diff --git a/applets/devicenotifier/package/contents/ui/devicenotifier.qml b/applets/devicenotifier/package/contents/ui/devicenotifier.qml
--- a/applets/devicenotifier/package/contents/ui/devicenotifier.qml
+++ b/applets/devicenotifier/package/contents/ui/devicenotifier.qml
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@
                 lastUdi = data[last].udi
 
                 if (sdSource.isViableDevice(lastUdi)) {
+                    plasmoid.fullRepresentationItem.spontaneousOpen = true;
                     plasmoid.expanded = true
                 }
             }