diff --git a/src/kitemviews/kfileitemlistview.cpp b/src/kitemviews/kfileitemlistview.cpp
--- a/src/kitemviews/kfileitemlistview.cpp
+++ b/src/kitemviews/kfileitemlistview.cpp
@@ -396,6 +396,7 @@
     roles.insert("text");
     roles.insert("isDir");
     roles.insert("isLink");
+    roles.insert("isHidden");
     if (supportsItemExpanding()) {
         roles.insert("isExpanded");
         roles.insert("isExpandable");
diff --git a/src/kitemviews/kfileitemlistwidget.cpp b/src/kitemviews/kfileitemlistwidget.cpp
--- a/src/kitemviews/kfileitemlistwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/kitemviews/kfileitemlistwidget.cpp
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
 
 bool KFileItemListWidget::isHidden() const
 {
-    return data().value("text").toString().startsWith(QLatin1Char('.'));
+    return data().value("isHidden").toBool();
 }
 
 QFont KFileItemListWidget::customizedFont(const QFont& baseFont) const
diff --git a/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.h b/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.h
--- a/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.h
+++ b/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.h
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
         WordCountRole, TitleRole, LineCountRole, ArtistRole, AlbumRole, DurationRole, TrackRole,
         OriginUrlRole,
         // Non-visible roles:
-        IsDirRole, IsLinkRole, IsExpandedRole, IsExpandableRole, ExpandedParentsCountRole,
+        IsDirRole, IsLinkRole, IsHiddenRole, IsExpandedRole, IsExpandableRole, ExpandedParentsCountRole,
         // Mandatory last entry:
         RolesCount
     };
diff --git a/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.cpp b/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.cpp
--- a/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.cpp
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
     m_roles.insert("text");
     m_roles.insert("isDir");
     m_roles.insert("isLink");
+    m_roles.insert("isHidden");
 
     // For slow KIO-slaves like used for searching it makes sense to show results periodically even
     // before the completed() or canceled() signal has been emitted.
@@ -1472,6 +1473,7 @@
         // with KFileItemModel::roleForType() in case if a change is done).
         roles.insert("isDir", IsDirRole);
         roles.insert("isLink", IsLinkRole);
+        roles.insert("isHidden", IsHiddenRole);
         roles.insert("isExpanded", IsExpandedRole);
         roles.insert("isExpandable", IsExpandableRole);
         roles.insert("expandedParentsCount", ExpandedParentsCountRole);
@@ -1498,6 +1500,7 @@
         // with KFileItemModel::typeForRole() in case if a change is done).
         roles.insert(IsDirRole, "isDir");
         roles.insert(IsLinkRole, "isLink");
+        roles.insert(IsHiddenRole, "isHidden");
         roles.insert(IsExpandedRole, "isExpanded");
         roles.insert(IsExpandableRole, "isExpandable");
         roles.insert(ExpandedParentsCountRole, "expandedParentsCount");
@@ -1525,6 +1528,10 @@
         data.insert(sharedValue("isLink"), true);
     }
 
+    if (m_requestRole[IsHiddenRole] && item.isHidden()) {
+        data.insert(sharedValue("isHidden"), true);
+    }
+
     if (m_requestRole[NameRole]) {
         data.insert(sharedValue("text"), item.text());
     }