diff --git a/src/core/kfileitem.h b/src/core/kfileitem.h
--- a/src/core/kfileitem.h
+++ b/src/core/kfileitem.h
@@ -274,6 +274,14 @@
      */
     bool isWritable() const;
 
+#ifndef Q_OS_WIN  // Function uses low level xattr library for extracting extended attributes that is not available on Windows
+    /**
+     * Checks whether the file is hidden NTFS file.
+     * @return true if the file is hidden.
+     */
+    bool isHiddenNtfs() const;
+#endif
+
     /**
      * Checks whether the file is hidden.
      * @return true if the file is hidden.
diff --git a/src/core/kfileitem.cpp b/src/core/kfileitem.cpp
--- a/src/core/kfileitem.cpp
+++ b/src/core/kfileitem.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #ifndef Q_OS_WIN
 #include <knfsshare.h>
 #include <ksambashare.h>
+#include <sys/xattr.h>
 #endif
 #include <kfilesystemtype.h>
 
@@ -1103,6 +1104,42 @@
     return true;
 }
 
+#ifndef Q_OS_WIN
+bool KFileItem::isHiddenNtfs() const
+{
+    const auto fileName = localPath().toLocal8Bit().constData();
+    constexpr auto attrName = "system.ntfs_attrib_be";
+    auto length = getxattr(fileName, attrName, nullptr, 0);
+    if (length <= 0) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    constexpr size_t xattr_size = 1024;
+    char strAttr[xattr_size];
+    length = getxattr(fileName, attrName, strAttr, xattr_size);
+    if (length <= 0) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    // Decode result to hex string
+    static const auto digits = "0123456789abcdef";
+    auto hexAttr = new char[length * 2 + 4];
+    char *c = strAttr, *e = hexAttr;
+    *e++='0'; *e++ = 'x';
+    for (auto n = 0; n < length; n++, c++) {
+        *e++ = digits[(static_cast<uchar>(*c) >> 4)];
+        *e++ = digits[(static_cast<uchar>(*c) & 0x0F)];
+    }
+    *e = '\0';
+
+    // Decode hex string to int
+    auto intAttr = static_cast<uint>(strtol(hexAttr, nullptr, 16));
+    delete[] hexAttr;
+
+    constexpr auto FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN = 0x2u;
+    return static_cast<bool>(intAttr & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN);
+}
+#endif
+
 bool KFileItem::isHidden() const
 {
     if (!d) {
@@ -1119,7 +1156,11 @@
     if (fileName.isEmpty()) { // e.g. "trash:/"
         fileName = d->m_strName;
     }
-    return fileName.length() > 1 && fileName[0] == '.';  // Just "." is current directory, not hidden.
+    auto result = fileName.length() > 1 && fileName[0] == '.';  // Just "." is current directory, not hidden.
+#ifndef Q_OS_WIN
+    result = result || isHiddenNtfs();
+#endif
+    return result;
 }
 
 void KFileItem::setHidden()