diff --git a/internal_client.cpp b/internal_client.cpp
index b3dee3b1ad..4695914f46 100644
--- a/internal_client.cpp
+++ b/internal_client.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(NET::WindowType)
 
 static const QByteArray s_skipClosePropertyName = QByteArrayLiteral("KWIN_SKIP_CLOSE_ANIMATION");
+static const QByteArray s_shadowEnabledPropertyName = QByteArrayLiteral("kwin_shadow_enabled");
 
 namespace KWin
 {
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ InternalClient::InternalClient(QWindow *window)
     setOpacity(m_internalWindow->opacity());
     setSkipCloseAnimation(m_internalWindow->property(s_skipClosePropertyName).toBool());
 
+    // Create scene window, effect window, and update server-side shadow.
     setupCompositing();
     updateColorScheme();
 
@@ -86,6 +88,9 @@ bool InternalClient::eventFilter(QObject *watched, QEvent *event)
         if (pe->propertyName() == s_skipClosePropertyName) {
             setSkipCloseAnimation(m_internalWindow->property(s_skipClosePropertyName).toBool());
         }
+        if (pe->propertyName() == s_shadowEnabledPropertyName) {
+            updateShadow();
+        }
         if (pe->propertyName() == "kwin_windowType") {
             m_windowType = m_internalWindow->property("kwin_windowType").value<NET::WindowType>();
             workspace()->updateClientArea();
diff --git a/plugins/windowsystem/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/windowsystem/CMakeLists.txt
index 68305c955a..bb27ea4df0 100644
--- a/plugins/windowsystem/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/windowsystem/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 set(kwindowsystem_plugin_SRCS
     plugin.cpp
     windoweffects.cpp
+    windowshadow.cpp
     windowsystem.cpp
 )
 
diff --git a/plugins/windowsystem/plugin.cpp b/plugins/windowsystem/plugin.cpp
index e374ee1a76..6125f6a620 100644
--- a/plugins/windowsystem/plugin.cpp
+++ b/plugins/windowsystem/plugin.cpp
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@
  * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 #include "plugin.h"
-#include "windowsystem.h"
 #include "windoweffects.h"
+#include "windowshadow.h"
+#include "windowsystem.h"
 
 KWindowSystemKWinPlugin::KWindowSystemKWinPlugin(QObject *parent)
     : KWindowSystemPluginInterface(parent)
@@ -39,3 +40,13 @@ KWindowSystemPrivate *KWindowSystemKWinPlugin::createWindowSystem()
 {
     return new KWin::WindowSystem();
 }
+
+KWindowShadowTilePrivate *KWindowSystemKWinPlugin::createWindowShadowTile()
+{
+    return new KWin::WindowShadowTile();
+}
+
+KWindowShadowPrivate *KWindowSystemKWinPlugin::createWindowShadow()
+{
+    return new KWin::WindowShadow();
+}
diff --git a/plugins/windowsystem/plugin.h b/plugins/windowsystem/plugin.h
index c1de4950cd..04fd03e099 100644
--- a/plugins/windowsystem/plugin.h
+++ b/plugins/windowsystem/plugin.h
@@ -33,4 +33,6 @@ public:
 
     KWindowEffectsPrivate *createEffects() override;
     KWindowSystemPrivate *createWindowSystem() override;
+    KWindowShadowTilePrivate *createWindowShadowTile() override;
+    KWindowShadowPrivate *createWindowShadow() override;
 };
diff --git a/plugins/windowsystem/windowshadow.cpp b/plugins/windowsystem/windowshadow.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..556c70f8d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/windowsystem/windowshadow.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Vlad Zahorodnii <vlad.zahorodnii@kde.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License or (at your option) version 3 or any later version
+ * accepted by the membership of KDE e.V. (or its successor approved
+ * by the membership of KDE e.V.), which shall act as a proxy
+ * defined in Section 14 of version 3 of the license.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "windowshadow.h"
+
+#include <QVariant>
+
+Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(QMargins)
+
+namespace KWin
+{
+
+bool WindowShadowTile::create()
+{
+    return true;
+}
+
+void WindowShadowTile::destroy()
+{
+}
+
+bool WindowShadow::create()
+{
+    // TODO: Perhaps we set way too many properties here. Alternatively we could put all shadow tiles
+    // in one big image and attach it rather than 8 separate images.
+    if (leftTile) {
+        window->setProperty("kwin_shadow_left_tile", QVariant::fromValue(leftTile->image()));
+    }
+    if (topLeftTile) {
+        window->setProperty("kwin_shadow_top_left_tile", QVariant::fromValue(topLeftTile->image()));
+    }
+    if (topTile) {
+        window->setProperty("kwin_shadow_top_tile", QVariant::fromValue(topTile->image()));
+    }
+    if (topRightTile) {
+        window->setProperty("kwin_shadow_top_right_tile", QVariant::fromValue(topRightTile->image()));
+    }
+    if (rightTile) {
+        window->setProperty("kwin_shadow_right_tile", QVariant::fromValue(rightTile->image()));
+    }
+    if (bottomRightTile) {
+        window->setProperty("kwin_shadow_bottom_right_tile", QVariant::fromValue(bottomRightTile->image()));
+    }
+    if (bottomTile) {
+        window->setProperty("kwin_shadow_bottom_tile", QVariant::fromValue(bottomTile->image()));
+    }
+    if (bottomLeftTile) {
+        window->setProperty("kwin_shadow_bottom_left_tile", QVariant::fromValue(bottomLeftTile->image()));
+    }
+    window->setProperty("kwin_shadow_padding", QVariant::fromValue(padding));
+
+    // Notice that the enabled property must be set last.
+    window->setProperty("kwin_shadow_enabled", QVariant::fromValue(true));
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+void WindowShadow::destroy()
+{
+    // Attempting to uninstall the shadow after the decorated window has been destroyed. It's doomed.
+    if (!window) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // Remove relevant shadow properties.
+    window->setProperty("kwin_shadow_left_tile", {});
+    window->setProperty("kwin_shadow_top_left_tile", {});
+    window->setProperty("kwin_shadow_top_tile", {});
+    window->setProperty("kwin_shadow_top_right_tile", {});
+    window->setProperty("kwin_shadow_right_tile", {});
+    window->setProperty("kwin_shadow_bottom_right_tile", {});
+    window->setProperty("kwin_shadow_bottom_tile", {});
+    window->setProperty("kwin_shadow_bottom_left_tile", {});
+    window->setProperty("kwin_shadow_padding", {});
+    window->setProperty("kwin_shadow_enabled", {});
+}
+
+} // namespace KWin
diff --git a/plugins/windowsystem/windowshadow.h b/plugins/windowsystem/windowshadow.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2574341f63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/windowsystem/windowshadow.h
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Vlad Zahorodnii <vlad.zahorodnii@kde.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License or (at your option) version 3 or any later version
+ * accepted by the membership of KDE e.V. (or its successor approved
+ * by the membership of KDE e.V.), which shall act as a proxy
+ * defined in Section 14 of version 3 of the license.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <KWindowSystem/private/kwindowshadow_p.h>
+
+namespace KWin
+{
+
+class WindowShadowTile final : public KWindowShadowTilePrivate
+{
+public:
+    bool create() override;
+    void destroy() override;
+};
+
+class WindowShadow final : public KWindowShadowPrivate
+{
+public:
+    bool create() override;
+    void destroy() override;
+};
+
+} // namespace KWin
diff --git a/shadow.cpp b/shadow.cpp
index 5f1175bcd8..745c4bb689 100644
--- a/shadow.cpp
+++ b/shadow.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  This file is part of the KDE project.
 
 Copyright (C) 2011 Martin Gräßlin <mgraesslin@kde.org>
+Copyright (C) 2020 Vlad Zahorodnii <vlad.zahorodnii@kde.org>
 
 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #include "abstract_client.h"
 #include "composite.h"
 #include "effects.h"
+#include "internal_client.h"
 #include "toplevel.h"
 #include "wayland_server.h"
 
@@ -33,6 +35,10 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #include <KWayland/Server/shadow_interface.h>
 #include <KWayland/Server/surface_interface.h>
 
+#include <QWindow>
+
+Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(QMargins)
+
 namespace KWin
 {
 
@@ -60,6 +66,9 @@ Shadow *Shadow::createShadow(Toplevel *toplevel)
     if (!shadow && kwinApp()->x11Connection()) {
         shadow = createShadowFromX11(toplevel);
     }
+    if (!shadow) {
+        shadow = createShadowFromInternalWindow(toplevel);
+    }
     if (!shadow) {
         return nullptr;
     }
@@ -121,6 +130,24 @@ Shadow *Shadow::createShadowFromWayland(Toplevel *toplevel)
     return shadow;
 }
 
+Shadow *Shadow::createShadowFromInternalWindow(Toplevel *toplevel)
+{
+    const InternalClient *client = qobject_cast<InternalClient *>(toplevel);
+    if (!client) {
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+    const QWindow *window = client->internalWindow();
+    if (!window) {
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+    Shadow *shadow = Compositor::self()->scene()->createShadow(toplevel);
+    if (!shadow->init(window)) {
+        delete shadow;
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+    return shadow;
+}
+
 QVector< uint32_t > Shadow::readX11ShadowProperty(xcb_window_t id)
 {
     QVector<uint32_t> ret;
@@ -240,6 +267,49 @@ bool Shadow::init(const QPointer< KWayland::Server::ShadowInterface > &shadow)
     return true;
 }
 
+bool Shadow::init(const QWindow *window)
+{
+    const bool isEnabled = window->property("kwin_shadow_enabled").toBool();
+    if (!isEnabled) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    const QImage leftTile = window->property("kwin_shadow_left_tile").value<QImage>();
+    const QImage topLeftTile = window->property("kwin_shadow_top_left_tile").value<QImage>();
+    const QImage topTile = window->property("kwin_shadow_top_tile").value<QImage>();
+    const QImage topRightTile = window->property("kwin_shadow_top_right_tile").value<QImage>();
+    const QImage rightTile = window->property("kwin_shadow_right_tile").value<QImage>();
+    const QImage bottomRightTile = window->property("kwin_shadow_bottom_right_tile").value<QImage>();
+    const QImage bottomTile = window->property("kwin_shadow_bottom_tile").value<QImage>();
+    const QImage bottomLeftTile = window->property("kwin_shadow_bottom_left_tile").value<QImage>();
+
+    m_shadowElements[ShadowElementLeft] = QPixmap::fromImage(leftTile);
+    m_shadowElements[ShadowElementTopLeft] = QPixmap::fromImage(topLeftTile);
+    m_shadowElements[ShadowElementTop] = QPixmap::fromImage(topTile);
+    m_shadowElements[ShadowElementTopRight] = QPixmap::fromImage(topRightTile);
+    m_shadowElements[ShadowElementRight] = QPixmap::fromImage(rightTile);
+    m_shadowElements[ShadowElementBottomRight] = QPixmap::fromImage(bottomRightTile);
+    m_shadowElements[ShadowElementBottom] = QPixmap::fromImage(bottomTile);
+    m_shadowElements[ShadowElementBottomLeft] = QPixmap::fromImage(bottomLeftTile);
+
+    const QMargins padding = window->property("kwin_shadow_padding").value<QMargins>();
+
+    m_leftOffset = padding.left();
+    m_topOffset = padding.top();
+    m_rightOffset = padding.right();
+    m_bottomOffset = padding.bottom();
+
+    updateShadowRegion();
+
+    if (!prepareBackend()) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    buildQuads();
+
+    return true;
+}
+
 void Shadow::updateShadowRegion()
 {
     const QRect top(0, - m_topOffset, m_topLevel->width(), m_topOffset);
@@ -356,6 +426,12 @@ bool Shadow::updateShadow()
         }
     }
 
+    if (InternalClient *client = qobject_cast<InternalClient *>(m_topLevel)) {
+        if (init(client->internalWindow())) {
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
     auto data = Shadow::readX11ShadowProperty(m_topLevel->window());
     if (data.isEmpty()) {
         return false;
diff --git a/shadow.h b/shadow.h
index 953f28f687..9214ef760f 100644
--- a/shadow.h
+++ b/shadow.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  This file is part of the KDE project.
 
 Copyright (C) 2011 Martin Gräßlin <mgraesslin@kde.org>
+Copyright (C) 2020 Vlad Zahorodnii <vlad.zahorodnii@kde.org>
 
 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -168,10 +169,12 @@ private:
     static Shadow *createShadowFromX11(Toplevel *toplevel);
     static Shadow *createShadowFromDecoration(Toplevel *toplevel);
     static Shadow *createShadowFromWayland(Toplevel *toplevel);
+    static Shadow *createShadowFromInternalWindow(Toplevel *toplevel);
     static QVector<uint32_t> readX11ShadowProperty(xcb_window_t id);
     bool init(const QVector<uint32_t> &data);
     bool init(KDecoration2::Decoration *decoration);
     bool init(const QPointer<KWayland::Server::ShadowInterface> &shadow);
+    bool init(const QWindow *window);
     Toplevel *m_topLevel;
     // shadow pixmaps
     QPixmap m_shadowElements[ShadowElementsCount];