diff --git a/kcmkwin/kwinscripts/module.cpp b/kcmkwin/kwinscripts/module.cpp
index a3084a461a..585f8d57ac 100644
--- a/kcmkwin/kwinscripts/module.cpp
+++ b/kcmkwin/kwinscripts/module.cpp
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ void Module::importScript()
 
 void Module::updateListViewContents()
 {
-    KService::List offers = KServiceTypeTrader::self()->query("KWin/Script");
+    KService::List offers = KServiceTypeTrader::self()->query("KWin/Script", "not (exist [X-KWin-Exclude-Listing]) or [X-KWin-Exclude-Listing] == false");
     QList<KPluginInfo> scriptinfos = KPluginInfo::fromServices(offers);
     ui->scriptSelector->addPlugins(scriptinfos, KPluginSelector::ReadConfigFile, QString(), QString(), m_kwinConfig);
 }
diff --git a/scripting/kwinscript.desktop b/scripting/kwinscript.desktop
index 8716bba653..b15d7c059b 100644
--- a/scripting/kwinscript.desktop
+++ b/scripting/kwinscript.desktop
@@ -17,3 +17,6 @@ Type=QString
 
 [PropertyDef::X-Plasma-MainScript]
 Type=QString
+
+[PropertyDef::X-KWin-Exclude-Listing]
+Type=bool
diff --git a/scripts/desktopchangeosd/metadata.desktop b/scripts/desktopchangeosd/metadata.desktop
index ff2578c58b..030ea8932c 100644
--- a/scripts/desktopchangeosd/metadata.desktop
+++ b/scripts/desktopchangeosd/metadata.desktop
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Icon=preferences-system-windows-script-test
 
 X-Plasma-API=declarativescript
 X-Plasma-MainScript=ui/main.qml
+X-KWin-Exclude-Listing=true
 
 X-KDE-PluginInfo-Author=Martin Gräßlin
 X-KDE-PluginInfo-Email=mgraesslin@kde.org