diff --git a/app/mainwindow.h b/app/mainwindow.h
--- a/app/mainwindow.h
+++ b/app/mainwindow.h
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@
 
     virtual void setCaption(const QString&, bool modified) Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
 
+    void openUrl(const QUrl& url);
+    void openDirUrl(const QUrl&);
+
 protected:
     virtual bool queryClose() Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
     virtual QSize sizeHint() const Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
@@ -82,7 +85,6 @@
 
 private Q_SLOTS:
     void setActiveViewModeAction(QAction* action);
-    void openDirUrl(const QUrl&);
     void slotThumbnailViewIndexActivated(const QModelIndex&);
 
     void slotStartMainPageUrlSelected(const QUrl&);
@@ -112,7 +114,6 @@
     void saveCurrent();
     void saveCurrentAs();
     void openFile();
-    void openUrl(const QUrl& url);
     void reload();
 
     void showDocumentInFullScreen(const QUrl&);
diff --git a/app/mainwindow.cpp b/app/mainwindow.cpp
--- a/app/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/app/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@
 
     void setupViewMainPage(QWidget* parent)
     {
-        mViewMainPage = new ViewMainPage(parent, mSlideShow, q->actionCollection(), mGvCore);
+        mViewMainPage = new ViewMainPage(parent, q, mSlideShow, q->actionCollection(), mGvCore);
         connect(mViewMainPage, SIGNAL(captionUpdateRequested(QString)),
                 q, SLOT(slotUpdateCaption(QString)));
         connect(mViewMainPage, SIGNAL(completed()),
diff --git a/app/viewmainpage.h b/app/viewmainpage.h
--- a/app/viewmainpage.h
+++ b/app/viewmainpage.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 namespace Gwenview
 {
 
+class MainWindow;
 class AbstractRasterImageViewTool;
 class DocumentView;
 class GvCore;
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@
 public:
     static const int MaxViewCount;
 
-    ViewMainPage(QWidget* parent, SlideShow*, KActionCollection*, GvCore*);
+    ViewMainPage(QWidget* parent, MainWindow* mainWindow, SlideShow*, KActionCollection*, GvCore*);
     ~ViewMainPage();
 
     ThumbnailBarView* thumbnailBar() const;
diff --git a/app/viewmainpage.cpp b/app/viewmainpage.cpp
--- a/app/viewmainpage.cpp
+++ b/app/viewmainpage.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 #include <QVBoxLayout>
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QMenu>
+#include <QMimeData>
+#include <QGraphicsSceneDragDropEvent>
 
 // KDE
 #include <KActionCollection>
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@
 #include "fileoperations.h"
 #include <gvcore.h>
 #include "splitter.h"
+#include "mainwindow.h"
 #include <lib/document/document.h>
 #include <lib/documentview/abstractdocumentviewadapter.h>
 #include <lib/documentview/abstractrasterimageviewtool.h>
@@ -60,6 +63,7 @@
 #include <lib/zoomwidget.h>
 #include <lib/zoommode.h>
 #include <lib/stylesheetutils.h>
+#include <lib/urlutils.h>
 
 namespace Gwenview
 {
@@ -107,6 +111,7 @@
 struct ViewMainPagePrivate
 {
     ViewMainPage* q;
+    MainWindow* mainWindow;
     SlideShow* mSlideShow;
     KActionCollection* mActionCollection;
     GvCore* mGvCore;
@@ -210,7 +215,7 @@
         QVBoxLayout* layout = new QVBoxLayout(mAdapterContainer);
         layout->setMargin(0);
         layout->setSpacing(0);
-        mDocumentViewContainer = new DocumentViewContainer;
+        mDocumentViewContainer = new DocumentViewContainer(q);
         mDocumentViewContainer->setAutoFillBackground(true);
         mDocumentViewContainer->setBackgroundRole(QPalette::Base);
         layout->addWidget(mDocumentViewContainer);
@@ -379,12 +384,13 @@
     }
 };
 
-ViewMainPage::ViewMainPage(QWidget* parent, SlideShow* slideShow, KActionCollection* actionCollection, GvCore* gvCore)
+ViewMainPage::ViewMainPage(QWidget* parent, MainWindow* mainWindow, SlideShow* slideShow, KActionCollection* actionCollection, GvCore* gvCore)
 : QWidget(parent)
 , d(new ViewMainPagePrivate)
 {
     d->q = this;
     d->mDirModelToBarModelProxyMapper = 0; // Initialized later
+    d->mainWindow = mainWindow;
     d->mSlideShow = slideShow;
     d->mActionCollection = actionCollection;
     d->mGvCore = gvCore;
@@ -752,6 +758,23 @@
 
 bool ViewMainPage::eventFilter(QObject* watched, QEvent* event)
 {
+    // Allow dropping files/folders on the View mode viewport
+    // ViewMainPage is passed to d->mDocumentViewContainer so it can be installed as
+    // an event filter on the QGraphicsScene
+    if (event->type() == QEvent::GraphicsSceneDragEnter) {
+        QGraphicsSceneDragDropEvent* dragEnterEvent = static_cast<QGraphicsSceneDragDropEvent*>(event);
+        dragEnterEvent->setAccepted(dragEnterEvent->mimeData()->hasUrls());
+    } else if (event->type() == QEvent::GraphicsSceneDrop) {
+        QGraphicsSceneDragDropEvent* dropEvent = static_cast<QGraphicsSceneDragDropEvent*>(event);
+        // Since we're capturing drops in View mode, we only support one url
+        QUrl urlToOpen = dropEvent->mimeData()->urls().first();
+        if (UrlUtils::urlIsDirectory(urlToOpen)) {
+            d->mainWindow->openDirUrl(urlToOpen);
+        } else {
+            d->mainWindow->openUrl(urlToOpen);
+        }
+    }
+
     if (event->type() == QEvent::ShortcutOverride) {
         const QKeyEvent* keyEvent = static_cast<QKeyEvent*>(event);
         if (keyEvent->key() == Qt::Key_Escape) {
diff --git a/lib/documentview/documentviewcontainer.h b/lib/documentview/documentviewcontainer.h
--- a/lib/documentview/documentviewcontainer.h
+++ b/lib/documentview/documentviewcontainer.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
-    DocumentViewContainer(QWidget* parent = 0);
+    DocumentViewContainer(QWidget* viewMainPage);
     ~DocumentViewContainer();
 
     /**
diff --git a/lib/documentview/documentviewcontainer.cpp b/lib/documentview/documentviewcontainer.cpp
--- a/lib/documentview/documentviewcontainer.cpp
+++ b/lib/documentview/documentviewcontainer.cpp
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@
     }
 };
 
-DocumentViewContainer::DocumentViewContainer(QWidget* parent)
-: QGraphicsView(parent)
+DocumentViewContainer::DocumentViewContainer(QWidget* viewMainPage)
+: QGraphicsView(viewMainPage)
 , d(new DocumentViewContainerPrivate)
 {
     d->q = this;
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@
     connect(d->mLayoutUpdateTimer, &QTimer::timeout, this, &DocumentViewContainer::updateLayout);
 
     connect(GwenviewConfig::self(), &GwenviewConfig::configChanged, this, &DocumentViewContainer::slotConfigChanged);
+
+    // In order to support drop operations we need to filter events on the QGraphicsScene
+    d->mScene->installEventFilter(viewMainPage);
 }
 
 DocumentViewContainer::~DocumentViewContainer()
@@ -120,6 +123,7 @@
 {
     DocumentView* view = new DocumentView(d->mScene);
     view->setPalette(palette());
+    view->setAcceptDrops(true);
     d->mAddedViews << view;
     view->show();
     connect(view, &DocumentView::fadeInFinished, this, &DocumentViewContainer::slotFadeInFinished);