diff --git a/widgets/lineedit.cpp b/widgets/lineedit.cpp
index 09c0c66ef..9842379b2 100644
--- a/widgets/lineedit.cpp
+++ b/widgets/lineedit.cpp
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@ void LineEdit::focusInEvent(QFocusEvent *event)
         // as of Qt 4.7, apparently we have a bug here in QGraphicsProxyWidget
         nativeWidget()->setFocus(event->reason());
     }
+
+    emit focusChanged(true);
 }
 
 void LineEdit::focusOutEvent(QFocusEvent *event)
@@ -215,6 +217,8 @@ void LineEdit::focusOutEvent(QFocusEvent *event)
     }
 
     QGraphicsProxyWidget::focusOutEvent(event);
+
+    emit focusChanged(false);
 }
 
 } // namespace Plasma
diff --git a/widgets/lineedit.h b/widgets/lineedit.h
index 41fcf3928..a0df163c0 100644
--- a/widgets/lineedit.h
+++ b/widgets/lineedit.h
@@ -133,6 +133,11 @@ Q_SIGNALS:
      * @since 4.4
      */
     void textChanged(const QString &text);
+    /**
+     * Emitted when the widget receives or loses focus
+     * @since 4.7
+     */
+    void focusChanged(bool focused);
 
 private:
     Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d, void setPalette())