diff --git a/plugins/projectmanagerview/projectmanagerviewplugin.h b/plugins/projectmanagerview/projectmanagerviewplugin.h
--- a/plugins/projectmanagerview/projectmanagerviewplugin.h
+++ b/plugins/projectmanagerview/projectmanagerviewplugin.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 class Context;
 }
 
+class QMimeData;
 class ProjectManagerView;
 
 class ProjectManagerViewPlugin: public KDevelop::IPlugin
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@
     void createFolderFromContextMenu();
     void createFileFromContextMenu();
     void removeFromContextMenu();
+    void cutFromContextMenu();
     void removeTargetFilesFromContextMenu();
     void renameItemFromContextMenu();
     void updateActionState( KDevelop::Context* ctx );
@@ -91,6 +93,10 @@
     QList<KDevelop::ProjectBaseItem*> collectItems();
     QList<KDevelop::ProjectBaseItem*> collectAllProjects();
     void runBuilderJob( KDevelop::BuilderJob::BuildType type, QList<KDevelop::ProjectBaseItem*> items );
+
+    // Returns nullptr iff the list of URLs to copy/cut was empty
+    QMimeData* createClipboardMimeData(bool cut);
+
     class ProjectManagerViewPluginPrivate* const d;
 };
 
diff --git a/plugins/projectmanagerview/projectmanagerviewplugin.cpp b/plugins/projectmanagerview/projectmanagerviewplugin.cpp
--- a/plugins/projectmanagerview/projectmanagerviewplugin.cpp
+++ b/plugins/projectmanagerview/projectmanagerviewplugin.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
 #include <KMessageBox>
 #include <KParts/MainWindow>
 #include <KPluginFactory>
+#include <KIO/Paste>
+#include <KFileItem>
+#include <KUrlMimeData>
 
 #include <project/projectmodel.h>
 #include <project/projectbuildsetmodel.h>
@@ -289,6 +292,11 @@
         remove->setIcon(QIcon::fromTheme(QStringLiteral("user-trash")));
         connect( remove, &QAction::triggered, this, &ProjectManagerViewPlugin::removeFromContextMenu );
         menuExt.addAction( ContextMenuExtension::FileGroup, remove );
+
+        QAction* cut = KStandardAction::cut(this, SLOT(cutFromContextMenu()), this);
+        cut->setShortcutContext(Qt::WidgetShortcut);
+        menuExt.addAction(ContextMenuExtension::FileGroup, cut);
+
         QAction* rename = new QAction( i18n( "Rename..." ), this );
         rename->setIcon(QIcon::fromTheme(QStringLiteral("edit-rename")));
         connect( rename, &QAction::triggered, this, &ProjectManagerViewPlugin::renameItemFromContextMenu );
@@ -656,21 +664,40 @@
     }
 }
 
-void ProjectManagerViewPlugin::copyFromContextMenu()
+QMimeData* ProjectManagerViewPlugin::createClipboardMimeData(bool cut)
 {
-    KDevelop::ProjectItemContext* ctx = dynamic_cast<KDevelop::ProjectItemContext*>(ICore::self()->selectionController()->currentSelection());
+    KDevelop::ProjectItemContext* ctx = dynamic_cast<KDevelop::ProjectItemContext*>(
+        ICore::self()->selectionController()->currentSelection());
     QList<QUrl> urls;
+    QList<QUrl> mostLocalUrls;
+    bool dummy;
     foreach (ProjectBaseItem* item, ctx->items()) {
         if (item->folder() || item->file()) {
-            urls << item->path().toUrl();
+            const QUrl& url = item->path().toUrl();
+            urls << url;
+            mostLocalUrls << KFileItem(url).mostLocalUrl(dummy);
         }
     }
     qCDebug(PLUGIN_PROJECTMANAGERVIEW) << urls;
-    if (!urls.isEmpty()) {
-        QMimeData* data = new QMimeData;
-        data->setUrls(urls);
-        qApp->clipboard()->setMimeData(data);
+
+    if (urls.isEmpty()) {
+        return nullptr;
     }
+
+    QMimeData* mimeData = new QMimeData;
+    KIO::setClipboardDataCut(mimeData, cut);
+    KUrlMimeData::setUrls(urls, mostLocalUrls, mimeData);
+    return mimeData;
+}
+
+void ProjectManagerViewPlugin::copyFromContextMenu()
+{
+    qApp->clipboard()->setMimeData(createClipboardMimeData(false));
+}
+
+void ProjectManagerViewPlugin::cutFromContextMenu()
+{
+    qApp->clipboard()->setMimeData(createClipboardMimeData(true));
 }
 
 void ProjectManagerViewPlugin::pasteFromContextMenu()