diff --git a/src/data/scenePick.js b/src/data/scenePick.js
index 52bab7a21..c1e164833 100644
--- a/src/data/scenePick.js
+++ b/src/data/scenePick.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { isGlobeEngine } from '../globe/contract.js';
+
 /**
  * Validation for positions that came back from a Cesium screen pick.
  *
@@ -52,29 +54,43 @@ export function isPickedWorldPosition(position) {
  * The world position under a screen point: the rendered surface where the
  * depth buffer has it, else the ellipsoid; null over the sky.
  *
- * @param {object} viewer A Cesium viewer.
+ * @param {object} target The globe engine (`engine.picker.pickPosition`, then
+ *   `engine.camera.pickEllipsoid`), or a Cesium viewer from callers that
+ *   still hold one (`scene.pickPosition`, then `camera.pickEllipsoid`).
  * @param {{x: number, y: number}} screenPosition
  * @returns {{x: number, y: number, z: number}|null} A Cartesian3.
  */
-export function pickGroundPosition(viewer, screenPosition) {
-  const scene = viewer?.scene;
+export function pickGroundPosition(target, screenPosition) {
+  if (isGlobeEngine(target)) {
+    const { picker, camera } = target;
+    return groundUnder(
+      screenPosition,
+      picker.pickPositionSupported ? picker : null,
+      camera,
+    );
+  }
+  const scene = target?.scene;
+  return groundUnder(
+    screenPosition,
+    scene?.pickPositionSupported && typeof scene.pickPosition === 'function'
+      ? scene
+      : null,
+    typeof target?.camera?.pickEllipsoid === 'function' ? target.camera : null,
+  );
+}
+
+function groundUnder(screenPosition, depth, ellipsoid) {
   let position = null;
-  if (
-    scene?.pickPositionSupported &&
-    typeof scene.pickPosition === 'function'
-  ) {
+  if (depth) {
     try {
-      position = scene.pickPosition(screenPosition);
+      position = depth.pickPosition(screenPosition);
     } catch {
       position = null;
     }
   }
-  if (
-    !isPickedWorldPosition(position) &&
-    typeof viewer?.camera?.pickEllipsoid === 'function'
-  ) {
+  if (!isPickedWorldPosition(position) && ellipsoid) {
     try {
-      position = viewer.camera.pickEllipsoid(screenPosition);
+      position = ellipsoid.pickEllipsoid(screenPosition);
     } catch {
       position = null;
     }
@@ -83,8 +99,8 @@ export function pickGroundPosition(viewer, screenPosition) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Whether a `scene.pick()` result is the map itself: nothing, or 3D tile
- * content (which has no id).
+ * Whether a pick result (`engine.picker.pick()` or `scene.pick()`) is the
+ * map itself: nothing, or 3D tile content (which has no id).
  *
  * @param {object|null|undefined} picked
  * @returns {boolean}
diff --git a/src/data/scenePick.test.mjs b/src/data/scenePick.test.mjs
index 630ce4003..533ff214b 100644
--- a/src/data/scenePick.test.mjs
+++ b/src/data/scenePick.test.mjs
@@ -184,3 +184,49 @@ test('a surface pick is nothing, or Google 3D tile content without an id', async
   assert.equal(isSurfacePick({ id: 'flight:1', content: {} }), false);
   assert.equal(isSurfacePick({ primitive: {} }), false, 'an unnamed primitive');
 });
+
+test('on a globe engine the ground is the picked surface, else the ellipsoid, never the sky', async () => {
+  const { pickGroundPosition } = await import('./scenePick.js');
+  const { createFakeEngine } = await import('../globe/testing/fakeEngine.js');
+  const ground = { x: 6378137, y: 0, z: 0 };
+  const sky = { x: 500, y: 0, z: 0 };
+  const screen = { x: 10, y: 20 };
+  const engine = createFakeEngine();
+  engine.fake.script('pickPosition', ground);
+  engine.fake.script('pickEllipsoid', undefined);
+  assert.equal(pickGroundPosition(engine, screen), ground);
+  assert.deepEqual(engine.fake.callsOf('picker.pickPosition')[0].args, [screen]);
+  engine.fake.script('pickPosition', sky);
+  engine.fake.script('pickEllipsoid', ground);
+  assert.equal(pickGroundPosition(engine, screen), ground);
+  engine.fake.script('pickPosition', () => {
+    throw new Error('depth read failed');
+  });
+  assert.equal(pickGroundPosition(engine, screen), ground);
+  engine.fake.script('pickEllipsoid', undefined);
+  assert.equal(pickGroundPosition(engine, screen), null);
+  const unsupported = createFakeEngine();
+  unsupported.picker.pickPositionSupported = false;
+  unsupported.fake.script('pickEllipsoid', ground);
+  assert.equal(pickGroundPosition(unsupported, screen), ground);
+  assert.equal(unsupported.fake.callsOf('picker.pickPosition').length, 0);
+});
+
+test('engine pick results classify like the Cesium picks they wrap', async () => {
+  const { isSurfacePick } = await import('./scenePick.js');
+  const { createCesiumPicker } = await import('../globe/cesium/picker.js');
+  const { createFakeViewer } = await import('../globe/cesium/testing/fakeViewer.mjs');
+  const raws = [
+    undefined,
+    { content: {}, primitive: {} },
+    { primitive: { isCesium3DTileset: true } },
+    { id: 'flight:1', content: {} },
+    { primitive: {} },
+  ];
+  for (const raw of raws) {
+    const viewer = createFakeViewer();
+    viewer.scene.pick = () => raw;
+    const { picker } = createCesiumPicker(viewer);
+    assert.equal(isSurfacePick(picker.pick({ x: 1, y: 2 })), isSurfacePick(raw), JSON.stringify(raw));
+  }
+});