diff --git a/osu.Game/Skinning/Editor/SkinEditor.cs b/osu.Game/Skinning/Editor/SkinEditor.cs
index cb27a84a75..00aa6ae940 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Skinning/Editor/SkinEditor.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Skinning/Editor/SkinEditor.cs
@@ -165,10 +165,22 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning.Editor
 
         private void placeComponent(Type type)
         {
+            var targetContainer = getTarget(SkinnableTarget.MainHUDComponents);
+
+            if (targetContainer == null)
+                return;
+
             if (!(Activator.CreateInstance(type) is ISkinnableDrawable component))
                 throw new InvalidOperationException($"Attempted to instantiate a component for placement which was not an {typeof(ISkinnableDrawable)}.");
 
-            getTarget(SkinnableTarget.MainHUDComponents)?.Add(component);
+            var drawableComponent = (Drawable)component;
+
+            // give newly added components a sane starting location.
+            drawableComponent.Origin = Anchor.TopCentre;
+            drawableComponent.Anchor = Anchor.TopCentre;
+            drawableComponent.Y = targetContainer.DrawSize.Y / 2;
+
+            targetContainer.Add(component);
 
             SelectedComponents.Clear();
             SelectedComponents.Add(component);
diff --git a/osu.Game/Skinning/ISkinnableTarget.cs b/osu.Game/Skinning/ISkinnableTarget.cs
index ba3a9fe228..65b8ba7b17 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Skinning/ISkinnableTarget.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Skinning/ISkinnableTarget.cs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
     /// <summary>
     /// Denotes a container which can house <see cref="ISkinnableDrawable"/>s.
     /// </summary>
-    public interface ISkinnableTarget
+    public interface ISkinnableTarget : IDrawable
     {
         /// <summary>
         /// The definition of this target.