diff --git a/applets/systemtray/package/contents/ui/main.qml b/applets/systemtray/package/contents/ui/main.qml
--- a/applets/systemtray/package/contents/ui/main.qml
+++ b/applets/systemtray/package/contents/ui/main.qml
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 import QtQuick.Layouts 1.1
 import org.kde.plasma.core 2.0 as PlasmaCore
 import org.kde.plasma.plasmoid 2.0
+import org.kde.draganddrop 2.0 as DnD
+
 import "items"
 
 MouseArea {
@@ -230,6 +232,46 @@
         location: plasmoid.location
     }
 
+    DnD.DropArea {
+        anchors.fill: parent
+
+        preventStealing: true;
+
+        /** Extracts the name of the system tray applet in the drag data if present
+         * otherwise returns null*/
+        function systemTrayAppletName(event) {
+            if (event.mimeData.formats.indexOf("text/x-plasmoidservicename") < 0) {
+                return null;
+            }
+            var plasmoidId = event.mimeData.getDataAsByteArray("text/x-plasmoidservicename");
+
+            if (!plasmoid.nativeInterface.isSystemTrayApplet(plasmoidId)) {
+                return null;
+            }
+            return plasmoidId;
+        }
+
+        onDragEnter: {
+            if (!systemTrayAppletName(event)) {
+                event.ignore();
+            }
+        }
+
+        onDrop: {
+            var plasmoidId = systemTrayAppletName(event);
+            if (!plasmoidId) {
+                event.ignore();
+                return;
+            }
+
+            if (plasmoid.configuration.extraItems.indexOf(plasmoidId) < 0) {
+                var extraItems = plasmoid.configuration.extraItems;
+                extraItems.push(plasmoidId);
+                plasmoid.configuration.extraItems = extraItems;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     //Main Layout
     Flow {
         id: tasksRow
diff --git a/applets/systemtray/systemtray.h b/applets/systemtray/systemtray.h
--- a/applets/systemtray/systemtray.h
+++ b/applets/systemtray/systemtray.h
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@
      */
     Q_INVOKABLE void reorderItemAfter(QQuickItem* after, QQuickItem* before);
 
+    Q_INVOKABLE bool isSystemTrayApplet(const QString &appletId);
+
 private Q_SLOTS:
     void serviceNameFetchFinished(QDBusPendingCallWatcher* watcher, const QDBusConnection &connection);
     void serviceOwnerChanged(const QString &serviceName, const QString &oldOwner, const QString &newOwner);
diff --git a/applets/systemtray/systemtray.cpp b/applets/systemtray/systemtray.cpp
--- a/applets/systemtray/systemtray.cpp
+++ b/applets/systemtray/systemtray.cpp
@@ -316,6 +316,11 @@
     after->setVisible(true);
 }
 
+bool SystemTray::isSystemTrayApplet(const QString &appletId)
+{
+    return m_systrayApplets.contains(appletId);
+}
+
 void SystemTray::restoreContents(KConfigGroup &group)
 {
     Q_UNUSED(group);