diff --git a/app/config/appearancesettings.ui b/app/config/appearancesettings.ui
--- a/app/config/appearancesettings.ui
+++ b/app/config/appearancesettings.ui
@@ -11,16 +11,7 @@
    </rect>
   </property>
   <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_3">
-   <property name="leftMargin">
-    <number>0</number>
-   </property>
-   <property name="topMargin">
-    <number>0</number>
-   </property>
-   <property name="rightMargin">
-    <number>0</number>
-   </property>
-   <property name="bottomMargin">
+   <property name="margin">
     <number>0</number>
    </property>
    <item>
@@ -79,6 +70,13 @@
         </item>
        </layout>
       </item>
+      <item>
+       <widget class="QCheckBox" name="kcfg_BlurBackground">
+        <property name="text">
+         <string>Blur background</string>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
       <item>
        <widget class="QCheckBox" name="kcfg_Translucency">
         <property name="whatsThis">
diff --git a/app/config/yakuake.kcfg b/app/config/yakuake.kcfg
--- a/app/config/yakuake.kcfg
+++ b/app/config/yakuake.kcfg
@@ -90,10 +90,15 @@
       <whatsthis context="@info:whatsthis">Whether the currently active skin was installed via KNS.</whatsthis>
       <default>false</default>
     </entry>
+    <entry name="BlurBackground" type="Bool">
+        <label context="@label">Blur background</label>
+        <whatsthis context="@info:whatsthis">Whether to blur the background behind the window.</whatsthis>
+        <default>false</default>
+    </entry>
     <entry name="Translucency" type="Bool">
-      <label context="@label">Use translucent background</label>
-      <whatsthis context="@info:whatsthis">Whether to make use of XComposite ARGB translucency.</whatsthis>
-      <default>false</default>
+        <label context="@label">Use translucent background</label>
+        <whatsthis context="@info:whatsthis">Whether to make use of XComposite ARGB translucency.</whatsthis>
+        <default>false</default>
     </entry>
     <entry name="BackgroundColor" type="Color">
       <label context="@label">Window background color</label>
diff --git a/app/mainwindow.cpp b/app/mainwindow.cpp
--- a/app/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/app/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #include <KWindowSystem>
 #include <KWindowEffects>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
+#include <KWindowEffects>
 
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QDesktopWidget>
@@ -799,6 +800,8 @@
 
     m_tabBar->setVisible(Settings::showTabBar());
 
+    KWindowEffects::enableBlurBehind(winId(), Settings::blurBackground());
+
     setKeepOpen(Settings::keepOpen());
 
     updateScreenMenu();