diff --git a/plugins/runcommand/runcommand_config.cpp b/plugins/runcommand/runcommand_config.cpp
--- a/plugins/runcommand/runcommand_config.cpp
+++ b/plugins/runcommand/runcommand_config.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QUuid>
 #include <QJsonDocument>
+#include <QRegularExpression>
 
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 #include <KPluginFactory>
@@ -137,6 +138,7 @@
         QJsonObject entry;
         entry[QStringLiteral("name")] = name;
         entry[QStringLiteral("command")] = command;
+        entry[QStringLiteral("numArgs")] = command.count(QRegularExpression("%\\d+")); // % followed by one or more digits
         jsonConfig[key] = entry;
     }
     QJsonDocument document;
diff --git a/plugins/runcommand/runcommandplugin.cpp b/plugins/runcommand/runcommandplugin.cpp
--- a/plugins/runcommand/runcommandplugin.cpp
+++ b/plugins/runcommand/runcommandplugin.cpp
@@ -66,8 +66,16 @@
             qCWarning(KDECONNECT_PLUGIN_RUNCOMMAND) << key << "is not a configured command";
         }
         const QJsonObject commandJson = value.toObject();
-        qCInfo(KDECONNECT_PLUGIN_RUNCOMMAND) << "Running:" << "/bin/sh" << "-c" << commandJson[QStringLiteral("command")].toString();
-        QProcess::startDetached(QStringLiteral("/bin/sh"), QStringList()<< QStringLiteral("-c") << commandJson[QStringLiteral("command")].toString());
+
+        QString command = commandJson[QStringLiteral("command")].toString();
+        QStringList args = np.get<QStringList>("args");
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < args.size(); i++) {
+            command = command.arg(args[i]);
+        }
+
+        qCInfo(KDECONNECT_PLUGIN_RUNCOMMAND) << "Running:" << "/bin/sh" << "-c" << command;
+        QProcess::startDetached(QStringLiteral("/bin/sh"), QStringList()<< QStringLiteral("-c") << command);
         return true;
     } else if (np.has("setup")) {
         QProcess::startDetached(QStringLiteral("kcmshell5"), {QStringLiteral("kdeconnect"), QStringLiteral("--args"), QString(device()->id() + QStringLiteral(":kdeconnect_runcommand")) });
@@ -90,6 +98,7 @@
     #if KCMUTILS_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 45, 0)
         np.set<bool>(QStringLiteral("canAddCommand"), true);
     #endif
+    np.set<bool>(QStringLiteral("argsSupported"), true);
 
     sendPacket(np);
 }