diff --git a/wallpapers/image/imagepackage/contents/ui/WallpaperDelegate.qml b/wallpapers/image/imagepackage/contents/ui/WallpaperDelegate.qml
--- a/wallpapers/image/imagepackage/contents/ui/WallpaperDelegate.qml
+++ b/wallpapers/image/imagepackage/contents/ui/WallpaperDelegate.qml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 import QtQuick 2.0
 import QtQuick.Controls.Private 1.0
+import QtGraphicalEffects 1.0
 import org.kde.kquickcontrolsaddons 2.0
 import org.kde.plasma.components 2.0 as PlasmaComponents
 
@@ -59,6 +60,23 @@
                 icon: "view-preview"
                 visible: !walliePreview.visible
             }
+
+            QPixmapItem {
+                id: blurBackgroundSource
+                visible: cfg_Blur
+                anchors.fill: parent
+                smooth: true
+                pixmap: model.screenshot
+                fillMode: QPixmapItem.PreserveAspectCrop
+            }
+
+            FastBlur {
+                visible: cfg_Blur
+                anchors.fill: parent
+                source: blurBackgroundSource
+                radius: 4
+            }
+
             QPixmapItem {
                 id: walliePreview
                 anchors.fill: parent
diff --git a/wallpapers/image/imagepackage/contents/ui/config.qml b/wallpapers/image/imagepackage/contents/ui/config.qml
--- a/wallpapers/image/imagepackage/contents/ui/config.qml
+++ b/wallpapers/image/imagepackage/contents/ui/config.qml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     property alias cfg_Color: colorDialog.color
     property string cfg_Image
     property int cfg_FillMode
+    property alias cfg_Blur: blurCheckBox.checked
     property var cfg_SlidePaths: ""
     property int cfg_SlideInterval: 0
 
@@ -125,6 +126,24 @@
         }
     }
 
+    Row {
+        //x: formAlignment - positionLabel.paintedWidth
+        spacing: units.largeSpacing / 2
+        QtControls.Label {
+            id: blurLabel
+            width: formAlignment - units.largeSpacing
+            anchors {
+                verticalCenter: blurCheckBox.verticalCenter
+            }
+            horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignRight
+        }
+        QtControls.CheckBox {
+            id: blurCheckBox
+            text: i18nd("plasma_applet_org.kde.image", "Use blur background filling")
+            checked: true
+        }
+    }
+
     QtDialogs.ColorDialog {
         id: colorDialog
         modality: Qt.WindowModal
diff --git a/wallpapers/image/imagepackage/contents/ui/main.qml b/wallpapers/image/imagepackage/contents/ui/main.qml
--- a/wallpapers/image/imagepackage/contents/ui/main.qml
+++ b/wallpapers/image/imagepackage/contents/ui/main.qml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
  */
 
 import QtQuick 2.5
+import QtGraphicalEffects 1.0
 import org.kde.plasma.wallpapers.image 2.0 as Wallpaper
 import org.kde.plasma.core 2.0 as PlasmaCore
 
@@ -210,6 +211,46 @@
     }
 
     Image {
+        id: blurBackgroundSourceA
+        visible: wallpaper.configuration.Blur
+        anchors.fill: parent
+        asynchronous: true
+        cache: false
+        fillMode: Image.PreserveAspectCrop
+        source: imageA.source
+    }
+
+    GaussianBlur {
+        visible: wallpaper.configuration.Blur
+        anchors.fill: parent
+        source: blurBackgroundSourceA
+        radius: 32
+        samples: 65
+        opacity: imageA.opacity
+        z: imageA.z
+    }
+
+    Image {
+        id: blurBackgroundSourceB
+        visible: wallpaper.configuration.Blur
+        anchors.fill: parent
+        asynchronous: true
+        cache: false
+        fillMode: Image.PreserveAspectCrop
+        source: imageB.source
+    }
+
+    GaussianBlur {
+        visible: wallpaper.configuration.Blur
+        anchors.fill: parent
+        source: blurBackgroundSourceB
+        radius: 32
+        samples: 65
+        opacity: imageB.opacity
+        z: imageB.z
+    }
+
+    Image {
         id: imageA
         anchors.fill: parent
         asynchronous: true
@@ -217,6 +258,7 @@
         fillMode: wallpaper.configuration.FillMode
         autoTransform: true //new API in Qt 5.5, do not backport into Plasma 5.4.
     }
+
     Image {
         id: imageB
         anchors.fill: parent