diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 include(KDECMakeSettings)
 include(KDECompilerSettings NO_POLICY_SCOPE)
 
-find_package(Qt5 ${QT_MIN_VERSION} CONFIG REQUIRED COMPONENTS Gui)
-find_package(KF5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS KIO)
+find_package(Qt5 ${QT_MIN_VERSION} CONFIG REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core Gui)
+find_package(KF5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS KIO I18n Config)
 find_package(FFmpeg COMPONENTS AVCODEC AVFORMAT SWSCALE)
 
 include_directories(
@@ -34,10 +34,12 @@
   ffmpegthumbnailer/videothumbnailer.cpp
 )
 
+kconfig_add_kcfg_files(ffmpegthumbs_PART_SRCS ffmpegthumbnailersettings5.kcfgc)
 add_library(ffmpegthumbs MODULE ${ffmpegthumbs_PART_SRCS})
 
-target_link_libraries(ffmpegthumbs Qt5::Gui KF5::KIOWidgets ${AVUTIL_LIBRARIES} ${AVFILTER_LIBRARIES} ${AVFORMAT_LIBRARIES} ${AVCODEC_LIBRARIES} ${SWSCALE_LIBRARIES} )
+target_link_libraries(ffmpegthumbs Qt5::Core Qt5::Gui KF5::KIOWidgets KF5::KIOCore KF5::I18n KF5::ConfigCore KF5::ConfigGui ${AVUTIL_LIBRARIES} ${AVFILTER_LIBRARIES} ${AVFORMAT_LIBRARIES} ${AVCODEC_LIBRARIES} ${SWSCALE_LIBRARIES} )
 
+install(FILES ffmpegthumbnailersettings5.kcfg DESTINATION ${KCFG_INSTALL_DIR})
 install(TARGETS ffmpegthumbs DESTINATION ${PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR})
 
 ########### install files ###############
diff --git a/ffmpegthumbnailer.h b/ffmpegthumbnailer.h
--- a/ffmpegthumbnailer.h
+++ b/ffmpegthumbnailer.h
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
     virtual ~FFMpegThumbnailer();
     virtual bool create(const QString& path, int width, int height, QImage& img);
     virtual Flags flags() const;
+    virtual QWidget* createConfigurationWidget() override;
+    virtual void writeConfiguration(const QWidget* configurationWidget) override;
 private:
     ffmpegthumbnailer::VideoThumbnailer m_Thumbnailer;
     ffmpegthumbnailer::FilmStripFilter  m_FilmStrip;
diff --git a/ffmpegthumbnailer.cpp b/ffmpegthumbnailer.cpp
--- a/ffmpegthumbnailer.cpp
+++ b/ffmpegthumbnailer.cpp
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@
 //    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 
 #include "ffmpegthumbnailer.h"
+#include "ffmpegthumbnailersettings5.h"
+
 #include <QImage>
+#include <QCheckBox>
+#include <KLocalizedString>
 
 extern "C"
 {
@@ -28,7 +32,10 @@
 
 FFMpegThumbnailer::FFMpegThumbnailer()
 {
-    m_Thumbnailer.addFilter(&m_FilmStrip);
+    FFMpegThumbnailerSettings* settings = FFMpegThumbnailerSettings::self();
+    if (settings->filmstrip()) {
+        m_Thumbnailer.addFilter(&m_FilmStrip);
+    }
 }
 
 FFMpegThumbnailer::~FFMpegThumbnailer()
@@ -53,3 +60,19 @@
     return (Flags)(None);
 }
 
+QWidget *FFMpegThumbnailer::createConfigurationWidget()
+{
+    QCheckBox *filmstripCheckBox = new QCheckBox(i18nc("@option:check", "Embed filmstrip effect"));
+    filmstripCheckBox->setChecked(FFMpegThumbnailerSettings::filmstrip());
+    return filmstripCheckBox;
+}
+
+void FFMpegThumbnailer::writeConfiguration(const QWidget *configurationWidget)
+{
+    const QCheckBox *filmstripCheckBox = qobject_cast<const QCheckBox*>(configurationWidget);
+    if (filmstripCheckBox) {
+        FFMpegThumbnailerSettings* settings = FFMpegThumbnailerSettings::self();
+        settings->setFilmstrip(filmstripCheckBox->isChecked());
+        settings->save();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ffmpegthumbnailersettings5.kcfg b/ffmpegthumbnailersettings5.kcfg
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ffmpegthumbnailersettings5.kcfg
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE kcfg SYSTEM "http://www.kde.org/standards/kcfg/1.0/kcfg.dtd">
+<kcfg>
+    <kcfgfile name="ffmpegthumbsrc"/>
+    <group name="General">
+      <entry name="filmstrip" type="bool">
+          <label>Embed filmstrip effect</label>
+          <default>true</default>
+      </entry>
+    </group>
+</kcfg>
diff --git a/ffmpegthumbnailersettings5.kcfgc b/ffmpegthumbnailersettings5.kcfgc
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ffmpegthumbnailersettings5.kcfgc
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+File=ffmpegthumbnailersettings5.kcfg
+ClassName=FFMpegThumbnailerSettings
+Singleton=true
+Mutators=true
diff --git a/ffmpegthumbs.desktop b/ffmpegthumbs.desktop
--- a/ffmpegthumbs.desktop
+++ b/ffmpegthumbs.desktop
@@ -57,3 +57,4 @@
 CacheThumbnail=true
 ThumbnailerVersion=2
 IgnoreMaximumSize=true
+Configurable=true
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@
 	${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../ffmpegthumbnailer/videothumbnailer.cpp
 )
 
+kconfig_add_kcfg_files(ffmpegthumbtest_SRCS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../ffmpegthumbnailersettings5.kcfgc)
 
 add_executable(ffmpegthumbtest ${ffmpegthumbtest_SRCS} )
 
-target_link_libraries(ffmpegthumbtest Qt5::Gui KF5::KIOWidgets ${AVUTIL_LIBRARIES} ${AVFILTER_LIBRARIES} ${AVFORMAT_LIBRARIES} ${AVCODEC_LIBRARIES} ${SWSCALE_LIBRARIES})
+target_link_libraries(ffmpegthumbtest Qt5::Core Qt5::Gui KF5::KIOWidgets KF5::KIOCore KF5::I18n KF5::ConfigCore KF5::ConfigGui ${AVUTIL_LIBRARIES} ${AVFILTER_LIBRARIES} ${AVFORMAT_LIBRARIES} ${AVCODEC_LIBRARIES} ${SWSCALE_LIBRARIES})
 
 
 
diff --git a/tests/ffmpegthumbtest.cpp b/tests/ffmpegthumbtest.cpp
--- a/tests/ffmpegthumbtest.cpp
+++ b/tests/ffmpegthumbtest.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 //    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 
 #include "ffmpegthumbnailer.h"
+#include "ffmpegthumbnailersettings5.h"
 
 #include <QCoreApplication>
 #include <QFileInfo>