diff --git a/containments/desktop/package/contents/ui/ResizeHandle.qml b/containments/desktop/package/contents/ui/ResizeHandle.qml
index a01a1056d..48143df55 100644
--- a/containments/desktop/package/contents/ui/ResizeHandle.qml
+++ b/containments/desktop/package/contents/ui/ResizeHandle.qml
@@ -1,93 +1,93 @@
 /*
  *   Copyright 2011-2013 Sebastian Kügler <sebas@kde.org>
  *   Copyright 2011 Marco Martin <mart@kde.org>
  *   Copyright 2014 David Edmundson <davidedmundson@kde.org>
  *   Copyright 2015 Eike Hein <hein@kde.org>
  *
  *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  *   it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
  *   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 or
  *   (at your option) any later version.
  *
  *   This program 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 Library General Public License for more details
  *
  *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
  *   License along with this program; if not, write to the
  *   Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
  *   51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
  */
 
 import QtQuick 2.0
 import QtQuick.Layouts 1.1
 import org.kde.plasma.core 2.0 as PlasmaCore
 import org.kde.plasma.components 2.0 as PlasmaComponents
 import org.kde.plasma.extras 2.0 as PlasmaExtras
 import org.kde.kquickcontrolsaddons 2.0 as KQuickControlsAddons
 import org.kde.plasma.plasmoid 2.0
 
 
 MouseArea {
     width: units.gridUnit
     height: units.gridUnit
     cursorShape: Qt.SizeVerCursor
     z: 99999
 
     //to controls the resize/move behavior
     property bool moveX
     property bool moveY
     property bool resizeWidth
     property bool resizeHeight
 
     //internal
     property int startX
     property int startY
     property int startWidth
     property int startHeight
 
-    visible: applet && applet.backgroundHints != PlasmaCore.Types.NoBackground && enabled && !plasmoid.immutable
+    visible: applet && applet.backgroundHints != PlasmaCore.Types.NoBackground && enabled && !plasmoid.immutable && showAppletHandle
     LayoutMirroring.enabled: false
     onPressed: {
         mouse.accepted = true
         animationsEnabled = false;
         var pos = mapToItem(root, mouse.x, mouse.y);
         startX = pos.x;
         startY = pos.y;
         startWidth = appletItem.width;
         startHeight = appletItem.height;
         appletItem.releasePosition();
         appletItem.floating = true;
         appletContainer.clip = true
     }
     onPositionChanged: {
         var pos = mapToItem(root, mouse.x, mouse.y);
         var xDelta = moveX ? pos.x - startX : startX - pos.x;
         var yDelta = moveY ? startY - pos.y : pos.y - startY;
 
         var oldRight = appletItem.x + appletItem.width;
         if (resizeWidth) {
             appletItem.width = Math.min(Math.max(appletItem.minimumWidth, startWidth - xDelta), appletItem.maximumWidth);
         }
 
         var oldBottom = appletItem.y + appletItem.height;
         if (resizeHeight) {
             appletItem.height = Math.min(Math.max(appletItem.minimumHeight, startHeight + yDelta), appletItem.maximumHeight);
         }
 
         if (moveX) {
             appletItem.x = oldRight - appletItem.width;
         }
         if (moveY) {
             appletItem.y = oldBottom - appletItem.height;
         }
     }
     onReleased: {
         animationsEnabled = true
         appletItem.floating = false;
         appletItem.positionItem();
         root.layoutManager.save()
         appletContainer.clip = false
     }
 }