diff --git a/applets/systemtray/package/contents/config/config.qml b/applets/systemtray/package/contents/config/config.qml
--- a/applets/systemtray/package/contents/config/config.qml
+++ b/applets/systemtray/package/contents/config/config.qml
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@
          icon: "preferences-system-windows"
          source: "ConfigGeneral.qml"
     }
+    ConfigCategory {
+         name: i18n("Appearance")
+         icon: "preferences-desktop-wallpaper"
+         source: "ConfigAppearance.qml"
+    }
     ConfigCategory {
          name: i18n("Entries")
          icon: "preferences-desktop-notification"
diff --git a/applets/systemtray/package/contents/config/main.xml b/applets/systemtray/package/contents/config/main.xml
--- a/applets/systemtray/package/contents/config/main.xml
+++ b/applets/systemtray/package/contents/config/main.xml
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@
       <label>Whether the popup should remain open when another window is activated</label>
       <default>false</default>
     </entry>
+    
+    <entry name="iconsSpacing" type="Int">
+      <label>Spacing between systray icons in pixels</label>
+      <default>0</default>
+    </entry>
   </group>
 
 </kcfg>
diff --git a/applets/systemtray/package/contents/ui/ConfigAppearance.qml b/applets/systemtray/package/contents/ui/ConfigAppearance.qml
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/applets/systemtray/package/contents/ui/ConfigAppearance.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+ *  Copyright 2013 Sebastian Kügler <sebas@kde.org>
+ *  Copyright 2014 Marco Martin <mart@kde.org>
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *  Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  2.010-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+import QtQuick 2.0
+import QtQuick.Controls 1.0 as QtControls
+import QtQuick.Layouts 1.0 as QtLayouts
+
+Item {
+    id: appearancePage
+
+    width: childrenRect.width
+    height: childrenRect.height
+    implicitWidth: mainColumn.implicitWidth
+    implicitHeight: pageColumn.implicitHeight
+
+    property alias cfg_iconsSpacing: iconsSpacing.value
+
+
+    QtLayouts.ColumnLayout {
+        id: mainColumn
+
+        QtLayouts.RowLayout {
+            QtControls.Label {
+                text: i18n("Icons Spacing:");
+            }
+
+            QtControls.SpinBox{
+                id: iconsSpacing
+                minimumValue: 0
+                maximumValue: 36 //in pixels
+
+                suffix: i18nc("pixels","px.")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/applets/systemtray/package/contents/ui/main.qml b/applets/systemtray/package/contents/ui/main.qml
--- a/applets/systemtray/package/contents/ui/main.qml
+++ b/applets/systemtray/package/contents/ui/main.qml
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@
     //Main Layout
     Flow {
         id: tasksRow
-        spacing: 0
+        spacing: plasmoid.configuration.iconsSpacing
         height: parent.height - (vertical && expander.visible ? expander.height : 0)
         width: parent.width - (vertical || !expander.visible ? 0 : expander.width)
         property string skipItems