diff --git a/containmentactions/contextmenu/menu.h b/containmentactions/contextmenu/menu.h
--- a/containmentactions/contextmenu/menu.h
+++ b/containmentactions/contextmenu/menu.h
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 /*
  *   Copyright 2009 by Chani Armitage <chani@kde.org>
+ *   Copyright (c) 2018 Kai Uwe Broulik <kde@broulik.de>
+ *                      Work sponsored by the LiMux project of
+ *                      the city of Munich.
  *
  *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  *   it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
@@ -44,11 +47,13 @@
     void lockScreen();
     void startLogout();
     void logout();
+    void openDisplaySettings();
 
 private:
     QAction *m_runCommandAction;
     QAction *m_lockScreenAction;
     QAction *m_logoutAction;
+    QAction *m_displaySettingsAction;
     QAction *m_separator1;
     QAction *m_separator2;
     QAction *m_separator3;
diff --git a/containmentactions/contextmenu/menu.cpp b/containmentactions/contextmenu/menu.cpp
--- a/containmentactions/contextmenu/menu.cpp
+++ b/containmentactions/contextmenu/menu.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 /*
  *   Copyright 2009 by Chani Armitage <chani@kde.org>
+ *   Copyright (c) 2018 Kai Uwe Broulik <kde@broulik.de>
+ *                      Work sponsored by the LiMux project of
+ *                      the city of Munich.
  *
  *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  *   it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
@@ -49,6 +52,7 @@
       m_runCommandAction(nullptr),
       m_lockScreenAction(nullptr),
       m_logoutAction(nullptr),
+      m_displaySettingsAction(nullptr),
       m_separator1(nullptr),
       m_separator2(nullptr),
       m_separator3(nullptr),
@@ -77,9 +81,10 @@
         actions.insert(QStringLiteral("configure shortcuts"), false);
         m_actionOrder << QStringLiteral("_context") << QStringLiteral("_run_command") << QStringLiteral("add widgets") << QStringLiteral("_add panel")
                       << QStringLiteral("manage activities") << QStringLiteral("remove") << QStringLiteral("lock widgets") << QStringLiteral("_sep1")
-                      <<QStringLiteral("_lock_screen") << QStringLiteral("_logout") << QStringLiteral("_sep2") << QStringLiteral("run associated application") << QStringLiteral("configure")
+                      <<QStringLiteral("_lock_screen") << QStringLiteral("_logout") << QStringLiteral("_sep2") << QStringLiteral("run associated application") << QStringLiteral("configure") << QStringLiteral("kscreen")
                       << QStringLiteral("configure shortcuts") << QStringLiteral("_sep3") << QStringLiteral("_wallpaper");
         disabled.insert(QStringLiteral("configure shortcuts"));
+        disabled.insert(QStringLiteral("kscreen"));
     }
 
     foreach (const QString &name, m_actionOrder) {
@@ -109,6 +114,10 @@
         m_logoutAction->setShortcut(KGlobalAccel::self()->globalShortcut(QStringLiteral("ksmserver"), QStringLiteral("Log Out")).value(0));
         connect(m_logoutAction, &QAction::triggered, this, &ContextMenu::startLogout);
 
+        m_displaySettingsAction = new QAction(i18nc("plasma_containmentactions_contextmenu", "Configure Displays..."), this);
+        m_displaySettingsAction->setIcon(QIcon::fromTheme(QStringLiteral("preferences-desktop-display-randr")));
+        connect(m_displaySettingsAction, &QAction::triggered, this, &ContextMenu::openDisplaySettings);
+
         m_separator1 = new QAction(this);
         m_separator1->setSeparator(true);
         m_separator2 = new QAction(this);
@@ -185,6 +194,11 @@
         if (c->corona()) {
             return c->corona()->actions()->action(QStringLiteral("manage activities"));
         }
+    } else if (name == QLatin1String("kscreen")) {
+        if (KAuthorized::authorizeControlModule(QStringLiteral("kcm_kscreen.desktop"))
+                && KService::serviceByStorageId(QStringLiteral("kcm_kscreen"))) {
+            return m_displaySettingsAction;
+        }
     } else {
         //FIXME: remove action: make removal of current activity possible
         return c->actions()->action(name);
@@ -246,6 +260,11 @@
     KWorkSpace::requestShutDown();
 }
 
+void ContextMenu::openDisplaySettings()
+{
+    QProcess::startDetached(QStringLiteral("kcmshell5"), {QStringLiteral("kcm_kscreen")});
+}
+
 QWidget* ContextMenu::createConfigurationInterface(QWidget* parent)
 {
     QWidget *widget = new QWidget(parent);