diff --git a/containments/desktop/package/contents/ui/FolderView.qml b/containments/desktop/package/contents/ui/FolderView.qml
--- a/containments/desktop/package/contents/ui/FolderView.qml
+++ b/containments/desktop/package/contents/ui/FolderView.qml
@@ -134,6 +134,12 @@
         }
     }
 
+    Connections {
+        target: dir
+        onPopupMenuAboutToShow: {
+            plasmoid.processMimeData(mimeData, x, y, menu);
+        }
+    }
     function makeBackButton() {
         return Qt.createQmlObject("BackButtonItem {}", main);
     }
diff --git a/containments/desktop/plugins/folder/foldermodel.h b/containments/desktop/plugins/folder/foldermodel.h
--- a/containments/desktop/plugins/folder/foldermodel.h
+++ b/containments/desktop/plugins/folder/foldermodel.h
@@ -249,6 +249,9 @@
         void restoreSelectedFromTrash();
         void undoTextChanged(const QString &text);
 
+    Q_SIGNALS:
+        void popupMenuAboutToShow(QObject *menu, QMimeData *mimeData, int x, int y);
+
     private:
         struct DragImage {
             int row;
diff --git a/containments/desktop/plugins/folder/foldermodel.cpp b/containments/desktop/plugins/folder/foldermodel.cpp
--- a/containments/desktop/plugins/folder/foldermodel.cpp
+++ b/containments/desktop/plugins/folder/foldermodel.cpp
@@ -931,6 +931,13 @@
 
     KIO::DropJob *dropJob = KIO::drop(&ev, dropTargetUrl);
     dropJob->ui()->setAutoErrorHandlingEnabled(true);
+    QMimeData *mimeDataCopy = qobject_cast<QMimeData *>(dropEvent->property("mimeData").value<QObject *>());
+    const int x = dropEvent->property("x").toInt();
+    const int y = dropEvent->property("y").toInt();
+
+    connect(dropJob, static_cast<void(KIO::DropJob::*)(const KFileItemListProperties &, QMenu *)>(&KIO::DropJob::popupMenuAboutToShow), this, [this, mimeDataCopy, x, y](const KFileItemListProperties &, QMenu *menu) {
+        emit popupMenuAboutToShow(menu, mimeDataCopy, x, y);
+    });
 }
 
 void FolderModel::dropCwd(QObject* dropEvent)