diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c1e4bd4d..7f25dfef 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ option(KIOCORE_ONLY "Only compile KIOCore, not KIOWidgets or anything that depen
 option(KIO_FORK_SLAVES "If set we start the slaves via QProcess. It's also possible to change this by setting the environment variable KDE_FORK_SLAVES." OFF)
 
 find_package(KF5Archive ${KF5_DEP_VERSION} REQUIRED)
+find_package(KF5Auth ${KF5_DEP_VERSION} REQUIRED)
 find_package(KF5Config ${KF5_DEP_VERSION} REQUIRED)
 find_package(KF5CoreAddons ${KF5_DEP_VERSION} REQUIRED)
 find_package(KF5DBusAddons ${KF5_DEP_VERSION} REQUIRED)
diff --git a/src/ioslaves/file/CMakeLists.txt b/src/ioslaves/file/CMakeLists.txt
index b9132ced..320b27c6 100644
--- a/src/ioslaves/file/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/ioslaves/file/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ set_package_properties(ACL PROPERTIES DESCRIPTION "LibACL" URL "ftp://oss.sgi.co
 configure_file(config-kioslave-file.h.cmake ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/config-kioslave-file.h )
 
 add_library(kio_file MODULE ${kio_file_PART_SRCS})
-target_link_libraries(kio_file KF5::KIOCore KF5::I18n)
+target_link_libraries(kio_file KF5::Auth KF5::KIOCore KF5::I18n)
 
 if (HAVE_VOLMGT AND CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES SunOS)
     target_link_libraries(kio_file -lvolmgt)
@@ -33,3 +33,5 @@ endif()
 
 set_target_properties(kio_file PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME "file")
 install(TARGETS kio_file  DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_PLUGINDIR}/kf5/kio)
+
+add_subdirectory(kauth)
diff --git a/src/ioslaves/file/file_unix.cpp b/src/ioslaves/file/file_unix.cpp
index c6fcf228..dd29bec2 100644
--- a/src/ioslaves/file/file_unix.cpp
+++ b/src/ioslaves/file/file_unix.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <qplatformdefs.h>
 
 #include <QDebug>
+#include <KAuth>
 #include <kconfiggroup.h>
 #include <klocalizedstring.h>
 #include <kmountpoint.h>
@@ -510,13 +511,23 @@ void FileProtocol::del(const QUrl &url, bool isfile)
 
         if (unlink(_path.data()) == -1) {
             if ((errno == EACCES) || (errno == EPERM)) {
-                error(KIO::ERR_ACCESS_DENIED, path);
+
+                QVariantMap args;
+                args["path"] = _path;
+                KAuth::Action delAction(QStringLiteral("org.kde.kio.file.del"));
+                delAction.setHelperId("org.kde.kio.file");
+                delAction.setArguments(args);
+                auto reply = delAction.execute();
+                if (!reply->exec()) {
+                    error(ERR_SLAVE_DEFINED, i18n("KAuth helper failed to remove %1, error: %2", path, reply->error()));
+                }
             } else if (errno == EISDIR) {
                 error(KIO::ERR_IS_DIRECTORY, path);
+                return;
             } else {
                 error(KIO::ERR_CANNOT_DELETE, path);
+                return;
             }
-            return;
         }
     } else {
 
diff --git a/src/ioslaves/file/kauth/CMakeLists.txt b/src/ioslaves/file/kauth/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1fda4bd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ioslaves/file/kauth/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+add_executable(file_helper helper.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(file_helper KF5::Auth KF5::I18n)
+
+install(TARGETS file_helper DESTINATION ${KAUTH_HELPER_INSTALL_DIR})
+kauth_install_helper_files(file_helper org.kde.kio.file root)
+kauth_install_actions(org.kde.kio.file file.actions)
diff --git a/src/ioslaves/file/kauth/file.actions b/src/ioslaves/file/kauth/file.actions
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..89efcccc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ioslaves/file/kauth/file.actions
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[org.kde.kio.file.del]
+Name=Delete files
+Description=Delete files from filesystem
+Policy=auth_admin
+Persistence=session
+
diff --git a/src/ioslaves/file/kauth/helper.cpp b/src/ioslaves/file/kauth/helper.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8c8e56c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ioslaves/file/kauth/helper.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#include "helper.h"
+
+#include <KLocalizedString>
+
+#include <QFile>
+
+#include <cerrno>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+ActionReply Helper::del(const QVariantMap& args)
+{
+    QByteArray path = args["path"].toByteArray();
+
+    if (unlink(path.data()) == -1) {
+      ActionReply reply = ActionReply::HelperErrorReply();
+      if ((errno == EACCES) || (errno == EPERM)) {
+            reply.setErrorDescription(i18n("Helper did not have karma. Weird."));
+      } else if (errno == EISDIR) {
+          reply.setErrorDescription(i18n("Cannot remove directories."));
+      }
+      return reply;
+    }
+
+    return ActionReply::SuccessReply();
+}
+
+KAUTH_HELPER_MAIN("org.kde.kio.file", Helper)
diff --git a/src/ioslaves/file/kauth/helper.h b/src/ioslaves/file/kauth/helper.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9656b2d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ioslaves/file/kauth/helper.h
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#ifndef HELPER_H
+#define HELPER_H
+
+#include <KAuth>
+
+using namespace KAuth;
+
+class Helper : public QObject
+{
+  Q_OBJECT
+
+  public Q_SLOTS:
+    ActionReply del(const QVariantMap& args);
+};
+
+#endif