diff --git a/src/dolphinviewcontainer.h b/src/dolphinviewcontainer.h
--- a/src/dolphinviewcontainer.h
+++ b/src/dolphinviewcontainer.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <KUrlNavigator>
 
 #include <QElapsedTimer>
+#include <QPushButton>
 #include <QWidget>
 
 #ifdef KF5Activities_FOUND
@@ -319,7 +320,9 @@
 
 private:
     QVBoxLayout* m_topLayout;
+    QWidget* m_navigatorWidget;
     KUrlNavigator* m_urlNavigator;
+    QPushButton* m_emptyTrashButton;
     DolphinSearchBox* m_searchBox;
     KMessageWidget* m_messageWidget;
 
diff --git a/src/dolphinviewcontainer.cpp b/src/dolphinviewcontainer.cpp
--- a/src/dolphinviewcontainer.cpp
+++ b/src/dolphinviewcontainer.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@
 DolphinViewContainer::DolphinViewContainer(const QUrl& url, QWidget* parent) :
     QWidget(parent),
     m_topLayout(nullptr),
+    m_navigatorWidget(nullptr),
     m_urlNavigator(nullptr),
+    m_emptyTrashButton(nullptr),
     m_searchBox(nullptr),
     m_messageWidget(nullptr),
     m_view(nullptr),
@@ -70,6 +72,11 @@
     m_topLayout->setSpacing(0);
     m_topLayout->setMargin(0);
 
+    m_navigatorWidget = new QWidget(this);
+    QHBoxLayout* navigatorLayout = new QHBoxLayout(m_navigatorWidget);
+    navigatorLayout->setSpacing(0);
+    navigatorLayout->setMargin(0);
+
     m_urlNavigator = new KUrlNavigator(new KFilePlacesModel(this), url, this);
     connect(m_urlNavigator, &KUrlNavigator::activated,
             this, &DolphinViewContainer::activate);
@@ -83,6 +90,13 @@
     KUrlComboBox* editor = m_urlNavigator->editor();
     editor->setCompletionMode(KCompletion::CompletionMode(settings->urlCompletionMode()));
 
+    m_emptyTrashButton = new QPushButton(QIcon::fromTheme(QStringLiteral("user-trash")), "&Empty Trash", this);
+    m_emptyTrashButton->setFlat(true);
+    connect(m_emptyTrashButton, &QPushButton::clicked, this, [this]() { Trash::empty(this); });
+    connect(&Trash::instance(), &Trash::emptinessChanged, m_emptyTrashButton, &QPushButton::setDisabled);
+    m_emptyTrashButton->setDisabled(Trash::isEmpty());
+    m_emptyTrashButton->hide();
+
     m_searchBox = new DolphinSearchBox(this);
     m_searchBox->hide();
     connect(m_searchBox, &DolphinSearchBox::activated, this, &DolphinViewContainer::activate);
@@ -147,6 +161,10 @@
 #endif
     });
 
+    connect(m_view, &DolphinView::directoryLoadingCompleted, this, [this]() {
+        m_emptyTrashButton->setVisible(m_view->url().scheme() == QLatin1String("trash"));
+    });
+
     // Initialize status bar
     m_statusBar = new DolphinStatusBar(this);
     m_statusBar->setUrl(m_view->url());
@@ -185,7 +203,10 @@
     connect(m_view, &DolphinView::urlChanged,
             m_filterBar, &FilterBar::slotUrlChanged);
 
-    m_topLayout->addWidget(m_urlNavigator);
+    navigatorLayout->addWidget(m_urlNavigator);
+    navigatorLayout->addWidget(m_emptyTrashButton);
+
+    m_topLayout->addWidget(m_navigatorWidget);
     m_topLayout->addWidget(m_searchBox);
     m_topLayout->addWidget(m_messageWidget);
     m_topLayout->addWidget(m_view);
@@ -337,7 +358,7 @@
     }
 
     m_searchBox->setVisible(enabled);
-    m_urlNavigator->setVisible(!enabled);
+    m_navigatorWidget->setVisible(!enabled);
 
     if (enabled) {
         const QUrl& locationUrl = m_urlNavigator->locationUrl();