diff --git a/api/config.lua b/api/config.lua
index 5e8d07c8..3d67e00e 100644
--- a/api/config.lua
+++ b/api/config.lua
@@ -681,6 +681,7 @@ function pfUI:LoadConfig()
   pfUI:UpdateConfig("chat",       "bubbles",     "alpha",            ".75")
 
   pfUI:UpdateConfig("nameplates", nil,           "use_unitfonts",    "0")
+  pfUI:UpdateConfig("nameplates", nil,           "legacy",           "0")
   pfUI:UpdateConfig("nameplates", nil,           "overlap",          "0")
   pfUI:UpdateConfig("nameplates", nil,           "showcastbar",      "1")
   pfUI:UpdateConfig("nameplates", nil,           "spellname",        "0")
diff --git a/modules/gui.lua b/modules/gui.lua
index b5d4522d..a26036b2 100644
--- a/modules/gui.lua
+++ b/modules/gui.lua
@@ -1196,6 +1196,7 @@ pfUI:RegisterModule("gui", function ()
       CreateConfig(nil, this, T["Enable Spellname"], C.nameplates, "spellname", "checkbox")
       CreateConfig(nil, this, T["Enable Debuffs"], C.nameplates, "showdebuffs", "checkbox")
       CreateConfig(nil, this, T["Enable Clickthrough"], C.nameplates, "clickthrough", "checkbox")
+      CreateConfig(nil, this, T["Legacy Click Handlers (Breaks Vertical Position and Overlap)"], C.nameplates, "legacy", "checkbox")
       CreateConfig(nil, this, T["Enable Overlap"], C.nameplates, "overlap", "checkbox")
       CreateConfig(nil, this, T["Enable Mouselook With Right Click"], C.nameplates, "rightclick", "checkbox")
       CreateConfig(nil, this, T["Right Click Auto Attack Threshold"], C.nameplates, "clickthreshold")
diff --git a/modules/nameplates.lua b/modules/nameplates.lua
index ddd65309..089d3212 100644
--- a/modules/nameplates.lua
+++ b/modules/nameplates.lua
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ pfUI:RegisterModule("nameplates", function ()
       this.nameplate = CreateFrame("Button", nil, this)
       this.nameplate.parent = this
       this.healthbar = this:GetChildren()
+      this.healthbar:SetScript("OnEnter", function() return nil end)
       this.border, this.glow, this.name, this.level, this.levelicon , this.raidicon = this:GetRegions()
       this.healthbar:SetParent(this.nameplate)
       this.border:SetParent(this.nameplate)
@@ -93,11 +94,13 @@ pfUI:RegisterModule("nameplates", function ()
     end
 
     -- init
-    this:SetFrameLevel(0)
-    this:EnableMouse(false)
+    if C.nameplates["legacy"] == "0" then
+      this:SetFrameLevel(0)
+      this:EnableMouse(false)
+    end
 
     -- enable plate overlap
-    if C.nameplates.overlap == "1" then
+    if C.nameplates.overlap == "1" and C.nameplates["legacy"] == "0" then
       this:SetWidth(1)
       this:SetHeight(1)
     else
@@ -109,13 +112,23 @@ pfUI:RegisterModule("nameplates", function ()
     this.nameplate:SetScale(UIParent:GetScale())
     this.nameplate:SetWidth(plate_width)
     this.nameplate:SetHeight(plate_height)
-    this.nameplate:SetPoint("TOP", this, "TOP", 0, -tonumber(C.nameplates.vpos))
+    if C.nameplates["legacy"] == "0" then
+      this.nameplate:SetPoint("TOP", this, "TOP", 0, -tonumber(C.nameplates.vpos))
+    else
+      this.nameplate:SetPoint("TOP", this, "TOP", 0, 0)
+    end
 
     -- add click handlers
     if C.nameplates["clickthrough"] == "0" then
-      this.nameplate:SetScript("OnClick", function() this.parent:Click() end)
+      if C.nameplates["legacy"] == "0" then
+        this.nameplate:SetScript("OnClick", function() this.parent:Click() end)
+      else
+        this.nameplate:EnableMouse(false)
+      end
+
       if C.nameplates["rightclick"] == "1" then
-        this.nameplate:SetScript("OnMouseDown", function()
+        local plate = C.nameplates["legacy"] == "0" and this.nameplate or this
+        plate:SetScript("OnMouseDown", function()
           if arg1 and arg1 == "RightButton" then
             MouselookStart()
 
@@ -127,6 +140,7 @@ pfUI:RegisterModule("nameplates", function ()
         end)
       end
     else
+      this:EnableMouse(false)
       this.nameplate:EnableMouse(false)
     end