diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fba1716b2..b3daa505b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ### Added
 
+- The `ex.Engine` had a new `enableCanvasContextMenu` arg that can be used to enable the right click context menu, by default the context menu is disabled which is what most games seem to want.
 - Child `ex.Actor` inherits opacity of parents
 - `ex.Engine.timeScale` values of 0 are now supported
 - `ex.Trigger` now supports all valid actor constructor parameters from `ex.ActorArgs` in addition to `ex.TriggerOptions`
diff --git a/sandbox/src/game.ts b/sandbox/src/game.ts
index 22e6e8600..35b697fde 100644
--- a/sandbox/src/game.ts
+++ b/sandbox/src/game.ts
@@ -768,6 +768,9 @@ game.input.keyboard.on('up', (e?: ex.KeyEvent) => {
 
 player.on('pointerdown', (e?: ex.PointerEvent) => {
   // alert('Player clicked!');
+  if (e.button === ex.PointerButton.Right) {
+    console.log('right click');
+  }
 });
 player.on('pointerdown', () => {
   console.log('pointer down');
diff --git a/src/engine/Engine.ts b/src/engine/Engine.ts
index fe84486c7..ce56c2a1f 100644
--- a/src/engine/Engine.ts
+++ b/src/engine/Engine.ts
@@ -220,6 +220,13 @@ export interface EngineOptions<TKnownScenes extends string = any> {
    */
   canvasElement?: HTMLCanvasElement;
 
+  /**
+   * Optionally enable the right click context menu on the canvas
+   *
+   * Default if unset is false
+   */
+  enableCanvasContextMenu?: boolean;
+
   /**
    * Optionally snap graphics to nearest pixel, default is false
    */
@@ -745,6 +752,7 @@ export class Engine<TKnownScenes extends string = any> implements CanInitialize,
     },
     canvasElementId: '',
     canvasElement: undefined,
+    enableCanvasContextMenu: false,
     snapToPixel: false,
     antialiasing: true,
     pixelArt: false,
@@ -889,6 +897,12 @@ O|===|* >________________>\n\
       this.canvas = <HTMLCanvasElement>document.createElement('canvas');
     }
 
+    if (this.canvas && !options.enableCanvasContextMenu) {
+      this.canvas.addEventListener('contextmenu', (evt) => {
+        evt.preventDefault();
+      });
+    }
+
     let displayMode = options.displayMode ?? DisplayMode.Fixed;
     if ((options.width && options.height) || options.viewport) {
       if (options.displayMode === undefined) {
diff --git a/src/spec/EngineSpec.ts b/src/spec/EngineSpec.ts
index c0596d34d..b9226e955 100644
--- a/src/spec/EngineSpec.ts
+++ b/src/spec/EngineSpec.ts
@@ -457,6 +457,31 @@ describe('The engine', () => {
     expect(fired).toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it('should prevent the context menu from opening when enableCanvasContextMenu not set to true', () => {
+    const mockEvent = new Event('contextmenu', {
+      cancelable: true,
+      bubbles: true
+    });
+    const spyPreventDefault = spyOn(mockEvent, 'preventDefault');
+    engine.canvas.dispatchEvent(mockEvent);
+
+    expect(spyPreventDefault).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('should NOT prevent the context menu from opening when enableCanvasContextMenu set to true', () => {
+    engine.dispose();
+    engine = null;
+    engine = TestUtils.engine({ width: 100, height: 100, enableCanvasContextMenu: true });
+    const mockEvent = new Event('contextmenu', {
+      cancelable: true,
+      bubbles: true
+    });
+    const spyPreventDefault = spyOn(mockEvent, 'preventDefault');
+    engine.canvas.dispatchEvent(mockEvent);
+
+    expect(spyPreventDefault).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
   it('should tell engine is running', () => {
     const status = engine.isRunning();
     expect(status).toBe(true);