diff --git a/lib/documentview/abstractdocumentviewadapter.h b/lib/documentview/abstractdocumentviewadapter.h
--- a/lib/documentview/abstractdocumentviewadapter.h
+++ b/lib/documentview/abstractdocumentviewadapter.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 // Qt
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QPoint>
+#include <QPixmap>
 
 // KDE
 
@@ -139,6 +140,17 @@
      */
     virtual QRectF visibleDocumentRect() const;
 
+    /**
+     * Returns a QPixmap representation of the document, scaled to @size
+     * E.g. images may return a thumbnail of the image, where a video might return an icon
+     * Note: requesting a large size may result in a blurry image if the document is a raster
+     * image and has not loaded yet
+     */
+    virtual QPixmap thumbnailRepresentation(QSize /*size*/) const
+    {
+        return QPixmap();
+    }
+
 protected:
     void setWidget(QGraphicsWidget* widget)
     {
diff --git a/lib/documentview/abstractimageview.h b/lib/documentview/abstractimageview.h
--- a/lib/documentview/abstractimageview.h
+++ b/lib/documentview/abstractimageview.h
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@
     void keyReleaseEvent(QKeyEvent* event) Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
     void mousePressEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent* event) Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
     void mouseMoveEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent* event) Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
+    void hoverMoveEvent(QGraphicsSceneHoverEvent* event) override;
     void mouseReleaseEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent* event) Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
     void mouseDoubleClickEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent* event) Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
 
diff --git a/lib/documentview/abstractimageview.cpp b/lib/documentview/abstractimageview.cpp
--- a/lib/documentview/abstractimageview.cpp
+++ b/lib/documentview/abstractimageview.cpp
@@ -398,6 +398,15 @@
     d->setScrollPos(newScrollPos);
 }
 
+void AbstractImageView::hoverMoveEvent(QGraphicsSceneHoverEvent* event)
+{
+    QGraphicsItem::hoverMoveEvent(event);
+    if (!d->mLastDragPos.isNull()) {
+        d->mLastDragPos = QPointF();
+    }
+    updateCursor();
+}
+
 void AbstractImageView::mouseReleaseEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent* event)
 {
     QGraphicsItem::mouseReleaseEvent(event);
diff --git a/lib/documentview/documentview.cpp b/lib/documentview/documentview.cpp
--- a/lib/documentview/documentview.cpp
+++ b/lib/documentview/documentview.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QIcon>
 #include <QUrl>
+#include <QDrag>
+#include <QMimeData>
 
 // KDE
 #include <KLocalizedString>
@@ -336,6 +338,31 @@
         q->isAnimatedChanged();
         anim->start(QAbstractAnimation::DeleteWhenStopped);
     }
+
+    void startDragIfSensible()
+    {
+        // Usually dragging = panning an image. We only want to start a drag operation if panning is currently impossible.
+        // If the document can be zoomed, and it's zoomed enough that not all the image is visible, then panning is possible
+        // and we abort the drag operation.
+        const QSize zoomedImageSize = mDocument->size() * q->zoom();
+        const QSize viewPortSize = q->boundingRect().size().toSize();
+        if (q->canZoom() && (zoomedImageSize.width() > viewPortSize.width() || zoomedImageSize.height() > viewPortSize.height())) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Drag allows Move/Copy/Link to external application (e.g. Dolphin)
+        QDrag* drag = new QDrag(q);
+        QMimeData* mimeData = new QMimeData;
+        const QUrl url = mDocument.data()->url();
+        mimeData->setUrls(QList<QUrl> {url});
+        mimeData->setData(QStringLiteral("application/x-kde-suggestedfilename"), QFile::encodeName(url.fileName()));
+        drag->setMimeData(mimeData);
+        const QPixmap pix = mAdapter->thumbnailRepresentation(QSize(100, 100));
+        if (!pix.isNull()) {
+            drag->setPixmap(pix);
+        }
+        drag->exec(Qt::CopyAction);
+    }
 };
 
 DocumentView::DocumentView(QGraphicsScene* scene)
@@ -794,6 +821,8 @@
         if (d->mBirdEyeView) {
             d->mBirdEyeView->onMouseMoved();
         }
+    } else if (event->type() == QEvent::GraphicsSceneMouseMove) {
+        d->startDragIfSensible();
     }
     return false;
 }
diff --git a/lib/documentview/rasterimageviewadapter.h b/lib/documentview/rasterimageviewadapter.h
--- a/lib/documentview/rasterimageviewadapter.h
+++ b/lib/documentview/rasterimageviewadapter.h
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@
 
     virtual QRectF visibleDocumentRect() const Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
 
+    virtual QPixmap thumbnailRepresentation(QSize size) const override;
+
 private Q_SLOTS:
     void slotLoadingFailed();
 
diff --git a/lib/documentview/rasterimageviewadapter.cpp b/lib/documentview/rasterimageviewadapter.cpp
--- a/lib/documentview/rasterimageviewadapter.cpp
+++ b/lib/documentview/rasterimageviewadapter.cpp
@@ -162,5 +162,13 @@
     return QRectF(d->mView->imageOffset(), d->mView->visibleImageSize());
 }
 
+QPixmap RasterImageViewAdapter::thumbnailRepresentation(QSize size) const
+{
+    // We need to get the downsampled image here because the image may not have been loaded
+    // and therefore document()->image() would be null.
+    const QImage image = document()->downSampledImageForZoom(zoom());
+    return QPixmap::fromImage(image).scaled(size, Qt::KeepAspectRatio, Qt::SmoothTransformation);
+}
+
 
 } // namespace
diff --git a/lib/documentview/svgviewadapter.h b/lib/documentview/svgviewadapter.h
--- a/lib/documentview/svgviewadapter.h
+++ b/lib/documentview/svgviewadapter.h
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@
 
     virtual QRectF visibleDocumentRect() const override;
 
+    virtual QPixmap thumbnailRepresentation(QSize size) const override;
+
 private:
     SvgViewAdapterPrivate* const d;
 };
diff --git a/lib/documentview/svgviewadapter.cpp b/lib/documentview/svgviewadapter.cpp
--- a/lib/documentview/svgviewadapter.cpp
+++ b/lib/documentview/svgviewadapter.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <QPainter>
 #include <QSvgRenderer>
 #include <QDebug>
+#include <QPainter>
 
 // KDE
 
@@ -259,4 +260,14 @@
     return QRectF(d->mView->imageOffset(), d->mView->visibleImageSize());
 }
 
+QPixmap SvgViewAdapter::thumbnailRepresentation(QSize size) const
+{
+    QPixmap pix = QPixmap(size);
+    pix.fill(Qt::transparent);
+    QPainter painter(&pix);
+    QSvgRenderer* r = document()->svgRenderer();
+    r->render(&painter);
+    return pix;
+}
+
 } // namespace
diff --git a/lib/documentview/videoviewadapter.h b/lib/documentview/videoviewadapter.h
--- a/lib/documentview/videoviewadapter.h
+++ b/lib/documentview/videoviewadapter.h
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@
 
     virtual void setDocument(Document::Ptr) Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
 
+    virtual QPixmap thumbnailRepresentation(QSize size) const override;
+
 Q_SIGNALS:
     void videoFinished();
 
diff --git a/lib/documentview/videoviewadapter.cpp b/lib/documentview/videoviewadapter.cpp
--- a/lib/documentview/videoviewadapter.cpp
+++ b/lib/documentview/videoviewadapter.cpp
@@ -245,6 +245,13 @@
     QMetaObject::invokeMethod(this, "completed", Qt::QueuedConnection);
 }
 
+QPixmap VideoViewAdapter::thumbnailRepresentation(QSize size) const
+{
+    // Thumbnail of video is not very useful, so return an icon instead
+    const QIcon icon = QIcon::fromTheme("video-x-generic");
+    return icon.pixmap(size);
+}
+
 Document::Ptr VideoViewAdapter::document() const
 {
     return d->mDocument;