diff --git a/kcmkwin/kwinscreenedges/CMakeLists.txt b/kcmkwin/kwinscreenedges/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/kcmkwin/kwinscreenedges/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kcmkwin/kwinscreenedges/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     KF5::ConfigWidgets
     KF5::I18n
     KF5::Service
+    KF5::Package
     KF5::Plasma
     kwin4_effect_builtins
     )
diff --git a/kcmkwin/kwinscreenedges/main.h b/kcmkwin/kwinscreenedges/main.h
--- a/kcmkwin/kwinscreenedges/main.h
+++ b/kcmkwin/kwinscreenedges/main.h
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 private:
     KWinScreenEdgesConfigForm* m_ui;
     KSharedConfigPtr m_config;
+    QStringList m_scripts; //list of script IDs ordered in the list they are presented in the menu
 
     enum EffectActions {
         PresentWindowsAll = ELECTRIC_ACTION_COUNT, // Start at the end of built in actions
@@ -72,7 +73,8 @@
         Cylinder,
         Sphere,
         TabBox,
-        TabBoxAlternative
+        TabBoxAlternative,
+        EffectCount
     };
 
     bool effectEnabled(const BuiltInEffect& effect, const KConfigGroup& cfg) const;
diff --git a/kcmkwin/kwinscreenedges/main.cpp b/kcmkwin/kwinscreenedges/main.cpp
--- a/kcmkwin/kwinscreenedges/main.cpp
+++ b/kcmkwin/kwinscreenedges/main.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 #include <KConfigGroup>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 #include <KPluginFactory>
+#include <KPackage/Package>
+#include <KPackage/PackageLoader>
+#include <KPluginInfo>
 #include <QtDBus/QtDBus>
 
 K_PLUGIN_FACTORY(KWinScreenEdgesConfigFactory, registerPlugin<KWin::KWinScreenEdgesConfig>();)
@@ -205,6 +208,22 @@
     monitorAddItem(i18n("Toggle window switching"));
     monitorAddItem(i18n("Toggle alternative window switching"));
 
+    const QString scriptFolder = QStringLiteral("kwin/scripts/");
+    const auto scripts = KPackage::PackageLoader::self()->listPackages(QStringLiteral("KWin/Script"), scriptFolder);
+
+    KConfigGroup config(m_config, "Plugins");
+    for (const KPluginMetaData &script: scripts) {
+        if (script.value(QStringLiteral("X-KWin-Border-Activate")) != QLatin1String("true")) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (!config.readEntry(script.pluginId() + QStringLiteral("Enabled"), script.isEnabledByDefault())) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        m_scripts << script.pluginId();
+        monitorAddItem(script.name());
+    }
+
     monitorShowEvent();
 }
 
@@ -303,6 +322,16 @@
     foreach (int i, list) {
         monitorChangeEdge(ElectricBorder(i), int(TabBoxAlternative));
     }
+
+    for (int i=0; i < m_scripts.size(); i++) {
+        int index = EffectCount + i;
+        KConfigGroup scriptConfig(m_config, "Script-"+m_scripts[i]);
+        list.append(int(ElectricNone));
+        list = scriptConfig.readEntry("BorderActivate", list);
+        for (int i: list) {
+            monitorChangeEdge(ElectricBorder(i), index);
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 void KWinScreenEdgesConfig::monitorSaveAction(int edge, const QString& configName)
@@ -366,6 +395,13 @@
                                 monitorCheckEffectHasEdge(int(TabBox)));
     tabBoxConfig.writeEntry("BorderAlternativeActivate",
                                 monitorCheckEffectHasEdge(int(TabBoxAlternative)));
+
+    for (int i=0; i < m_scripts.size(); i++) {
+        int index = EffectCount + i;
+        KConfigGroup scriptConfig(m_config, "Script-"+m_scripts[i]);
+            scriptConfig.writeEntry("BorderActivate",
+                                monitorCheckEffectHasEdge(index));
+    }
 }
 
 void KWinScreenEdgesConfig::monitorDefaults()
diff --git a/scripting/documentation-global.xml b/scripting/documentation-global.xml
--- a/scripting/documentation-global.xml
+++ b/scripting/documentation-global.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@
                 <argsstring>(ElectricBorder border, QScriptValue callback)</argsstring>
                 <name>registerScreenEdge</name>
                 <read></read>
-                <detaileddescription>Registers the callback for the screen edge. When the mouse gets pushed against the given edge the callback will be invoked.</detaileddescription>
+                <detaileddescription>Registers the callback for the screen edge. When the mouse gets pushed against the given edge the callback will be invoked.
+                    Scripts can also add "X-KWin-Border-Activate" to their metadata file to have the effect listed in the screen edges KCM. This will write an entry BorderConfig= in the script configuration object with a list of ScreenEdges the user has selected.
+                    </detaileddescription>
             </memberdef>
             <memberdef kind="function">
                 <type>Q_SCRIPTABLE bool</type>
diff --git a/scripting/kwinscript.desktop b/scripting/kwinscript.desktop
--- a/scripting/kwinscript.desktop
+++ b/scripting/kwinscript.desktop
@@ -62,3 +62,6 @@
 
 [PropertyDef::X-KWin-Exclude-Listing]
 Type=bool
+
+[PropertyDef::X-KWin-Border-Activate]
+Type=bool