diff --git a/krunner/CMakeLists.txt b/krunner/CMakeLists.txt
index d3feb2fce..c73216e45 100644
--- a/krunner/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/krunner/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,3 +37,5 @@ ecm_configure_package_config_file(KRunnerAppDBusInterfaceConfig.cmake.in
     INSTALL_DESTINATION ${CMAKECONFIG_INSTALL_DIR})
 install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/KRunnerAppDBusInterfaceConfig.cmake
     DESTINATION ${CMAKECONFIG_INSTALL_DIR})
+
+add_subdirectory(update)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/krunner/update/CMakeLists.txt b/krunner/update/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7654bf9ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/krunner/update/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+set(krunnerplugins_SRCS
+   main.cpp
+ )
+
+add_executable(krunnerplugins ${krunnerplugins_SRCS})
+
+target_link_libraries(krunnerplugins KF5::CoreAddons KF5::Service KF5::Runner KF5::ConfigCore)
+
+install(TARGETS krunnerplugins DESTINATION ${LIB_INSTALL_DIR}/kconf_update_bin/)
+install(FILES krunnerplugins.upd DESTINATION ${KCONF_UPDATE_INSTALL_DIR})
+
+
diff --git a/krunner/update/krunnerplugins.upd b/krunner/update/krunnerplugins.upd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b5de479b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/krunner/update/krunnerplugins.upd
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Version=5
+Id=5.9KRunnerPlugins
+Script=krunnerplugins
diff --git a/krunner/update/main.cpp b/krunner/update/main.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..68cf811d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/krunner/update/main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (C) 2016 by Marco Martin <mart@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) any later version.                                   *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   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, write to the                         *
+ *   Free Software Foundation, Inc.,                                       *
+ *   51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA .        *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+#include <QCoreApplication>
+#include <QStandardPaths>
+#include <QDebug>
+#include <QFile>
+#include <QDir>
+
+#include <KSharedConfig>
+#include <KConfigGroup>
+#include <kconfig.h>
+#include <KPluginInfo>
+#include <krunner/runnermanager.h>
+
+void migrateEnabledPlugins()
+{
+    KSharedConfig::Ptr config = KSharedConfig::openConfig("krunnerrc");
+    KConfigGroup runnerManagerGroup(config, "PlasmaRunnerManager");
+    KConfigGroup pluginsGroup(config, "Plugins");
+
+    QStringList enabledCategories = runnerManagerGroup.readEntry("enabledCategories", QStringList());
+
+    if (enabledCategories.isEmpty()) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    Plasma::RunnerManager *manager = new Plasma::RunnerManager();
+    manager->reloadConfiguration();
+    for (Plasma::AbstractRunner *runner : manager->runners()) {
+        pluginsGroup.writeEntry(runner->metadata().pluginName() + QStringLiteral("Enabled"), false);
+        for (auto category : runner->categories()) {
+            if (enabledCategories.contains(category)) {
+                pluginsGroup.writeEntry(runner->metadata().pluginName() + QStringLiteral("Enabled"), true);
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    runnerManagerGroup.deleteEntry("enabledCategories");
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+
+    QCoreApplication app(argc, argv);
+
+    migrateEnabledPlugins();
+
+    return 0;
+}