diff --git a/kioslave/CMakeLists.txt b/kioslave/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/kioslave/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kioslave/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 add_subdirectory(applications)
 add_subdirectory(desktop)
+add_subdirectory(places)
 add_subdirectory(remote)
diff --git a/kioslave/places/CMakeLists.txt b/kioslave/places/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kioslave/places/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+add_definitions(-DTRANSLATION_DOMAIN=\"kio_places\")
+
+add_library(kio_places MODULE kio_places.cpp)
+
+target_link_libraries(kio_places KF5::KIOCore KF5::KIOFileWidgets KF5::I18n)
+
+install(TARGETS kio_places DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_PLUGINDIR})
+install(FILES places.protocol DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_KSERVICES5DIR})
diff --git a/kioslave/places/Messages.sh b/kioslave/places/Messages.sh
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kioslave/places/Messages.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+$XGETTEXT `find . -name "*.cc" -o -name "*.cpp" -o -name "*.h"` -o $podir/kio_places.pot
diff --git a/kioslave/places/kio_places.cpp b/kioslave/places/kio_places.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kioslave/places/kio_places.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+/* This file is part of the KDE project
+   Copyright (C) 2017 Kai Uwe Broulik <kde@privat.broulik.de>
+
+   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Library General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
+   along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
+   the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+   Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+*/
+
+#include <kio/slavebase.h>
+
+#include <KFilePlacesModel>
+#include <KLocalizedString>
+
+#include <QGuiApplication>
+#include <QIcon>
+#include <QScopedPointer>
+#include <QUrl>
+
+class PlacesProtocol : public KIO::SlaveBase
+{
+public:
+    PlacesProtocol(const QByteArray &protocol, const QByteArray &pool, const QByteArray &app);
+    ~PlacesProtocol() override;
+    void stat(const QUrl& url) override;
+    void listDir(const QUrl& url) override;
+
+private:
+    QScopedPointer<KFilePlacesModel> m_places;
+};
+
+extern "C" {
+    Q_DECL_EXPORT int kdemain(int argc, char **argv)
+    {
+        QGuiApplication app(argc, argv); // needs to be QGuiApplication for QIcon
+        app.setApplicationName("kio_places");
+
+        PlacesProtocol slave(argv[1], argv[2], argv[3]);
+        slave.dispatchLoop();
+        return 0;
+    }
+}
+
+PlacesProtocol::PlacesProtocol(const QByteArray &protocol, const QByteArray &pool, const QByteArray &app)
+    : SlaveBase(protocol, pool, app)
+    , m_places(new KFilePlacesModel())
+{
+
+}
+
+PlacesProtocol::~PlacesProtocol() = default;
+
+static KIO::UDSEntry rootEntry()
+{
+    KIO::UDSEntry entry;
+
+    entry.insert(KIO::UDSEntry::UDS_NAME, QStringLiteral("."));
+    // neither FolderView nor Dolphin nor KPropertiesDialog pick that up for the root location
+    entry.insert(KIO::UDSEntry::UDS_DISPLAY_NAME, i18n("Places"));
+    // doesn't KFileItem have a fallback that uses the protocol icon also?
+    // It doesn't pick that here up either but KIO::iconNameForUrl does
+    entry.insert(KIO::UDSEntry::UDS_ICON_NAME, QStringLiteral("folder-bookmark"));
+    entry.insert(KIO::UDSEntry::UDS_FILE_TYPE, S_IFDIR);
+    entry.insert(KIO::UDSEntry::UDS_SIZE, 0);
+    entry.insert(KIO::UDSEntry::UDS_ACCESS, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IXUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IWGRP | S_IXGRP | S_IROTH | S_IXOTH);
+
+    return entry;
+}
+
+void PlacesProtocol::stat(const QUrl &url)
+{
+    // we only have a root folder
+    if (url.path() != QLatin1String("/")) {
+        error(KIO::ERR_DOES_NOT_EXIST, url.toDisplayString());
+        return;
+    }
+
+    statEntry(rootEntry());
+    finished();
+}
+
+void PlacesProtocol::listDir(const QUrl &url)
+{
+    // we only have a root folder
+    if (url.path() != QLatin1String("/")) {
+        error(KIO::ERR_DOES_NOT_EXIST, url.toDisplayString());
+        return;
+    }
+
+    listEntry(rootEntry());
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < m_places->rowCount(); ++i) {
+        QModelIndex idx = m_places->index(i, 0);
+
+        const QString &title = idx.data(Qt::DisplayRole).toString();
+        const QIcon &icon = idx.data(Qt::DecorationRole).value<QIcon>();
+        const QUrl &url = idx.data(KFilePlacesModel::UrlRole).toUrl();
+        const bool hidden = idx.data(KFilePlacesModel::HiddenRole).toBool();
+
+        KIO::UDSEntry entry;
+        entry.insert(KIO::UDSEntry::UDS_NAME, KIO::encodeFileName(title));
+        entry.insert(KIO::UDSEntry::UDS_FILE_TYPE, S_IFDIR);
+        entry.insert(KIO::UDSEntry::UDS_URL, url.toString());
+        entry.insert(KIO::UDSEntry::UDS_ACCESS, 0500);
+        entry.insert(KIO::UDSEntry::UDS_ICON_NAME, icon.name());
+
+        if (url.isLocalFile()) {
+            entry.insert(KIO::UDSEntry::UDS_LOCAL_PATH, url.toLocalFile());
+        }
+
+        if (hidden) {
+            entry.insert(KIO::UDSEntry::UDS_HIDDEN, 1);
+        }
+
+        listEntry(entry);
+    }
+
+    finished();
+}
diff --git a/kioslave/places/places.protocol b/kioslave/places/places.protocol
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kioslave/places/places.protocol
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+[Protocol]
+exec=kio_places
+protocol=places
+input=none
+output=filesystem
+listing=Name,Type,Size,Date,Access,Owner,Group,Link,
+reading=true
+writing=false
+makedir=false
+deleting=false
+linking=false
+moving=false
+Icon=folder-bookmark
+maxInstances=2
+Class=:local