diff --git a/components/containmentlayoutmanager/qml/BasicAppletContainer.qml b/components/containmentlayoutmanager/qml/BasicAppletContainer.qml
index 145c0deb5..db1256429 100644
--- a/components/containmentlayoutmanager/qml/BasicAppletContainer.qml
+++ b/components/containmentlayoutmanager/qml/BasicAppletContainer.qml
@@ -1,95 +1,121 @@
 /*
  *  Copyright 2019 Marco Martin <mart@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 2.12
 import QtQuick.Layouts 1.2
+import QtGraphicalEffects 1.0
 
 import org.kde.plasma.plasmoid 2.0
 import org.kde.plasma.core 2.0 as PlasmaCore
 import org.kde.plasma.components 3.0 as PlasmaComponents
 import org.kde.plasma.private.containmentlayoutmanager 1.0 as ContainmentLayoutManager
+import org.kde.kirigami 2.11 as Kirigami
 
 ContainmentLayoutManager.AppletContainer {
     id: appletContainer
     editModeCondition: plasmoid.immutable
         ? ContainmentLayoutManager.ItemContainer.Manual
         : ContainmentLayoutManager.ItemContainer.AfterPressAndHold
 
+    Kirigami.Theme.inherit: false
+    Kirigami.Theme.colorSet: contentItem.effectiveBackgroundHints == PlasmaCore.Types.ShadowBackground
+        ? Kirigami.Theme.Complementary
+        : Kirigami.Theme.Window
+    PlasmaCore.ColorScope.inherit: false
+    PlasmaCore.ColorScope.colorGroup: contentItem.effectiveBackgroundHints == PlasmaCore.Types.ShadowBackground
+        ? PlasmaCore.Theme.ComplementaryColorGroup
+        : PlasmaCore.Theme.NormalColorGroup
+
     onFocusChanged: {
         if (!focus) {
             editMode = false;
         }
     }
     Layout.minimumWidth: {
         if (!applet) {
             return leftPadding + rightPadding;
         }
 
         if (applet.preferredRepresentation != applet.fullRepresentation
             && applet.compactRepresentationItem
         ) {
             return applet.compactRepresentationItem.Layout.minimumWidth + leftPadding + rightPadding;
         } else {
             return applet.Layout.minimumWidth + leftPadding + rightPadding;
         }
     }
     Layout.minimumHeight: {
         if (!applet) {
             return topPadding + bottomPadding;
         }
 
         if (applet.preferredRepresentation != applet.fullRepresentation
             && applet.compactRepresentationItem
         ) {
             return applet.compactRepresentationItem.Layout.minimumHeight + topPadding + bottomPadding;
         } else {
             return applet.Layout.minimumHeight + topPadding + bottomPadding;
         }
     }
 
     Layout.preferredWidth: Math.max(applet.Layout.minimumWidth, applet.Layout.preferredWidth)
     Layout.preferredHeight: Math.max(applet.Layout.minimumHeight, applet.Layout.preferredHeight)
 
     Layout.maximumWidth: applet.Layout.maximumWidth
     Layout.maximumHeight: applet.Layout.maximumHeight
 
     leftPadding: background.margins.left
     topPadding: background.margins.top
     rightPadding: background.margins.right
     bottomPadding: background.margins.bottom
 
     initialSize.width: applet.switchWidth + leftPadding + rightPadding
     initialSize.height: applet.switchHeight + topPadding + bottomPadding
 
     background: PlasmaCore.FrameSvgItem {
-        imagePath: contentItem && contentItem.backgroundHints == PlasmaCore.Types.StandardBackground ? "widgets/background" : ""
+        imagePath: contentItem && contentItem.effectiveBackgroundHints == PlasmaCore.Types.StandardBackground ? "widgets/background" : ""
+        DropShadow {
+            anchors.fill: parent
+            horizontalOffset: 0
+            verticalOffset: 1
+
+            radius: 4
+            samples: 9
+            spread: 0.35
+
+            color: Qt.rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5)
+            opacity: 1
+
+            source: contentItem && contentItem.effectiveBackgroundHints == PlasmaCore.Types.ShadowBackground ? contentItem : null
+            visible: source != null
+        }
     }
 
     busyIndicatorComponent: PlasmaComponents.BusyIndicator {
         anchors.centerIn: parent
         visible: applet.busy
         running: visible
     }
     configurationRequiredComponent: PlasmaComponents.Button {
         anchors.centerIn: parent
         text: i18n("Configure...")
         visible: applet.configurationRequired
         onClicked: applet.action("configure").trigger();
     }
 }