diff --git a/archive/CMakeLists.txt b/archive/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/archive/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/archive/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -71,4 +71,4 @@
 target_link_libraries(kio_archive KF5::KIOCore KF5::Archive kioarchive Qt5::Network)
 set_target_properties(kio_archive PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME "archive")
 install(TARGETS kio_archive DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_PLUGINDIR}/kf5/kio)
-install(FILES tar.protocol ar.protocol zip.protocol DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_KSERVICES5DIR})
+install(FILES tar.protocol ar.protocol zip.protocol sevenz.protocol DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_KSERVICES5DIR})
diff --git a/archive/kio_archive.cpp b/archive/kio_archive.cpp
--- a/archive/kio_archive.cpp
+++ b/archive/kio_archive.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <kar.h>
 #include <ktar.h>
 #include <kzip.h>
+#include <k7zip.h>
 
 #include "kio_archive_debug.h"
 
@@ -63,16 +64,20 @@
 KArchive *ArchiveProtocol::createArchive( const QString & proto, const QString & archiveFile )
 {
     if ( proto == "ar" ) {
-        qCDebug(KIO_ARCHIVE_LOG) << "Opening KAr on " << archiveFile;
-        return new KAr( archiveFile );
+      qCDebug(KIO_ARCHIVE_LOG) << "Opening KAr on " << archiveFile;
+      return new KAr( archiveFile );
     }
     else if ( proto == "tar" ) {
       qCDebug(KIO_ARCHIVE_LOG) << "Opening KTar on " << archiveFile;
       return new KTar( archiveFile );
     }
     else if ( proto == "zip" ) {
       qCDebug(KIO_ARCHIVE_LOG) << "Opening KZip on " << archiveFile;
       return new KZip( archiveFile );
+    }
+    else if ( proto == "sevenz" ) {
+      qCDebug(KIO_ARCHIVE_LOG) << "Opening K7Zip on " << archiveFile;
+      return new K7Zip( archiveFile );
     } else {
       qCWarning(KIO_ARCHIVE_LOG) << "Protocol" << proto << "not supported by this IOSlave" ;
       return nullptr;
diff --git a/archive/kio_archivebase.cpp b/archive/kio_archivebase.cpp
--- a/archive/kio_archivebase.cpp
+++ b/archive/kio_archivebase.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <ktar.h>
 #include <kzip.h>
 #include <kar.h>
+#include <k7zip.h>
 #include <kio/global.h>
 #include <kio_archive_debug.h>
 #include <kuser.h>
diff --git a/archive/sevenz.protocol b/archive/sevenz.protocol
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archive/sevenz.protocol
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Protocol]
+exec=kf5/kio/archive
+protocol=sevenz
+archiveMimetype=application/x-7z-compressed
+input=filesystem
+output=filesystem
+listing=Name,Type,Size,Date,Access,Owner,Group,Link
+reading=true
+source=true
+Icon=package-x-generic
+Class=:local