diff --git a/wallpapers/image/imagepackage/contents/config/main.xml b/wallpapers/image/imagepackage/contents/config/main.xml
index c097b30a0..7569eda27 100644
--- a/wallpapers/image/imagepackage/contents/config/main.xml
+++ b/wallpapers/image/imagepackage/contents/config/main.xml
@@ -1,31 +1,35 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <kcfg xmlns="http://www.kde.org/standards/kcfg/1.0"
       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.kde.org/standards/kcfg/1.0
       http://www.kde.org/standards/kcfg/1.0/kcfg.xsd" >
   <kcfgfile name=""/>
 
   <group name="General">
     <entry name="Color" type="Color">
       <label>Color of the wallpaper</label>
       <default>#000000</default>
     </entry>
     <entry name="Image" type="String">
       <label>Wallpaper image path or wallpaper name</label>
       <default></default>
     </entry>
     <entry name="FillMode" type="int">
       <label>Sizing, cropping and positioning of the wallpaper image</label>
       <default>0</default>
     </entry>
     <entry name="SlidePaths" type="StringList">
       <label>Paths used for the slideshow</label>
       <default></default>
     </entry>
     <entry name="SlideInterval" type="int">
       <label>Interval between slides</label>
       <default>10</default>
     </entry>
+    <entry name="TransitionAnimationDuration" type="int">
+      <label>Fade Transition Animation  (ms)</label>
+      <default>1000</default>
+    </entry>
   </group>
 
 </kcfg>
diff --git a/wallpapers/image/imagepackage/contents/ui/main.qml b/wallpapers/image/imagepackage/contents/ui/main.qml
index d5384e42c..fc221762d 100644
--- a/wallpapers/image/imagepackage/contents/ui/main.qml
+++ b/wallpapers/image/imagepackage/contents/ui/main.qml
@@ -1,226 +1,228 @@
 /*
  *  Copyright 2013 Marco Martin <mart@kde.org>
  *  Copyright 2014 Sebastian Kügler <sebas@kde.org>
  *  Copyright 2014 Kai Uwe Broulik <kde@privat.broulik.de>
  *
  *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, 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 General Public License for more details.
  *
  *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  *  Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  2.010-1301, USA.
  */
 
 import QtQuick 2.5
 import org.kde.plasma.wallpapers.image 2.0 as Wallpaper
 import org.kde.plasma.core 2.0 as PlasmaCore
 
 Item {
     id: root
 
     readonly property string configuredImage: wallpaper.configuration.Image
     readonly property string modelImage: imageWallpaper.wallpaperPath
     property Item currentImage: imageB
     property Item otherImage: imageA
     readonly property int fillMode: wallpaper.configuration.FillMode
     property bool ready: false
 
     //public API, the C++ part will look for those
     function setUrl(url) {
         wallpaper.configuration.Image = url
         imageWallpaper.addUsersWallpaper(url);
     }
 
     function action_next() {
         imageWallpaper.nextSlide();
     }
 
     function action_open() {
         Qt.openUrlExternally(currentImage.source)
     }
 
     //private
     function fadeWallpaper() {
         if (!ready && width > 0 && height > 0) { // shell startup, setup immediately
             currentImage.sourceSize = Qt.size(root.width, root.height)
             currentImage.source = modelImage
 
             ready = true
             return
         }
 
         fadeAnim.running = false
         swapImages()
         currentImage.source = modelImage
         currentImage.sourceSize = Qt.size(root.width, root.height)
         // Prevent source size change when image has just been setup anyway
         sourceSizeTimer.stop()
         currentImage.opacity = 0
         otherImage.z = 0
         currentImage.z = 1
 
         // only cross-fade if the new image could be smaller than the old one
         fadeOtherAnimator.enabled = Qt.binding(function() {
             return currentImage.paintedWidth < otherImage.paintedWidth || currentImage.paintedHeight < otherImage.paintedHeight
         })
 
         // Alleviate stuttering by waiting with the fade animation until the image is loaded (or failed to)
         fadeAnim.running = Qt.binding(function() {
             return currentImage.status !== Image.Loading && otherImage.status !== Image.Loading
         })
     }
 
     function fadeFillMode() {
         fadeAnim.running = false
         swapImages()
         currentImage.sourceSize = otherImage.sourceSize
         sourceSizeTimer.stop()
         currentImage.source = modelImage
         currentImage.opacity = 0
         otherImage.z = 0
         currentImage.fillMode = fillMode
         currentImage.z = 1
 
         // only cross-fade if the new image could be smaller than the old one
         fadeOtherAnimator.enabled = Qt.binding(function() {
             return currentImage.paintedWidth < otherImage.paintedWidth || currentImage.paintedHeight < otherImage.paintedHeight
         })
 
         fadeAnim.running = Qt.binding(function() {
             return currentImage.status !== Image.Loading && otherImage.status !== Image.Loading
         })
     }
 
     function fadeSourceSize() {
         if (currentImage.sourceSize === Qt.size(root.width, root.height)) {
             return
         }
 
         fadeAnim.running = false
         swapImages()
         currentImage.sourceSize = Qt.size(root.width, root.height)
         currentImage.opacity = 0
         currentImage.source = otherImage.source
         otherImage.z = 0
         currentImage.z = 1
 
         fadeOtherAnimator.enabled = false // the image size didn't change, avoid cross-dissolve
         fadeAnim.running = Qt.binding(function() {
             return currentImage.status !== Image.Loading && otherImage.status !== Image.Loading
         })
     }
 
     function startFadeSourceTimer() {
         if (width > 0 && height > 0 && (imageA.status !== Image.Null || imageB.status !== Image.Null)) {
             sourceSizeTimer.restart()
         }
     }
 
     function swapImages() {
         if (currentImage == imageA) {
             currentImage = imageB
             otherImage = imageA
         } else {
             currentImage = imageA
             otherImage = imageB
         }
     }
 
     onWidthChanged: startFadeSourceTimer()
     onHeightChanged: startFadeSourceTimer()
 
     Timer {
         id: sourceSizeTimer
         interval: 1000 // always delay reloading the image even when animations are turned off
         onTriggered: fadeSourceSize()
     }
 
     Component.onCompleted: {
         if (wallpaper.pluginName == "org.kde.slideshow") {
             wallpaper.setAction("open", i18nd("plasma_applet_org.kde.image", "Open Wallpaper Image"), "document-open");
             wallpaper.setAction("next", i18nd("plasma_applet_org.kde.image","Next Wallpaper Image"),"user-desktop");
         }
     }
 
     Wallpaper.Image {
         id: imageWallpaper
         //the oneliner of difference between image and slideshow wallpapers
         renderingMode: (wallpaper.pluginName == "org.kde.image") ? Wallpaper.Image.SingleImage : Wallpaper.Image.SlideShow
         targetSize: Qt.size(root.width, root.height)
         slidePaths: wallpaper.configuration.SlidePaths
         slideTimer: wallpaper.configuration.SlideInterval
     }
 
     onFillModeChanged: {
         fadeFillMode();
     }
     onConfiguredImageChanged: {
         imageWallpaper.addUrl(configuredImage)
     }
     onModelImageChanged: {
         fadeWallpaper();
     }
 
     SequentialAnimation {
         id: fadeAnim
         running: false
 
         ParallelAnimation {
             OpacityAnimator {
                 target: currentImage
                 from: 0
                 to: 1
-                duration: units.longDuration
+                duration: fadeOtherAnimator.duration
             }
             OpacityAnimator {
                 id: fadeOtherAnimator
                 property bool enabled: true
                 target: otherImage
                 from: 1
                 // cannot disable an animation individually, so we just fade from 1 to 1
                 to: enabled ? 0 : 1
-                duration: units.longDuration
+
+                //use configured duration if animations are enabled
+                duration: units.longDuration && wallpaper.configuration.TransitionAnimationDuration
             }
         }
         ScriptAction {
             script: {
                 otherImage.fillMode = fillMode;
                 otherImage.source = "";
             }
         }
     }
 
     Rectangle {
         id: backgroundColor
         anchors.fill: parent
         visible: ready && (currentImage.status === Image.Ready || otherImage.status === Image.Ready)
         color: wallpaper.configuration.Color
         Behavior on color {
             ColorAnimation { duration: units.longDuration }
         }
     }
 
     Image {
         id: imageA
         anchors.fill: parent
         asynchronous: true
         cache: false
         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
         asynchronous: true
         cache: false
         fillMode: wallpaper.configuration.FillMode
         autoTransform: true //new API in Qt 5.5, do not backport into Plasma 5.4.
     }
 }
diff --git a/wallpapers/image/slideshowpackage/contents/config/main.xml b/wallpapers/image/slideshowpackage/contents/config/main.xml
index c097b30a0..f75e94d12 100644
--- a/wallpapers/image/slideshowpackage/contents/config/main.xml
+++ b/wallpapers/image/slideshowpackage/contents/config/main.xml
@@ -1,31 +1,35 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <kcfg xmlns="http://www.kde.org/standards/kcfg/1.0"
       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.kde.org/standards/kcfg/1.0
       http://www.kde.org/standards/kcfg/1.0/kcfg.xsd" >
   <kcfgfile name=""/>
 
   <group name="General">
     <entry name="Color" type="Color">
       <label>Color of the wallpaper</label>
       <default>#000000</default>
     </entry>
     <entry name="Image" type="String">
       <label>Wallpaper image path or wallpaper name</label>
       <default></default>
     </entry>
     <entry name="FillMode" type="int">
       <label>Sizing, cropping and positioning of the wallpaper image</label>
       <default>0</default>
     </entry>
     <entry name="SlidePaths" type="StringList">
       <label>Paths used for the slideshow</label>
       <default></default>
     </entry>
     <entry name="SlideInterval" type="int">
-      <label>Interval between slides</label>
+      <label>Interval between slides (s)</label>
       <default>10</default>
     </entry>
+    <entry name="TransitionAnimationDuration" type="int">
+      <label>Fade Transition Animation  (ms)</label>
+      <default>1000</default>
+    </entry>
   </group>
 
 </kcfg>