValue<number>;
+    // Floor for the built-in top-edge autoscroll (see useAutoScroll's isScrolledUp/
+    // scroll-target clamp) — lets a consumer whose list has non-reorderable content
+    // above the reorderable region (e.g. a ListHeaderComponent) tell autoscroll not
+    // to scroll back up into it while dragging. Defaults to 0 (the real list top).
+    minScrollOffset?: Animated.SharedValue<number>;
     onAnimValInit?: (animVals: ReturnType<typeof useAnimatedValues>) => void;
     itemEnteringAnimation?: AnimateProps<Animated.View>["entering"];
     itemExitingAnimation?: AnimateProps<Animated.View>["exiting"];