diff --git a/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/config/main.xml b/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/config/main.xml
--- a/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/config/main.xml
+++ b/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/config/main.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,14 @@
       <label>The launcher URLs (usually .desktop file or executable URLs) of applications that should not have their tasks grouped.</label>
       <default></default>
     </entry>
+    <entry name="pinAppIdList" type="StringList">
+      <label>The id's (usually .desktop file names) of applications that should not have their tasks grouped.</label>
+      <default></default>
+    </entry>
+    <entry name="pinLauncherUrlList" type="StringList">
+      <label>The launcher URLs (usually .desktop file or executable URLs) of applications that should not have their tasks grouped.</label>
+      <default></default>
+    </entry>
     <entry name="sortingStrategy" type="Int">
       <label>How to sort tasks: 0 = Do Not Sort, 1 = Manually, 2 = Alphabetically, 3 = By Desktop, 4 = By Activity</label>
       <default>2</default>
diff --git a/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/ContextMenu.qml b/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/ContextMenu.qml
--- a/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/ContextMenu.qml
+++ b/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/ContextMenu.qml
@@ -632,6 +632,20 @@
                 separator: true
             }
 
+            PlasmaComponents.MenuItem {
+                visible: (plasmoid.pluginName != "org.kde.plasma.icontasks") && menu.get(atm.IsWindow) === true
+
+                checkable: true
+                checked: menu.visualParent && menu.get(atm.IsPinned) === true
+
+                text: i18n("Show the application icon only")
+
+                onClicked: {
+                    tasksModel.requestTogglePin(menu.modelIndex)
+                    taskList.layout()
+                }
+            }
+
             PlasmaComponents.MenuItem {
                 visible: (plasmoid.configuration.groupingStrategy != 0) && menu.get(atm.IsWindow) === true
 
diff --git a/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/Task.qml b/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/Task.qml
--- a/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/Task.qml
+++ b/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/Task.qml
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@
     PlasmaComponents.Label {
         id: label
 
-        visible: (inPopup || !iconsOnly && model.IsLauncher !== true
+        visible: (inPopup || !iconsOnly && !model.IsPinned && model.IsLauncher !== true
             && (parent.width - iconBox.height - units.smallSpacing) >= (theme.mSize(theme.defaultFont).width * LayoutManager.minimumMColumns()))
 
         anchors {
diff --git a/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/code/layout.js b/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/code/layout.js
--- a/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/code/layout.js
+++ b/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/code/layout.js
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
         adjustedWidth = width;
 
         if (!tasks.vertical && !tasks.iconsOnly && (plasmoid.configuration.separateLaunchers || stripes == 1)) {
-            if (item.m.IsLauncher === true
+            if (item.m.IsLauncher === true || item.m.IsPinned === true
                 || (!plasmoid.configuration.separateLaunchers && item.m.IsStartup === true && item.m.HasLauncher === true)) {
                 adjustedWidth = launcherWidth();
             } else if (stripes > 1 && i == tasksModel.logicalLauncherCount) {
diff --git a/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/main.qml b/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/main.qml
--- a/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/main.qml
+++ b/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/main.qml
@@ -146,6 +146,14 @@
             plasmoid.configuration.groupingLauncherUrlBlacklist = groupingLauncherUrlBlacklist;
         }
 
+        onPinAppIdListChanged: {
+            plasmoid.configuration.pinAppIdList = pinAppIdList;
+        }
+
+        onPinLauncherUrlListChanged: {
+            plasmoid.configuration.pinLauncherUrlList = pinLauncherUrlList;
+        }
+
         function sortModeEnumValue(index) {
             switch (index) {
                 case 0:
@@ -176,6 +184,8 @@
             launcherList = plasmoid.configuration.launchers;
             groupingAppIdBlacklist = plasmoid.configuration.groupingAppIdBlacklist;
             groupingLauncherUrlBlacklist = plasmoid.configuration.groupingLauncherUrlBlacklist;
+            pinAppIdList = plasmoid.configuration.pinAppIdList;
+            pinLauncherUrlList = plasmoid.configuration.pinLauncherUrlList;
 
             // Only hook up view only after the above churn is done.
             taskRepeater.model = tasksModel;
@@ -333,6 +343,8 @@
         onLaunchersChanged: tasksModel.launcherList = plasmoid.configuration.launchers
         onGroupingAppIdBlacklistChanged: tasksModel.groupingAppIdBlacklist = plasmoid.configuration.groupingAppIdBlacklist;
         onGroupingLauncherUrlBlacklistChanged: tasksModel.groupingLauncherUrlBlacklist = plasmoid.configuration.groupingLauncherUrlBlacklist;
+        onPinAppIdListChanged: tasksModel.pinAppIdList = plasmoid.configuration.pinAppIdList;
+        onPinLauncherUrlListChanged: tasksModel.pinLauncherUrlList = plasmoid.configuration.pinLauncherUrlList;
     }
 
     TaskManagerApplet.DragHelper {