diff --git a/src/engine/transaction.h b/src/engine/transaction.h
--- a/src/engine/transaction.h
+++ b/src/engine/transaction.h
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
      * \p path into an id.
      */
     quint64 documentId(const QByteArray& path) const;
+    QVector<quint64> childrenDocumentId(quint64 parentId) const;
     QByteArray documentData(quint64 id) const;
 
     DocumentTimeDB::TimeInfo documentTimeInfo(quint64 id) const;
diff --git a/src/engine/transaction.cpp b/src/engine/transaction.cpp
--- a/src/engine/transaction.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/transaction.cpp
@@ -127,6 +127,15 @@
     return parentId;
 }
 
+QVector<quint64> Transaction::childrenDocumentId(quint64 parentId) const
+{
+    DocumentUrlDB docUrlDB(m_dbis.idTreeDbi, m_dbis.idFilenameDbi, m_txn);
+
+    const QVector<quint64> children = docUrlDB.getChildren(parentId);
+
+    return children;
+}
+
 DocumentTimeDB::TimeInfo Transaction::documentTimeInfo(quint64 id) const
 {
     Q_ASSERT(m_txn);
diff --git a/src/file/metadatamover.cpp b/src/file/metadatamover.cpp
--- a/src/file/metadatamover.cpp
+++ b/src/file/metadatamover.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #include "baloodebug.h"
 
 #include <QFile>
+#include <QDBusConnection>
+#include <QDBusMessage>
 
 using namespace Baloo;
 
@@ -40,22 +42,46 @@
 }
 
 
+static void buildRecursiveList(quint64 parentId, QList<QString> &fileList, Transaction &tr)
+{
+    const auto childrenIds = tr.childrenDocumentId(parentId);
+
+    for (const auto &oneChildren : childrenIds) {
+        fileList.push_back(QFile::decodeName(tr.documentUrl(oneChildren)));
+        buildRecursiveList(oneChildren, fileList, tr);
+    }
+}
+
 void MetadataMover::moveFileMetadata(const QString& from, const QString& to)
 {
 //    qCDebug(BALOO) << from << to;
     Q_ASSERT(!from.isEmpty() && from != QLatin1String("/"));
     Q_ASSERT(!to.isEmpty() && to != QLatin1String("/"));
 
     Transaction tr(m_db, Transaction::ReadWrite);
 
+    quint64 id = tr.documentId(QFile::encodeName(from));
+    QList<QString> fileList;
+    if (id) {
+        buildRecursiveList(id, fileList, tr);
+    }
+
     // We do NOT get deleted messages for overwritten files! Thus, we
     // have to remove all metadata for overwritten files first.
     removeMetadata(&tr, to);
 
     // and finally update the old statements
     updateMetadata(&tr, from, to);
 
     tr.commit();
+
+    QDBusMessage message = QDBusMessage::createSignal(QStringLiteral("/files"),
+                                                    QStringLiteral("org.kde"),
+                                                    QStringLiteral("moved"));
+
+    message.setArguments({{fileList}, from, to});
+
+    QDBusConnection::sessionBus().send(message);
 }
 
 void MetadataMover::removeFileMetadata(const QString& file)
@@ -77,13 +103,24 @@
         return;
     }
 
+    QList<QString> fileList;
+    buildRecursiveList(id, fileList, *tr);
+
     bool isDir = url.endsWith('/');
     if (!isDir) {
         tr->removeDocument(id);
     } else {
         tr->removeRecursively(id);
     }
 
+    QDBusMessage message = QDBusMessage::createSignal(QStringLiteral("/files"),
+                                                    QStringLiteral("org.kde"),
+                                                    QStringLiteral("removed"));
+
+    message.setArguments({{fileList}});
+
+    QDBusConnection::sessionBus().send(message);
+
     Q_EMIT fileRemoved(url);
 }