diff --git a/thumbnail/CMakeLists.txt b/thumbnail/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/thumbnail/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/thumbnail/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@
     endif()
 endif()
 
+find_package(Poppler "0.12.1" COMPONENTS Qt5)
+set_package_properties(Poppler PROPERTIES DESCRIPTION "A PDF rendering library"
+                       URL "https://poppler.freedesktop.org/" TYPE OPTIONAL
+                       PURPOSE "Provides support for PDF thumbnails")
+
 include_directories(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
 
 ########### next target ###############
@@ -264,6 +269,24 @@
 
 install(TARGETS ebookthumbnail DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_PLUGINDIR})
 
+# ########### next target ###############
+
+if(Poppler_Qt5_FOUND)
+
+set(pdfthumbnail_SRCS pdfcreator.cpp)
+add_library(pdfthumbnail MODULE ${pdfthumbnail_SRCS})
+
+target_link_libraries(pdfthumbnail
+    Qt5::Gui
+    KF5::KIOWidgets
+    Poppler::Qt5
+)
+
+install(TARGETS pdfthumbnail DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_PLUGINDIR})
+install(FILES pdfthumbnail.desktop DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_KSERVICES5DIR})
+
+endif()
+
 ########### install files ###############
 
 install(FILES thumbcreator.desktop DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_KSERVICETYPES5DIR})
diff --git a/thumbnail/pdfcreator.h b/thumbnail/pdfcreator.h
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thumbnail/pdfcreator.h
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2019 Kai Uwe Broulik <kde@broulik.de>
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) version 3, or any
+ * later version accepted by the membership of KDE e.V. (or its
+ * successor approved by the membership of KDE e.V.), which shall
+ * act as a proxy defined in Section 6 of version 3 of the license.
+ *
+ * This library 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
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <kio/thumbcreator.h>
+
+class PdfCreator : public ThumbCreator
+{
+public:
+    PdfCreator();
+    ~PdfCreator() override;
+
+    bool create(const QString &path, int width, int height, QImage &image) override;
+
+};
diff --git a/thumbnail/pdfcreator.cpp b/thumbnail/pdfcreator.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thumbnail/pdfcreator.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2019 Kai Uwe Broulik <kde@broulik.de>
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) version 3, or any
+ * later version accepted by the membership of KDE e.V. (or its
+ * successor approved by the membership of KDE e.V.), which shall
+ * act as a proxy defined in Section 6 of version 3 of the license.
+ *
+ * This library 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
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "pdfcreator.h"
+
+#include <QImage>
+#include <QScopedPointer>
+
+#include <poppler-qt5.h>
+
+extern "C"
+{
+    Q_DECL_EXPORT ThumbCreator *new_creator()
+    {
+        return new PdfCreator;
+    }
+}
+
+using namespace Poppler;
+
+PdfCreator::PdfCreator() = default;
+
+PdfCreator::~PdfCreator() = default;
+
+bool PdfCreator::create(const QString &path, int width, int height, QImage &image)
+{
+    QScopedPointer<Document> document;
+    document.reset(Document::load(path));
+
+    if (!document || document->isLocked()) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    document->setRenderHint(Poppler::Document::Antialiasing);
+    document->setRenderHint(Poppler::Document::TextAntialiasing);
+
+    QScopedPointer<Page> page;
+    page.reset(document->page(0));
+
+    if (!page) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    // Compute a dpi that results in a thumbnail roughly the size we requested
+    const qreal fakeDpiX = width / page->pageSizeF().width() * 72.0;
+    const qreal fakeDpiY = height / page->pageSizeF().height() * 72.0;
+
+    // Preserve aspect fit
+    const qreal fakeDpi = std::min(fakeDpiX, fakeDpiY);
+
+    image = page->renderToImage(fakeDpi, fakeDpi);
+
+    return !image.isNull();
+}
diff --git a/thumbnail/pdfthumbnail.desktop b/thumbnail/pdfthumbnail.desktop
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thumbnail/pdfthumbnail.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Type=Service
+Name=PDF Documents
+
+X-KDE-ServiceTypes=ThumbCreator
+MimeType=application/pdf;
+
+X-KDE-Library=pdfthumbnail
+CacheThumbnail=true