diff --git a/src/kmreadermainwin.cpp b/src/kmreadermainwin.cpp
index 486f86dcdd634848755ca2b9b330e54964fc9a0d..ee287a5c0b60f82cf1c268f236c22c3b90855541 100644
--- a/src/kmreadermainwin.cpp
+++ b/src/kmreadermainwin.cpp
@@ -438,11 +438,24 @@ void KMReaderMainWin::initializeAkonadiStandardAction()
     };
 
     for (Akonadi::StandardMailActionManager::Type mailAction : mailActions) {
-        mAkonadiStandardActionManager->createAction(mailAction);
+        QAction *act = mAkonadiStandardActionManager->createAction(mailAction);
+        mAkonadiStandardActionManager->interceptAction(mailAction);
+        connect(act, &QAction::triggered, this, &KMReaderMainWin::slotMarkMailAs);
     }
 
 }
 
+void KMReaderMainWin::slotMarkMailAs()
+{
+    const QAction *action = qobject_cast<QAction *>(sender());
+    Q_ASSERT(action);
+
+
+    const QByteArray typeStr = action->data().toByteArray();
+
+    mAkonadiStandardActionManager->markItemsAs(typeStr, {mMsgActions->currentItem()}, false);
+}
+
 void KMReaderMainWin::setupAccel()
 {
     if (!kmkernel->xmlGuiInstanceName().isEmpty()) {
diff --git a/src/kmreadermainwin.h b/src/kmreadermainwin.h
index 28d11814179193561c7a207302e0daea939abfbe..aeeb2e6e042da32b72a79dd00f22b19989722254 100644
--- a/src/kmreadermainwin.h
+++ b/src/kmreadermainwin.h
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ private:
     void updateButtons();
     void slotToggleMenubar(bool dontShowWarning);
     void initializeAkonadiStandardAction();
+    void slotMarkMailAs();
 
     QVector<KMime::Message::Ptr> mListMessage;
     int mCurrentMessageIndex = 0;
diff --git a/src/messageactions.cpp b/src/messageactions.cpp
index ac4a4b01680d5d468d331d4007a13b00e82fb902..b8c23f4f70d7e61dc038cc9a1fe8e208e3567bd7 100644
--- a/src/messageactions.cpp
+++ b/src/messageactions.cpp
@@ -775,6 +775,11 @@ void MessageActions::slotExportToPdf()
     }
 }
 
+Akonadi::Item MessageActions::currentItem() const
+{
+    return mCurrentItem;
+}
+
 QAction *MessageActions::exportToPdfAction() const
 {
     return mExportToPdfAction;
diff --git a/src/messageactions.h b/src/messageactions.h
index 67c4350e582cae40793dd302528185f95adb6ccf..d79318dac8a244809467bc2f205fc85e889ed44e 100644
--- a/src/messageactions.h
+++ b/src/messageactions.h
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ public:
     void setExportToPdfAction(QAction *exportToPdfAction);
 
     void fillAkonadiStandardAction(Akonadi::StandardMailActionManager *akonadiStandardActionManager);
+    Q_REQUIRED_RESULT Akonadi::Item currentItem() const;
+
 Q_SIGNALS:
     // This signal is emitted when a reply is triggered and the
     // action has finished.