diff --git a/src/declarativeimports/plasmaextracomponents/qml/ScrollArea.qml b/src/declarativeimports/plasmaextracomponents/qml/ScrollArea.qml
index 37bca6e3b..c2fb8c6f4 100644
--- a/src/declarativeimports/plasmaextracomponents/qml/ScrollArea.qml
+++ b/src/declarativeimports/plasmaextracomponents/qml/ScrollArea.qml
@@ -1,55 +1,63 @@
 /*
 *   Copyright 2014 David Edmundson <davidedmundson@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  2.010-1301, USA.
 */
 
 import QtQuick 2.2
 import QtQuick.Controls 1.1 as QtQuickControls
 import QtQuick.Controls.Styles.Plasma 2.0 as Styles
 
 /**
  * This item takes a Flickable and automatically puts scrollbars in adjusting
  * the layout if needed. The scrollbars will be interactive or not, depending
  * on the platform. If flickableItem is a categorized ListView the vertical
  * scrollbar will be a SectionScroller.
  *
  * See QtControls.ScrollView for full API
  * TODO: soon to be deprecated after we can use QtQuickControls2 SvrollView instead (Qt 5.10)
  */
 
 QtQuickControls.ScrollView {
     id: root
 
     style: Styles.ScrollViewStyle{}
     frameVisible: true
     activeFocusOnTab: false
 
     //START HACK
     //The following is a workaround for QTBUG-17051
     //Scrollview disables interactive property on the listview for non-touch screen devices
     //which would make sense except this also breaks keyboard interaction which is a worse problem
 
     //this is fixed in 5.7 where interactive is split into two properties
 
     onContentItemChanged: {
         if (contentItem.interactive !== undefined) {
             contentItem.interactive = true;
         }
         contentItem.focus = true
     }
+    //we want plasmoid popups open as quick as possible at start.
+    //this makes sure things with big list views (kickoff, clipboard)
+    //are loaded when created, even before they are shown
+    Component.onCompleted: {
+        if (typeof contentItem.forceLayout === "function") {
+            contentItem.forceLayout();
+        }
+    }
     //end hack
 }