diff --git a/src/scriptengines/qml/plasmoid/appletinterface.cpp b/src/scriptengines/qml/plasmoid/appletinterface.cpp
--- a/src/scriptengines/qml/plasmoid/appletinterface.cpp
+++ b/src/scriptengines/qml/plasmoid/appletinterface.cpp
@@ -825,6 +825,9 @@
             }
 
             QMenu *desktopMenu = new QMenu;
+            if (desktopMenu->winId()) {
+                desktopMenu->windowHandle()->setTransientParent(window());
+            }
             emit applet()->contextualActionsAboutToShow();
             ci->addAppletActions(desktopMenu, applet(), event);
 
diff --git a/src/scriptengines/qml/plasmoid/containmentinterface.cpp b/src/scriptengines/qml/plasmoid/containmentinterface.cpp
--- a/src/scriptengines/qml/plasmoid/containmentinterface.cpp
+++ b/src/scriptengines/qml/plasmoid/containmentinterface.cpp
@@ -481,6 +481,9 @@
                 m_dropJobs[job] = dropJob;
             } else {
                 QMenu *choices = new QMenu(i18n("Content dropped"));
+                if (choices->winId()) {
+                    choices->windowHandle()->setTransientParent(window());
+                }
                 choices->addAction(QIcon::fromTheme(QStringLiteral("process-working")), i18n("Fetching file type..."));
                 choices->popup(window() ? window()->mapToGlobal(QPoint(x, y)) : QPoint(x, y));
 
@@ -521,6 +524,9 @@
             QMenu *choices = nullptr;
             if (!dropJob) {
                 choices = new QMenu();
+                if (choices->winId()) {
+                    choices->windowHandle()->setTransientParent(window());
+                }
             }
             QList<QAction *> extraActions;
             QHash<QAction *, QString> actionsToPlugins;
@@ -999,6 +1005,9 @@
     //qDebug() << "Invoking menu for applet" << applet;
 
     QMenu *desktopMenu = new QMenu;
+    if (desktopMenu->winId()) {
+        desktopMenu->windowHandle()->setTransientParent(window());
+    }
     desktopMenu->setAttribute(Qt::WA_DeleteOnClose);
 
     m_contextMenu = desktopMenu;