diff --git a/services/plasma-phone.service.cmake b/services/plasma-phone.service.cmake
index 4a27180a..0a88d8de 100644
--- a/services/plasma-phone.service.cmake
+++ b/services/plasma-phone.service.cmake
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ Requires=dbus.socket
 
 [Service]
 Environment=DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=%t/dbus/user_bus_socket
+Environment=PLASMA_PLATFORM=phone
+Environment=QT_IM_MODULE=Maliit
 ExecStart=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_BINDIR@/plasma-phone
 Restart=on-failure