diff --git a/applets/pager/package/contents/config/main.xml b/applets/pager/package/contents/config/main.xml
--- a/applets/pager/package/contents/config/main.xml
+++ b/applets/pager/package/contents/config/main.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,15 @@
         </choices>
         <default>0</default>
     </entry>
+    <entry name="pagerLayout" type="Enum">
+        <label>The layout style used for the presentation.</label>
+        <choices>
+            <choice name="Default"/>
+            <choice name="Horizontal"/>
+            <choice name="Vertical"/>
+        </choices>
+        <default>0</default>
+    </entry>
   </group>
 
 </kcfg>
diff --git a/applets/pager/package/contents/ui/configGeneral.qml b/applets/pager/package/contents/ui/configGeneral.qml
--- a/applets/pager/package/contents/ui/configGeneral.qml
+++ b/applets/pager/package/contents/ui/configGeneral.qml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     property int cfg_displayedText
     property alias cfg_showWindowIcons: showWindowIcons.checked
     property int cfg_currentDesktopSelected
+    property alias cfg_pagerLayout: pagerLayout.currentIndex
     property alias cfg_showOnlyCurrentScreen: showOnlyCurrentScreen.checked
 
     onCfg_displayedTextChanged: {
@@ -131,6 +132,18 @@
         }
 
         QtControls.Label {
+            text: i18n("Layout:")
+            Layouts.Layout.alignment: Qt.AlignVCenter|Qt.AlignRight
+            visible: isActivityPager
+        }
+
+        QtControls.ComboBox {
+            id: pagerLayout
+            model: [i18nc("The pager layout", "Default"), i18n("Horizontal"), i18n("Vertical")]
+            visible: isActivityPager
+        }
+
+        QtControls.Label {
             text: i18n("Selecting current desktop:")
             Layouts.Layout.alignment: Qt.AlignVCenter|Qt.AlignRight
         }
diff --git a/applets/pager/package/contents/ui/main.qml b/applets/pager/package/contents/ui/main.qml
--- a/applets/pager/package/contents/ui/main.qml
+++ b/applets/pager/package/contents/ui/main.qml
@@ -193,16 +193,26 @@
                 return 1;
             }
 
-            var columns = Math.floor(pagerModel.count / pagerModel.layoutRows);
+            var rows = 1;
 
-            if (pagerModel.count % pagerModel.layoutRows > 0) {
-                columns += 1;
-            }
+            if (isActivityPager && plasmoid.configuration.pagerLayout !== 0 /*No Default*/) {
+                if (plasmoid.configuration.pagerLayout === 1 /*Horizontal*/) {
+                    rows = 1;
+                } else if (plasmoid.configuration.pagerLayout === 2 /*Vertical*/) {
+                    rows = pagerModel.count;
+                }
+            } else {
+                var columns = Math.floor(pagerModel.count / pagerModel.layoutRows);
 
-            var rows = Math.floor(pagerModel.count / columns);
+                if (pagerModel.count % pagerModel.layoutRows > 0) {
+                    columns += 1;
+                }
 
-            if (pagerModel.count % columns > 0) {
-                rows += 1;
+                rows = Math.floor(pagerModel.count / columns);
+
+                if (pagerModel.count % columns > 0) {
+                    rows += 1;
+                }
             }
 
             return rows;