diff --git a/lib/documentview/documentview.cpp b/lib/documentview/documentview.cpp
index 829268d35d5b3e2b8761ea576501a3c7a7606983..02045f4e3bece1126717939309f62f1a1e2601c3 100644
--- a/lib/documentview/documentview.cpp
+++ b/lib/documentview/documentview.cpp
@@ -391,7 +391,9 @@ struct DocumentViewPrivate {
         }
         mDrag = new QDrag(q);
         const auto itemList = KFileItemList({q->document()->url()});
-        mDrag->setMimeData(MimeTypeUtils::selectionMimeData(itemList, MimeTypeUtils::DropTarget));
+        auto *mimeData = MimeTypeUtils::selectionMimeData(itemList, MimeTypeUtils::DropTarget);
+        KUrlMimeData::exportUrlsToPortal(mimeData);
+        mDrag->setMimeData(mimeData);
 
         if (q->document()->isModified()) {
             setDragPixmap(QPixmap::fromImage(q->document()->image()));
@@ -1109,7 +1111,7 @@ void DocumentView::dropEvent(QGraphicsSceneDragDropEvent *event)
 {
     QGraphicsWidget::dropEvent(event);
     // Since we're capturing drops in View mode, we only support one url
-    const QUrl url = event->mimeData()->urls().first();
+    const QUrl url = KUrlMimeData::urlsFromMimeData(event->mimeData()).first();
     if (UrlUtils::urlIsDirectory(url)) {
         Q_EMIT openDirUrlRequested(url);
     } else {
diff --git a/lib/thumbnailview/thumbnailview.cpp b/lib/thumbnailview/thumbnailview.cpp
index c4857113a62d6ccf0a4f18540b424e2bb6ecc3c2..adf3f3fe7f23bc361c45f711c9b4427c0ffd6785 100644
--- a/lib/thumbnailview/thumbnailview.cpp
+++ b/lib/thumbnailview/thumbnailview.cpp
@@ -727,7 +727,9 @@ void ThumbnailView::startDrag(Qt::DropActions)
     }
 
     auto drag = new QDrag(this);
-    drag->setMimeData(MimeTypeUtils::selectionMimeData(selectedFiles, MimeTypeUtils::DropTarget));
+    auto *mimeData = MimeTypeUtils::selectionMimeData(selectedFiles, MimeTypeUtils::DropTarget);
+    KUrlMimeData::exportUrlsToPortal(mimeData);
+    drag->setMimeData(mimeData);
     d->initDragPixmap(drag, indexes);
     drag->exec(Qt::MoveAction | Qt::CopyAction | Qt::LinkAction, Qt::CopyAction);
 }