diff --git a/src/plots/cartesian/graph_interact.js b/src/plots/cartesian/graph_interact.js
index 9994260899c..8c9c7f9a3b9 100644
--- a/src/plots/cartesian/graph_interact.js
+++ b/src/plots/cartesian/graph_interact.js
@@ -1276,7 +1276,7 @@ fx.click = function(gd,evt){
     if(gd._hoverdata && evt && evt.target) {
         gd.emit('plotly_click', {points: gd._hoverdata});
         // why do we get a double event without this???
-        evt.stopImmediatePropagation();
+        if(evt.stopImmediatePropagation) evt.stopImmediatePropagation();
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/traces/pie/index.js b/src/traces/pie/index.js
index 9958c3055d5..25f1a69601f 100644
--- a/src/traces/pie/index.js
+++ b/src/traces/pie/index.js
@@ -373,6 +373,12 @@ pie.plot = function(gd, cdpie) {
                     }
                 }
 
+                function handleClick (evt) {
+                    gd._hoverdata = [pt];
+                    gd._hoverdata.trace = cd.trace;
+                    Plotly.Fx.click(gd, { target: true });
+                }
+
                 slicePath.enter().append('path')
                     .classed('surface', true)
                     .style({'pointer-events': 'all'});
@@ -381,7 +387,8 @@ pie.plot = function(gd, cdpie) {
 
                 sliceTop
                     .on('mouseover', handleMouseOver)
-                    .on('mouseout', handleMouseOut);
+                    .on('mouseout', handleMouseOut)
+                    .on('click', handleClick);
 
                 if(trace.pull) {
                     var pull = +(Array.isArray(trace.pull) ? trace.pull[pt.i] : trace.pull) || 0;