The drift of spheroidal and spherical grains in the envelopes of M giants is considered. It is found that for small metallic grains, the velocity relative to the gas should strongly depend on the grain shape. For example, the velocity of a dirty iron spheroid with a semiaxes ratio of 2-4 is about 1.5-3 times larger than the velocity of an equal volume sphere, the difference of the velocities being as large as a 1 km/s. Probably, a dependence of the velocity on grain shape also occurs for normal size silicate grains. Thus, in modeling the dynamics of the envelopes, one should bear in mind the possibility of a much more efficient interaction of radiation with dust than usually proposed due to a deviation of grains' shape from a spherical one. The same effect could occur in the envelopes of carbon-rich giants and protostars.