diff --git a/src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/qmenu.cpp b/src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/qmenu.cpp
index 8ec146404..926df31c0 100644
--- a/src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/qmenu.cpp
+++ b/src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/qmenu.cpp
@@ -22,11 +22,13 @@
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QQuickWindow>
 #include <QQuickItem>
+#include <QScreen>
 
 #include "plasmacomponentsplugin.h"
 QMenuProxy::QMenuProxy(QObject *parent)
     : QObject(parent),
-      m_status(DialogStatus::Closed)
+      m_status(DialogStatus::Closed),
+      m_placement(Plasma::Types::LeftPosedTopAlignedPopup)
 {
     m_menu = new QMenu(0);
     connect(m_menu, &QMenu::triggered, this, &QMenuProxy::itemTriggered);
@@ -116,6 +118,20 @@ void QMenuProxy::setTransientParent(QWindow *parent)
     emit transientParentChanged();
 }
 
+Plasma::Types::PopupPlacement QMenuProxy::placement() const
+{
+    return m_placement;
+}
+
+void QMenuProxy::setPlacement(Plasma::Types::PopupPlacement placement)
+{
+    if (m_placement != placement) {
+        m_placement = placement;
+
+        emit placementChanged();
+    }
+}
+
 int QMenuProxy::minimumWidth() const
 {
     return m_menu->minimumWidth();
@@ -222,10 +238,10 @@ void QMenuProxy::itemTriggered(QAction *action)
     }
 }
 
-void QMenuProxy::open(int x, int y)
+void QMenuProxy::rebuildMenu()
 {
-    qDebug() << "opening menu at " << x << y;
     m_menu->clear();
+
     foreach (QMenuItem *item, m_items) {
         if (item->section()) {
             if (!item->isVisible()) {
@@ -240,18 +256,104 @@ void QMenuProxy::open(int x, int y)
         }
     }
 
-    QQuickItem *parentItem;
+    m_menu->adjustSize();
+}
+
+void QMenuProxy::open(int x, int y)
+{
+    qDebug() << "opening menu at " << x << y;
+
+    QQuickItem *parentItem = nullptr;
+
     if (m_visualParent) {
         parentItem = qobject_cast<QQuickItem *>(m_visualParent.data());
     } else {
         parentItem = qobject_cast<QQuickItem *>(parent());
     }
+
+    if (!parentItem) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    rebuildMenu();
+
     QPointF pos = parentItem->mapToScene(QPointF(x, y));
+
     if (parentItem->window() && parentItem->window()->screen()) {
         pos = parentItem->window()->mapToGlobal(pos.toPoint());
     }
 
-    m_menu->popup(pos.toPoint());
+    openInternal(pos.toPoint());
+}
+
+Q_INVOKABLE void QMenuProxy::openRelative()
+{
+    QQuickItem *parentItem = nullptr;
+
+    if (m_visualParent) {
+        parentItem = qobject_cast<QQuickItem *>(m_visualParent.data());
+    } else {
+        parentItem = qobject_cast<QQuickItem *>(parent());
+    }
+
+    if (!parentItem) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    rebuildMenu();
+
+    QPointF pos;
+
+    using namespace Plasma;
+
+    switch(m_placement) {
+        case Types::TopPosedLeftAlignedPopup:
+        case Types::LeftPosedTopAlignedPopup: {
+            pos = parentItem->mapToScene(QPointF(0, 0));
+            break;
+        }
+        case Types::TopPosedRightAlignedPopup:
+        case Types::RightPosedTopAlignedPopup: {
+            pos = parentItem->mapToScene(QPointF(parentItem->width(), 0));
+            break;
+        }
+        case Types::LeftPosedBottomAlignedPopup:
+        case Types::BottomPosedLeftAlignedPopup: {
+            pos = parentItem->mapToScene(QPointF(0, parentItem->height()));
+            break;
+        }
+        case Types::BottomPosedRightAlignedPopup:
+        case Types::RightPosedBottomAlignedPopup: {
+            pos = parentItem->mapToScene(QPointF(parentItem->width(), parentItem->height()));
+            break;
+        }
+        default:
+            open();
+            return;
+    }
+
+    if (parentItem->window() && parentItem->window()->screen()) {
+        pos = parentItem->window()->mapToGlobal(pos.toPoint());
+    }
+
+    QScreen *screen = parentItem->window()->screen();
+
+    if (screen) {
+        if (pos.x() + m_menu->width() > screen->geometry().width()) {
+            pos.setX(pos.x() - m_menu->width());
+        }
+
+        if (pos.y() + m_menu->height() > screen->geometry().height()) {
+            pos.setY(pos.y() - m_menu->height());
+        }
+    }
+
+    openInternal(pos.toPoint());
+}
+
+void QMenuProxy::openInternal(QPoint pos)
+{
+    m_menu->popup(pos);
     m_status = DialogStatus::Open;
     emit statusChanged();
 }
diff --git a/src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/qmenu.h b/src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/qmenu.h
index 34efe67f1..6eb4d8955 100644
--- a/src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/qmenu.h
+++ b/src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/qmenu.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <QQmlListProperty>
 #include "qmenuitem.h"
 #include "enums.h"
+#include "plasma.h"
 
 class QDeclarativeItem;
 
@@ -82,6 +83,11 @@ class QMenuProxy : public QObject
     Q_PROPERTY(QObject *visualParent READ visualParent WRITE setVisualParent NOTIFY visualParentChanged())
     Q_PROPERTY(DialogStatus::Status status READ status NOTIFY statusChanged)
 
+    /**
+     * The default placement for the menu.
+     */
+    Q_PROPERTY(Plasma::Types::PopupPlacement placement READ placement WRITE setPlacement NOTIFY placementChanged)
+
     /**
      * A minimum width for the menu.
      */
@@ -102,6 +108,9 @@ public:
     QWindow *transientParent();
     void setTransientParent(QWindow *parent);
 
+    Plasma::Types::PopupPlacement placement() const;
+    void setPlacement(Plasma::Types::PopupPlacement placement);
+
     int minimumWidth() const;
     void setMinimumWidth(int width);
 
@@ -109,7 +118,10 @@ public:
      * This opens the menu at position x,y on the given visualParent. By default x and y are set to 0
      */
     Q_INVOKABLE void open(int x = 0, int y = 0);
-    //Q_INVOKABLE void open();
+    /**
+     * This opens the menu at the specified placement relative to the visualParent.
+     */
+    Q_INVOKABLE void openRelative();
     /**
      * This closes the menu
      */
@@ -142,6 +154,7 @@ Q_SIGNALS:
     void statusChanged();
     void visualParentChanged();
     void transientParentChanged();
+    void placementChanged();
     void minimumWidthChanged();
     void triggered(QMenuItem *item);
     void triggeredIndex(int index);
@@ -150,10 +163,14 @@ private Q_SLOTS:
     void itemTriggered(QAction *item);
 
 private:
+    void rebuildMenu();
+    void openInternal(QPoint pos);
+
     QList<QMenuItem *> m_items;
     QMenu *m_menu;
     DialogStatus::Status m_status;
     QWeakPointer<QObject> m_visualParent;
+    Plasma::Types::PopupPlacement m_placement;
 };
 
 #endif //QMENU_PROXY_H