diff --git a/src/effects/fade/package/contents/code/main.js b/src/effects/fade/package/contents/code/main.js
index b0c3fc4a3e..a9600f295f 100644
--- a/src/effects/fade/package/contents/code/main.js
+++ b/src/effects/fade/package/contents/code/main.js
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ const blacklist = [
     "ksmserver-logout-greeter ksmserver-logout-greeter",
 
     // The splash screen has to be animated only by the login effect.
-    "ksplashqml ksplashqml"
+    "ksplashqml ksplashqml",
+
+    // Spectacle needs to be blacklisted in order to stay out of its own screenshots.
+    "spectacle spectacle", // x11
+    "spectacle org.kde.spectacle", // wayland
 ];
 
 class FadeEffect {
diff --git a/src/effects/glide/glide.cpp b/src/effects/glide/glide.cpp
index c297a2a7ba..784fc114ad 100644
--- a/src/effects/glide/glide.cpp
+++ b/src/effects/glide/glide.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ static const QSet<QString> s_blacklist{
     QStringLiteral("ksmserver ksmserver"),
     QStringLiteral("ksmserver-logout-greeter ksmserver-logout-greeter"),
     QStringLiteral("ksplashqml ksplashqml"),
+    // Spectacle needs to be blacklisted in order to stay out of its own screenshots.
+    QStringLiteral("spectacle spectacle"), // x11
+    QStringLiteral("spectacle org.kde.spectacle"), // wayland
 };
 
 static QMatrix4x4 createPerspectiveMatrix(const QRectF &rect, const qreal scale, const QMatrix4x4 &renderTargetTransformation)
diff --git a/src/effects/scale/package/contents/code/main.js b/src/effects/scale/package/contents/code/main.js
index eb97629b0e..32a3b2e652 100644
--- a/src/effects/scale/package/contents/code/main.js
+++ b/src/effects/scale/package/contents/code/main.js
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ const blacklist = [
     "ksmserver-logout-greeter ksmserver-logout-greeter",
 
     // KDE Plasma splash screen has to be animated only by the login effect.
-    "ksplashqml ksplashqml"
+    "ksplashqml ksplashqml",
+
+    // Spectacle needs to be blacklisted in order to stay out of its own screenshots.
+    "spectacle spectacle", // x11
+    "spectacle org.kde.spectacle", // wayland
 ];
 
 class ScaleEffect {