diff --git a/containments/desktop/package/contents/ui/FolderItemDelegate.qml b/containments/desktop/package/contents/ui/FolderItemDelegate.qml
--- a/containments/desktop/package/contents/ui/FolderItemDelegate.qml
+++ b/containments/desktop/package/contents/ui/FolderItemDelegate.qml
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@
 
                     animated: false
                     usesPlasmaTheme: false
+                    enabled: !model.isCut
 
                     source: model.decoration
                     overlays: model.overlays
diff --git a/containments/desktop/plugins/folder/foldermodel.h b/containments/desktop/plugins/folder/foldermodel.h
--- a/containments/desktop/plugins/folder/foldermodel.h
+++ b/containments/desktop/plugins/folder/foldermodel.h
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@
             IsDirRole,
             IsLinkRole,
             IsHiddenRole,
+            IsCutRole,
             UrlRole,
             LinkDestinationUrl,
             SizeRole,
@@ -260,6 +261,7 @@
         void emptyTrashBin();
         void restoreSelectedFromTrash();
         void undoTextChanged(const QString &text);
+        void updateCutUrls();
 
     private:
         struct DragImage {
@@ -305,6 +307,7 @@
         bool m_filterPatternMatchAll;
         QSet<QString> m_mimeSet;
         QList<QRegExp> m_regExps;
+        QSet<QUrl> m_cutUrls;
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/containments/desktop/plugins/folder/foldermodel.cpp b/containments/desktop/plugins/folder/foldermodel.cpp
--- a/containments/desktop/plugins/folder/foldermodel.cpp
+++ b/containments/desktop/plugins/folder/foldermodel.cpp
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 #include <KIO/PasteJob>
 #include <KIO/RestoreJob>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
+#include <KUrlMimeData>
 #include <KPropertiesDialog>
 #include <KSharedConfig>
 #include <KShell>
@@ -144,6 +145,10 @@
     setSupportedDragActions(Qt::CopyAction | Qt::MoveAction | Qt::LinkAction);
 
     createActions();
+
+    connect(QApplication::clipboard(), &QClipboard::dataChanged,
+            this, &FolderModel::updateCutUrls);
+    updateCutUrls();
 }
 
 FolderModel::~FolderModel()
@@ -166,6 +171,7 @@
     roleNames[IsDirRole] = "isDir";
     roleNames[IsLinkRole] = "isLink";
     roleNames[IsHiddenRole] = "isHidden";
+    roleNames[IsCutRole] = "isCut";
     roleNames[UrlRole] = "url";
     roleNames[LinkDestinationUrl] = "linkDestinationUrl";
     roleNames[SizeRole] = "size";
@@ -1060,6 +1066,9 @@
     } else if (role == IsHiddenRole) {
         const KFileItem item = itemForIndex(index);
         return item.isHidden();
+    } else if (role == IsCutRole) {
+        const QUrl &url = data(index, UrlRole).value<QUrl>();
+        return m_cutUrls.contains(url);
     } else if (role == UrlRole) {
         return itemForIndex(index).url();
     } else if (role == LinkDestinationUrl) {
@@ -1680,3 +1689,30 @@
         action->setText(text);
     }
 }
+
+void FolderModel::updateCutUrls()
+{
+    QSet<QUrl> newCutUrls;
+
+    const QMimeData *mimeData = QApplication::clipboard()->mimeData();
+
+    if (mimeData) {
+        const QByteArray data = mimeData->data(QStringLiteral("application/x-kde-cutselection"));
+        const bool isCutSelection = (!data.isEmpty() && data.at(0) == QLatin1Char('1'));
+        if (isCutSelection) {
+            newCutUrls = KUrlMimeData::urlsFromMimeData(mimeData).toSet();
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Now store both the old and newly cut items, so we can emit a change for both sets.
+    const QSet<QUrl> combinedCutUrls = m_cutUrls + newCutUrls;
+
+    m_cutUrls = newCutUrls;
+
+    for (const QUrl &url : combinedCutUrls) {
+        const QModelIndex &idx = index(indexForUrl(url), 0);
+        if (idx.isValid()) {
+            emit dataChanged(idx, idx, {IsCutRole});
+        }
+    }
+}