diff --git a/kcmkwin/kwintabbox/layoutconfig.cpp b/kcmkwin/kwintabbox/layoutconfig.cpp
index d982bcf564..b2a426685a 100644
--- a/kcmkwin/kwintabbox/layoutconfig.cpp
+++ b/kcmkwin/kwintabbox/layoutconfig.cpp
@@ -216,6 +216,9 @@ void LayoutModel::init()
         if (service->property("X-Plasma-API").toString() != "declarativeappletscript") {
             continue;
         }
+        if (service->property("X-KWin-Exclude-Listing").toBool()) {
+            continue;
+        }
         const QString scriptName = service->property("X-Plasma-MainScript").toString();
         const QString scriptFile = KStandardDirs::locate("data", "kwin/tabbox/" + pluginName + "/contents/" + scriptName);
         if (scriptFile.isNull()) {
diff --git a/tabbox/kwinwindowswitcher.desktop b/tabbox/kwinwindowswitcher.desktop
index 4a575280f6..69df113ce5 100644
--- a/tabbox/kwinwindowswitcher.desktop
+++ b/tabbox/kwinwindowswitcher.desktop
@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@ Type=QString
 
 [PropertyDef::X-Plasma-MainScript]
 Type=QString
+
+[PropertyDef::X-KWin-Exclude-Listing]
+Type=bool
diff --git a/tabbox/qml/clients/window_strip/metadata.desktop b/tabbox/qml/clients/window_strip/metadata.desktop
index d25cc54b92..a33ded874e 100644
--- a/tabbox/qml/clients/window_strip/metadata.desktop
+++ b/tabbox/qml/clients/window_strip/metadata.desktop
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Icon=preferences-system-windows-switcher-window-strip
 
 X-Plasma-API=declarativeappletscript
 X-Plasma-MainScript=ui/main.qml
+X-KWin-Exclude-Listing=true
 
 X-KDE-PluginInfo-Author=Martin Gräßlin
 X-KDE-PluginInfo-Email=mgraesslin@kde.org