diff --git a/bin/plasma-phone.cmake b/bin/plasma-phone.cmake
index 1b0c0d88..3746e417 100644
--- a/bin/plasma-phone.cmake
+++ b/bin/plasma-phone.cmake
@@ -45,4 +45,7 @@ paplay /usr/share/sounds/sitter/ohits.ogg &
 # start polkit authentication agent
 @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBEXECDIR@/polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1 &
 
+# Start kscreen_backend_launcher manually so plasmashell can restart properly
+@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBEXECDIR_KF5@/kscreen_backend_launcher --backend QScreen &
+
 exec /usr/bin/plasmashell -p org.kde.plasma.phone 2>/tmp/plasmashell_logs