diff --git a/src/widgets/dropjob.cpp b/src/widgets/dropjob.cpp
--- a/src/widgets/dropjob.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/dropjob.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #include <KUrlMimeData>
 #include <KRun>
 #include <KService>
+#include <KSharedConfig>
 
 #include <QDropEvent>
 #include <QFileInfo>
@@ -314,6 +315,12 @@
         // Qt determined m_dropAction from the modifiers already
         return KJob::NoError; // ok
     }
+    // if the default behavior has been changed to MoveAction
+    const KConfigGroup g = KConfigGroup(KSharedConfig::openConfig(QStringLiteral("kdeglobals")), QStringLiteral("KDE"));
+    if (g.readEntry("dndToMove", false)) {
+        m_dropAction = Qt::MoveAction;
+        return KJob::NoError; // ok
+    }
 
     // We need to ask the user with a popup menu. Let the caller know.
     return KIO::ERR_UNKNOWN;