diff --git a/app/mainwindow.cpp b/app/mainwindow.cpp
--- a/app/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/app/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -322,6 +322,10 @@
                 q, SLOT(goToPrevious()));
         connect(mViewMainPage, SIGNAL(nextImageRequested()),
                 q, SLOT(goToNext()));
+        connect(mViewMainPage, &ViewMainPage::openUrlRequested,
+                q, &MainWindow::openUrl);
+        connect(mViewMainPage, &ViewMainPage::openDirUrlRequested,
+                q, &MainWindow::openDirUrl);
 
         setupThumbnailBar(mViewMainPage->thumbnailBar());
     }
diff --git a/app/viewmainpage.h b/app/viewmainpage.h
--- a/app/viewmainpage.h
+++ b/app/viewmainpage.h
@@ -124,6 +124,10 @@
 
     void nextImageRequested();
 
+    void openUrlRequested(const QUrl&);
+
+    void openDirUrlRequested(const QUrl&);
+
     void toggleFullScreenRequested();
 
     void goToBrowseModeRequested();
diff --git a/app/viewmainpage.cpp b/app/viewmainpage.cpp
--- a/app/viewmainpage.cpp
+++ b/app/viewmainpage.cpp
@@ -239,6 +239,8 @@
         QObject::connect(view, &DocumentView::completed, q, &ViewMainPage::completed);
         QObject::connect(view, &DocumentView::previousImageRequested, q, &ViewMainPage::previousImageRequested);
         QObject::connect(view, &DocumentView::nextImageRequested, q, &ViewMainPage::nextImageRequested);
+        QObject::connect(view, &DocumentView::openUrlRequested, q, &ViewMainPage::openUrlRequested);
+        QObject::connect(view, &DocumentView::openDirUrlRequested, q, &ViewMainPage::openDirUrlRequested);
         QObject::connect(view, &DocumentView::captionUpdateRequested, q, &ViewMainPage::captionUpdateRequested);
         QObject::connect(view, &DocumentView::toggleFullScreenRequested, q, &ViewMainPage::toggleFullScreenRequested);
         QObject::connect(view, &DocumentView::focused, q, &ViewMainPage::slotViewFocused);
diff --git a/lib/documentview/documentview.h b/lib/documentview/documentview.h
--- a/lib/documentview/documentview.h
+++ b/lib/documentview/documentview.h
@@ -163,6 +163,10 @@
 
     void nextImageRequested();
 
+    void openUrlRequested(const QUrl&);
+
+    void openDirUrlRequested(const QUrl&);
+
     void captionUpdateRequested(const QString&);
 
     void toggleFullScreenRequested();
@@ -201,6 +205,8 @@
     void wheelEvent(QGraphicsSceneWheelEvent* event) Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
     void contextMenuEvent(QGraphicsSceneContextMenuEvent* event) Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
     bool sceneEventFilter(QGraphicsItem*, QEvent*) Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
+    void dragEnterEvent(QGraphicsSceneDragDropEvent* event) override;
+    void dropEvent(QGraphicsSceneDragDropEvent* event) override;
 
 private Q_SLOTS:
     void finishOpenUrl();
diff --git a/lib/documentview/documentview.cpp b/lib/documentview/documentview.cpp
--- a/lib/documentview/documentview.cpp
+++ b/lib/documentview/documentview.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QIcon>
 #include <QUrl>
+#include <QMimeData>
 
 // KDE
 #include <KLocalizedString>
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@
 #include <lib/gwenviewconfig.h>
 #include <lib/mimetypeutils.h>
 #include <lib/signalblocker.h>
+#include <lib/urlutils.h>
 
 namespace Gwenview
 {
@@ -365,6 +367,8 @@
 
     d->setupHud();
     d->setCurrentAdapter(new EmptyAdapter);
+
+    setAcceptDrops(true);
 }
 
 DocumentView::~DocumentView()
@@ -827,4 +831,22 @@
     d->mOpacityEffect->setOpacity(opacity);
 }
 
+void DocumentView::dragEnterEvent(QGraphicsSceneDragDropEvent* event)
+{
+    QGraphicsWidget::dragEnterEvent(event);
+    event->setAccepted(event->mimeData()->hasUrls());
+}
+
+void DocumentView::dropEvent(QGraphicsSceneDragDropEvent* event)
+{
+    QGraphicsWidget::dropEvent(event);
+    // Since we're capturing drops in View mode, we only support one url
+    const QUrl url = event->mimeData()->urls().first();
+    if (UrlUtils::urlIsDirectory(url)) {
+        emit openDirUrlRequested(url);
+    } else {
+        emit openUrlRequested(url);
+    }
+}
+
 } // namespace