diff --git a/applets/mediaframe/package/contents/ui/main.qml b/applets/mediaframe/package/contents/ui/main.qml
--- a/applets/mediaframe/package/contents/ui/main.qml
+++ b/applets/mediaframe/package/contents/ui/main.qml
@@ -430,4 +430,16 @@
         }
     }
 
+    Connections {
+        target: plasmoid
+        onExternalData: {
+            var type = items.isDir(data) ? "folder" : "file";
+            var item = {
+                "path": data,
+                "type": type
+            };
+
+            addItem(item);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/applets/mediaframe/package/metadata.desktop b/applets/mediaframe/package/metadata.desktop
--- a/applets/mediaframe/package/metadata.desktop
+++ b/applets/mediaframe/package/metadata.desktop
@@ -69,6 +69,6 @@
 X-KDE-PluginInfo-License=GPL-2.0+
 X-KDE-PluginInfo-EnabledByDefault=true
 X-Plasma-StandAloneApp=true
-
+X-Plasma-DropMimeTypes=inode/directory,image/jpeg,image/png,image/svg+xml,image/svg+xml-compressed,image/bmp
 X-Plasma-API=declarativeappletscript
 X-Plasma-MainScript=ui/main.qml