diff --git a/applet/contents/ui/CompactRepresentation.qml b/applet/contents/ui/CompactRepresentation.qml
index 02c446c8..9565ba39 100644
--- a/applet/contents/ui/CompactRepresentation.qml
+++ b/applet/contents/ui/CompactRepresentation.qml
@@ -1,47 +1,49 @@
 /*
     Copyright 2013-2017 Jan Grulich <jgrulich@redhat.com>
 
     This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
     modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
     License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
     version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) version 3, or any
     later version accepted by the membership of KDE e.V. (or its
     successor approved by the membership of KDE e.V.), which shall
     act as a proxy defined in Section 6 of version 3 of the license.
 
     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
     Lesser General Public License for more details.
 
     You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
     License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
 
 import QtQuick 2.2
 import org.kde.plasma.core 2.0 as PlasmaCore
 import org.kde.plasma.components 2.0 as PlasmaComponents
 
 MouseArea {
     id: panelIconWidget
 
     anchors.fill: parent
+    hoverEnabled: true
 
     onClicked: plasmoid.expanded = !plasmoid.expanded
 
     PlasmaCore.IconItem {
         id: connectionIcon
 
         anchors.fill: parent
         source: connectionIconProvider.connectionIcon
         colorGroup: PlasmaCore.ColorScope.colorGroup
+        active: parent.containsMouse
 
         PlasmaComponents.BusyIndicator {
             id: connectingIndicator
 
             anchors.fill: parent
             running: connectionIconProvider.connecting
             visible: running
         }
     }
 }