diff --git a/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/config/main.xml b/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/config/main.xml
--- a/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/config/main.xml
+++ b/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/config/main.xml
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@
       <label>Whether to indicate applications that are playing audio including an option to mute them.</label>
       <default>true</default>
     </entry>
+    <entry name="taskHoverEffect" type="Bool">
+      <label>Whether task buttons should change in appearance when the mouse pointer is above them.</label>
+      <default>true</default>
+    </entry>
   </group>
 
 </kcfg>
diff --git a/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/Task.qml b/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/Task.qml
--- a/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/Task.qml
+++ b/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/Task.qml
@@ -489,7 +489,8 @@
         },
         State {
             name: "hovered"
-            when: task.highlighted || (contextMenu.status == PlasmaComponents.DialogStatus.Open && contextMenu.visualParent == task)
+            when: ((task.highlighted && frame.hasElementPrefix("hover") && plasmoid.configuration.taskHoverEffect)
+                || (contextMenu.status == PlasmaComponents.DialogStatus.Open && contextMenu.visualParent == task))
 
             PropertyChanges {
                 target: frame