diff --git a/src/kitemviews/kstandarditemmodel.cpp b/src/kitemviews/kstandarditemmodel.cpp
index dbf608c927..959d62cb8a 100644
--- a/src/kitemviews/kstandarditemmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/kitemviews/kstandarditemmodel.cpp
@@ -122,6 +122,15 @@ void KStandardItemModel::removeItem(int index)
     }
 }
 
+void KStandardItemModel::clear()
+{
+    int size = m_items.size();
+    m_items.clear();
+    m_indexesForItems.clear();
+
+    emit itemsRemoved(KItemRangeList() << KItemRange(0, size));
+}
+
 KStandardItem* KStandardItemModel::item(int index) const
 {
     if (index < 0 || index >= m_items.count()) {
diff --git a/src/kitemviews/kstandarditemmodel.h b/src/kitemviews/kstandarditemmodel.h
index 34032bf073..0debd6a6fc 100644
--- a/src/kitemviews/kstandarditemmodel.h
+++ b/src/kitemviews/kstandarditemmodel.h
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ public:
     virtual QString roleDescription(const QByteArray& role) const;
     virtual QList<QPair<int, QVariant> > groups() const;
 
+    virtual void clear();
 protected:
     /**
      * Is invoked after an item has been inserted and before the signal
diff --git a/src/panels/places/placesitemmodel.cpp b/src/panels/places/placesitemmodel.cpp
index 1acbb57719..caf6b75662 100644
--- a/src/panels/places/placesitemmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/panels/places/placesitemmodel.cpp
@@ -88,7 +88,11 @@ PlacesItemModel::PlacesItemModel(QObject* parent) :
     m_storageSetupInProgress()
 {
 #ifdef HAVE_NEPOMUK
-    if (Nepomuk2::ResourceManager::instance()->initialized()) {
+    Nepomuk2::ResourceManager* rm = Nepomuk2::ResourceManager::instance();
+    connect(rm, SIGNAL(nepomukSystemStarted()), this, SLOT(slotNepomukStarted()));
+    connect(rm, SIGNAL(nepomukSystemStopped()), this, SLOT(slotNepomukStopped()));
+
+    if (rm->initialized()) {
         KConfig config("nepomukserverrc");
         m_fileIndexingEnabled = config.group("Service-nepomukfileindexer").readEntry("autostart", true);
     }
@@ -949,6 +953,40 @@ void PlacesItemModel::createSystemBookmarks()
     }
 }
 
+void PlacesItemModel::clear() {
+    m_bookmarkedItems.clear();
+    KStandardItemModel::clear();
+}
+
+void PlacesItemModel::slotNepomukStarted()
+{
+    KConfig config("nepomukserverrc");
+    m_fileIndexingEnabled = config.group("Service-nepomukfileindexer").readEntry("autostart", true);
+    if (m_fileIndexingEnabled) {
+        m_systemBookmarks.clear();
+        m_systemBookmarksIndexes.clear();
+        createSystemBookmarks();
+
+        clear();
+        loadBookmarks();
+    }
+}
+
+void PlacesItemModel::slotNepomukStopped()
+{
+    if (m_fileIndexingEnabled) {
+        m_fileIndexingEnabled = false;
+
+        m_systemBookmarks.clear();
+        m_systemBookmarksIndexes.clear();
+        createSystemBookmarks();
+
+        clear();
+        loadBookmarks();
+    }
+}
+
+
 void PlacesItemModel::initializeAvailableDevices()
 {
     QString predicate("[[[[ StorageVolume.ignored == false AND [ StorageVolume.usage == 'FileSystem' OR StorageVolume.usage == 'Encrypted' ]]"
diff --git a/src/panels/places/placesitemmodel.h b/src/panels/places/placesitemmodel.h
index e42187860f..6938360332 100644
--- a/src/panels/places/placesitemmodel.h
+++ b/src/panels/places/placesitemmodel.h
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ public:
      */
     static KUrl convertedUrl(const KUrl& url);
 
+    virtual void clear();
 signals:
     void errorMessage(const QString& message);
     void storageSetupDone(int index, bool success);
@@ -163,6 +164,8 @@ private slots:
      */
     void saveBookmarks();
 
+    void slotNepomukStarted();
+    void slotNepomukStopped();
 private:
     struct SystemBookmarkData;