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
@@ -402,6 +402,15 @@
     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.h b/lib/documentview/documentview.h
--- a/lib/documentview/documentview.h
+++ b/lib/documentview/documentview.h
@@ -222,6 +222,8 @@
 
     void slotFadeInFinished();
 
+    void slotGotDragPixmap(const KFileItem&, const QPixmap&);
+
 private:
     friend struct DocumentViewPrivate;
     DocumentViewPrivate* const d;
diff --git a/lib/documentview/documentview.cpp b/lib/documentview/documentview.cpp
--- a/lib/documentview/documentview.cpp
+++ b/lib/documentview/documentview.cpp
@@ -38,9 +38,13 @@
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QIcon>
 #include <QUrl>
+#include <QDrag>
+#include <QMimeData>
 
 // KDE
 #include <KLocalizedString>
+#include <KFileItem>
+#include <KIO/PreviewJob>
 
 // Local
 #include <lib/document/document.h>
@@ -103,6 +107,9 @@
     bool mCompareMode;
     int controlWheelAccumulatedDelta;
 
+    QPixmap dragPixmap;
+    const int dragPixmapMaxPixelSize = 100;
+
     void setCurrentAdapter(AbstractDocumentViewAdapter* adapter)
     {
         Q_ASSERT(adapter);
@@ -336,6 +343,61 @@
         q->isAnimatedChanged();
         anim->start(QAbstractAnimation::DeleteWhenStopped);
     }
+
+    void generateDragPixmap()
+    {
+        const QUrl url = q->document()->url();
+        const MimeTypeUtils::Kind mimeKind = MimeTypeUtils::urlKind(url);
+        if (mimeKind == MimeTypeUtils::KIND_RASTER_IMAGE) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const KFileItem item = KFileItem(url, MimeTypeUtils::urlMimeType(url));
+        KFileItemList itemList;
+        itemList.append(item);
+        const QStringList availPlugins = KIO::PreviewJob::availablePlugins();
+        KIO::Job* job = KIO::filePreview(itemList, QSize(dragPixmapMaxPixelSize, dragPixmapMaxPixelSize), &availPlugins);
+        KIO::Job::connect(job, SIGNAL(gotPreview(KFileItem,QPixmap)),
+                          q, SLOT(slotGotDragPixmap(KFileItem,QPixmap)));
+        job->start();
+    }
+
+    void startDragIfSensible()
+    {
+        if (q->currentTool()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Is the image pannable (actual size > viewport size)?
+        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;
+        }
+
+        QDrag* drag = new QDrag(q);
+        QMimeData* mimeData = new QMimeData;
+        const QUrl url = q->document()->url();
+        mimeData->setUrls(QList<QUrl> {url});
+        mimeData->setData(QStringLiteral("application/x-kde-suggestedfilename"), QFile::encodeName(url.fileName()));
+
+        // Set image data
+        //   - Raster images: current image (could be edited but unsaved)
+        //   - SVGs: raw data
+        const MimeTypeUtils::Kind mimeKind = MimeTypeUtils::urlKind(url);
+        if (mimeKind == MimeTypeUtils::KIND_RASTER_IMAGE) {
+            mimeData->setImageData(q->document()->image());
+            const QSize size = QSize(dragPixmapMaxPixelSize, dragPixmapMaxPixelSize);
+            dragPixmap = QPixmap::fromImage(q->document()->image().scaled(size, Qt::KeepAspectRatio));
+        } else if (mimeKind == MimeTypeUtils::KIND_SVG_IMAGE) {
+            mimeData->setData(MimeTypeUtils::urlMimeType(url), q->document()->rawData());
+        }
+
+        drag->setPixmap(dragPixmap);
+
+        drag->setMimeData(mimeData);
+        drag->exec(Qt::CopyAction);
+    }
 };
 
 DocumentView::DocumentView(QGraphicsScene* scene)
@@ -372,6 +434,11 @@
     delete d;
 }
 
+void DocumentView::slotGotDragPixmap(const KFileItem& /*item*/, const QPixmap& pixmap)
+{
+    d->dragPixmap = pixmap;
+}
+
 void DocumentView::createAdapterForDocument()
 {
     const MimeTypeUtils::Kind documentKind = d->mDocument->kind();
@@ -451,6 +518,8 @@
             SLOT(slotLoadingFailed()));
     d->mAdapter->setDocument(d->mDocument);
     d->updateCaption();
+
+    d->generateDragPixmap();
 }
 
 void DocumentView::loadAdapterConfig()
@@ -797,6 +866,8 @@
         if (d->mBirdEyeView) {
             d->mBirdEyeView->onMouseMoved();
         }
+    } else if (event->type() == QEvent::GraphicsSceneMouseMove) {
+        d->startDragIfSensible();
     }
     return false;
 }
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