diff --git a/src/dolphintabwidget.cpp b/src/dolphintabwidget.cpp
index 94b7a0144c..d9b7d7e13e 100644
--- a/src/dolphintabwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/dolphintabwidget.cpp
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ void DolphinTabWidget::tabDropEvent(int index, QDropEvent* event)
 {
     if (index >= 0) {
         DolphinView* view = tabPageAt(index)->activeViewContainer()->view();
-        view->dropUrls(view->url(), event);
+        view->dropUrls(view->url(), event, view);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/dolphinviewcontainer.cpp b/src/dolphinviewcontainer.cpp
index 72ced931b7..198879f377 100644
--- a/src/dolphinviewcontainer.cpp
+++ b/src/dolphinviewcontainer.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <KFilePlacesModel>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 #include <KIO/PreviewJob>
+#include <kio_version.h>
 #include <KMessageWidget>
 #include <KShell>
 #include <QUrl>
@@ -135,8 +136,14 @@ DolphinViewContainer::DolphinViewContainer(const QUrl& url, QWidget* parent) :
             this, &DolphinViewContainer::slotUrlNavigatorLocationChanged);
     connect(m_urlNavigator, &KUrlNavigator::returnPressed,
             this, &DolphinViewContainer::slotReturnPressed);
-    connect(m_urlNavigator, &KUrlNavigator::urlsDropped,
-            m_view, &DolphinView::dropUrls);
+    connect(m_urlNavigator, &KUrlNavigator::urlsDropped, this, [=](const QUrl &destination, QDropEvent *event) {
+#if KIO_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 37, 0)
+        m_view->dropUrls(destination, event, m_urlNavigator->dropWidget());
+#else
+        // TODO: remove as soon as we can hard-depend of KF5 >= 5.37
+        m_view->dropUrls(destination, event, m_view);
+#endif
+    });
 
     // Initialize status bar
     m_statusBar = new DolphinStatusBar(this);
diff --git a/src/views/dolphinview.cpp b/src/views/dolphinview.cpp
index bef6a8b73a..5fcec92412 100644
--- a/src/views/dolphinview.cpp
+++ b/src/views/dolphinview.cpp
@@ -1051,14 +1051,14 @@ void DolphinView::slotItemDropEvent(int index, QGraphicsSceneDragDropEvent* even
                          event->mimeData(),
                          event->buttons(),
                          event->modifiers());
-    dropUrls(destUrl, &dropEvent);
+    dropUrls(destUrl, &dropEvent, this);
 
     setActive(true);
 }
 
-void DolphinView::dropUrls(const QUrl &destUrl, QDropEvent *dropEvent)
+void DolphinView::dropUrls(const QUrl &destUrl, QDropEvent *dropEvent, QWidget *dropWidget)
 {
-    KIO::DropJob* job = DragAndDropHelper::dropUrls(destUrl, dropEvent, this);
+    KIO::DropJob* job = DragAndDropHelper::dropUrls(destUrl, dropEvent, dropWidget);
 
     if (job) {
         connect(job, &KIO::DropJob::result, this, &DolphinView::slotPasteJobResult);
diff --git a/src/views/dolphinview.h b/src/views/dolphinview.h
index 6b62b5da68..5c832efd1f 100644
--- a/src/views/dolphinview.h
+++ b/src/views/dolphinview.h
@@ -363,9 +363,9 @@ public slots:
     void pasteIntoFolder();
 
     /**
-     * Handles a drop of @p dropEvent onto @p destUrl
+     * Handles a drop of @p dropEvent onto widget @p dropWidget and destination @p destUrl
      */
-    void dropUrls(const QUrl &destUrl, QDropEvent *dropEvent);
+    void dropUrls(const QUrl &destUrl, QDropEvent *dropEvent, QWidget *dropWidget);
 
     void stopLoading();
 
diff --git a/src/views/draganddrophelper.h b/src/views/draganddrophelper.h
index fe77b1e6ee..3153f06ef0 100644
--- a/src/views/draganddrophelper.h
+++ b/src/views/draganddrophelper.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public:
      * @param destUrl   URL of the item destination. Is used only if destItem::isNull()
      *                  is true.
      * @param event     Drop event.
-     * @param window    Associated widget.
+     * @param window    Widget where the drop happened, will be used as parent of the drop menu.
      * @return          KIO::DropJob pointer
      */
     static KIO::DropJob* dropUrls(const QUrl& destUrl,