diff --git a/kcms/workspaceoptions/package/contents/ui/main.qml b/kcms/workspaceoptions/package/contents/ui/main.qml
--- a/kcms/workspaceoptions/package/contents/ui/main.qml
+++ b/kcms/workspaceoptions/package/contents/ui/main.qml
@@ -173,5 +173,40 @@
             elide: Text.ElideRight
             font.pointSize: theme.smallestFont.pointSize
         }
+
+        Item {
+            Kirigami.FormData.isSection: false
+        }
+
+        // Drag&Drop behavior settings
+
+        QQC2.ButtonGroup { id: dndToMoveGroup }
+
+        QQC2.RadioButton {
+            id: dndToMoveDisabler
+            Kirigami.FormData.label: i18n("Drag and drop behavior:")
+            text: i18n("Always ask what to do")
+            enabled: !kcm.globalsSettings.isImmutable("dndToMove")
+            checked: !kcm.globalsSettings.dndToMove
+            onToggled: kcm.globalsSettings.dndToMove = false
+            QQC2.ButtonGroup.group: dndToMoveGroup
+        }
+
+        QQC2.RadioButton {
+            id: dndToMoveEnabler
+            text: i18n("Move files if on the same device")
+            enabled: !kcm.globalsSettings.isImmutable("dndToMove")
+            checked: kcm.globalsSettings.dndToMove
+            onToggled: kcm.globalsSettings.dndToMove = true
+            QQC2.ButtonGroup.group: dndToMoveGroup
+        }
+
+        QQC2.Label {
+            Layout.fillWidth: true
+            visible: dndToMoveEnabler.checked
+            text: i18n("Hold Shift when dropping to show drop options")
+            elide: Text.ElideRight
+            font.pointSize: theme.smallestFont.pointSize
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/kcms/workspaceoptions/workspaceoptions_kdeglobalssettings.kcfg b/kcms/workspaceoptions/workspaceoptions_kdeglobalssettings.kcfg
--- a/kcms/workspaceoptions/workspaceoptions_kdeglobalssettings.kcfg
+++ b/kcms/workspaceoptions/workspaceoptions_kdeglobalssettings.kcfg
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
       <label>Single click to open files</label>
       <default>true</default>
     </entry>
+    <entry name="dndToMove" key="dndToMove" type="Bool">
+      <label>For local files on the same device, whether dragging and dropping will perform a move operation instead of showing the options menu</label>
+      <default>false</default>
+    </entry>
     <entry name="animationDurationFactor" key="AnimationDurationFactor" type="Double">
       <label>Animation speed</label>
       <default>1.0</default>