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>
@@ -58,6 +61,13 @@
 Q_LOGGING_CATEGORY(PLUGIN_PROJECTMANAGERVIEW, "kdevplatform.plugins.projectmanagerview")
 K_PLUGIN_FACTORY_WITH_JSON(ProjectManagerFactory, "kdevprojectmanagerview.json", registerPlugin<ProjectManagerViewPlugin>();)
 
+static QAction* createSeparatorAction()
+{
+    QAction* separator = new QAction(nullptr);
+    separator->setSeparator(true);
+    return separator;
+}
+
 class KDevProjectManagerViewFactory: public KDevelop::IToolViewFactory
 {
     public:
@@ -212,7 +222,7 @@
     bool needsCloseProjects = true;
     bool needsBuildItems = true;
     bool needsFolderItems = true;
-    bool needsRemoveAndRename = true;
+    bool needsCutRenameRemove = true;
     bool needsRemoveTargetFiles = true;
     bool needsPaste = true;
 
@@ -234,7 +244,7 @@
         needsFolderItems &= (bool)item->folder();
 
         //needsRemove if items are limited to non-top-level folders or files that don't belong to targets
-        needsRemoveAndRename &= (item->folder() && item->parent()) || (item->file() && !item->parent()->target());
+        needsCutRenameRemove &= (item->folder() && item->parent()) || (item->file() && !item->parent()->target());
 
         //needsRemoveTargets if items are limited to file items with target parents
         needsRemoveTargetFiles &= (item->file() && item->parent()->target());
@@ -284,11 +294,37 @@
         connect( action, &QAction::triggered, this, &ProjectManagerViewPlugin::reloadFromContextMenu );
         menuExt.addAction( ContextMenuExtension::FileGroup, action );
     }
-    if ( needsRemoveAndRename ) {
+
+    // Populating cut/copy/paste group
+    if (!menuExt.actions(ContextMenuExtension::FileGroup).isEmpty()) {
+        menuExt.addAction(ContextMenuExtension::FileGroup, createSeparatorAction());
+    }
+    if (needsCutRenameRemove) {
+        QAction* cut = KStandardAction::cut(this, SLOT(cutFromContextMenu()), this);
+        cut->setShortcutContext(Qt::WidgetShortcut);
+        menuExt.addAction(ContextMenuExtension::FileGroup, cut);
+    }
+    {
+        QAction* copy = KStandardAction::copy(this, SLOT(copyFromContextMenu()), this);
+        copy->setShortcutContext(Qt::WidgetShortcut);
+        menuExt.addAction( ContextMenuExtension::FileGroup, copy );
+    }
+    if (needsPaste) {
+        QAction* paste = KStandardAction::paste(this, SLOT(pasteFromContextMenu()), this);
+        paste->setShortcutContext(Qt::WidgetShortcut);
+        menuExt.addAction( ContextMenuExtension::FileGroup, paste );
+    }
+
+    // Populating rename/remove group
+    {
+        menuExt.addAction(ContextMenuExtension::FileGroup, createSeparatorAction());
+    }
+    if (needsCutRenameRemove) {
         QAction* remove = new QAction( i18n( "Remove" ), this );
         remove->setIcon(QIcon::fromTheme(QStringLiteral("user-trash")));
         connect( remove, &QAction::triggered, this, &ProjectManagerViewPlugin::removeFromContextMenu );
         menuExt.addAction( ContextMenuExtension::FileGroup, remove );
+
         QAction* rename = new QAction( i18n( "Rename..." ), this );
         rename->setIcon(QIcon::fromTheme(QStringLiteral("edit-rename")));
         connect( rename, &QAction::triggered, this, &ProjectManagerViewPlugin::renameItemFromContextMenu );
@@ -301,15 +337,8 @@
         menuExt.addAction( ContextMenuExtension::FileGroup, remove );
     }
 
-    {
-        QAction* copy = KStandardAction::copy(this, SLOT(copyFromContextMenu()), this);
-        copy->setShortcutContext(Qt::WidgetShortcut);
-        menuExt.addAction( ContextMenuExtension::FileGroup, copy );
-    }
-    if (needsPaste) {
-        QAction* paste = KStandardAction::paste(this, SLOT(pasteFromContextMenu()), this);
-        paste->setShortcutContext(Qt::WidgetShortcut);
-        menuExt.addAction( ContextMenuExtension::FileGroup, paste );
+    if (needsCutRenameRemove || needsRemoveTargetFiles) {
+        menuExt.addAction(ContextMenuExtension::FileGroup, createSeparatorAction());
     }
 
     return menuExt;
@@ -656,21 +685,39 @@
     }
 }
 
-void ProjectManagerViewPlugin::copyFromContextMenu()
+QMimeData* ProjectManagerViewPlugin::createClipboardMimeData(bool cut)
 {
-    KDevelop::ProjectItemContext* ctx = dynamic_cast<KDevelop::ProjectItemContext*>(ICore::self()->selectionController()->currentSelection());
+    auto* ctx = dynamic_cast<KDevelop::ProjectItemContext*>(
+        ICore::self()->selectionController()->currentSelection());
     QList<QUrl> urls;
+    QList<QUrl> mostLocalUrls;
     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();
         }
     }
     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()
@@ -710,6 +757,5 @@
     }
 }
 
-
 #include "projectmanagerviewplugin.moc"