diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/canvas/CanvasContextMenu.tsx b/public/app/plugins/panel/canvas/CanvasContextMenu.tsx
index 29990ff9f60..d4eb898d069 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/canvas/CanvasContextMenu.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/canvas/CanvasContextMenu.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { css } from '@emotion/css';
 import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import { first } from 'rxjs/operators';
 
+import { SelectableValue } from '@grafana/data';
 import { ContextMenu, MenuItem, MenuItemProps } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { Scene } from 'app/features/canvas/runtime/scene';
 
@@ -108,13 +109,26 @@ export const CanvasContextMenu = ({ scene, panel }: Props) => {
       const submenuItems: Array<
         React.ReactElement<MenuItemProps<unknown>, string | React.JSXElementConstructor<unknown>>
       > = [];
+
+      const onClickItem = (option: SelectableValue<string>) => {
+        let offsetY = anchorPoint.y;
+        let offsetX = anchorPoint.x;
+        if (scene.div) {
+          const sceneContainerDimensions = scene.div.getBoundingClientRect();
+          offsetY = offsetY - sceneContainerDimensions.top;
+          offsetX = offsetX - sceneContainerDimensions.left;
+        }
+
+        onAddItem(option, rootLayer, {
+          ...anchorPoint,
+          y: offsetY,
+          x: offsetX,
+        });
+      };
+
       typeOptions.map((option) => {
         submenuItems.push(
-          <MenuItem
-            key={option.value}
-            label={option.label ?? 'Canvas item'}
-            onClick={() => onAddItem(option, rootLayer)}
-          />
+          <MenuItem key={option.value} label={option.label ?? 'Canvas item'} onClick={() => onClickItem(option)} />
         );
       });
 
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/canvas/utils.ts b/public/app/plugins/panel/canvas/utils.ts
index 89e80963a04..3a695c10e42 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/canvas/utils.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/canvas/utils.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import { ElementState } from '../../../features/canvas/runtime/element';
 import { FrameState } from '../../../features/canvas/runtime/frame';
 import { Scene, SelectionParams } from '../../../features/canvas/runtime/scene';
 
+import { AnchorPoint } from './types';
+
 export function doSelect(scene: Scene, element: ElementState | FrameState) {
   try {
     let selection: SelectionParams = { targets: [] };
@@ -74,10 +76,15 @@ export function getElementTypesOptions(items: CanvasElementItem[], current: stri
   return selectables;
 }
 
-export function onAddItem(sel: SelectableValue<string>, rootLayer: FrameState | undefined) {
+export function onAddItem(sel: SelectableValue<string>, rootLayer: FrameState | undefined, anchorPoint?: AnchorPoint) {
   const newItem = canvasElementRegistry.getIfExists(sel.value) ?? notFoundItem;
   const newElementOptions = newItem.getNewOptions() as CanvasElementOptions;
   newElementOptions.type = newItem.id;
+
+  if (anchorPoint) {
+    newElementOptions.placement = { ...newElementOptions.placement, top: anchorPoint.y, left: anchorPoint.x };
+  }
+
   if (newItem.defaultSize) {
     newElementOptions.placement = { ...newElementOptions.placement, ...newItem.defaultSize };
   }