diff --git a/src/filewidgets/kfileplacesmodel.cpp b/src/filewidgets/kfileplacesmodel.cpp
--- a/src/filewidgets/kfileplacesmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/filewidgets/kfileplacesmodel.cpp
@@ -223,6 +223,12 @@
         //
         // (coles, 13th May 2009)
 
+        // Add a Recently Used entry if available (it comes from kio-extras)
+        if (KProtocolInfo::isKnownProtocol("recentdocuments")) {
+            KFilePlacesItem::createSystemBookmark(d->bookmarkManager,
+                                                QStringLiteral("Recently Used"), I18N_NOOP2("KFile System Bookmarks", "Recently Used"),
+                                                QUrl(QStringLiteral("recentdocuments:/")), QStringLiteral("document-open-recent-symbolic"));
+        }
         KFilePlacesItem::createSystemBookmark(d->bookmarkManager,
                                               QStringLiteral("Home"), I18N_NOOP2("KFile System Bookmarks", "Home"),
                                               QUrl::fromLocalFile(QDir::homePath()), QStringLiteral("user-home"));