diff --git a/kded/CMakeLists.txt b/kded/CMakeLists.txt
index 6157f365..6523f8cb 100644
--- a/kded/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kded/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Devin Lin <devin@kde.org>
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
-kcoreaddons_add_plugin(kded_plasma_mobile_start INSTALL_NAMESPACE "kf${QT_MAJOR_VERSION}/kded")
-
-target_sources(kded_plasma_mobile_start PRIVATE
+set(kded_plasma_mobile_start_SRCS
     start.cpp
 )
 
+kcoreaddons_add_plugin(kded_plasma_mobile_start SOURCES ${kded_plasma_mobile_start_SRCS} INSTALL_NAMESPACE "kf6/kded")
+
 target_link_libraries(kded_plasma_mobile_start PRIVATE
     Qt::Core
     KF6::DBusAddons
diff --git a/kded/start.cpp b/kded/start.cpp
index 1b8a4580..c441a26f 100644
--- a/kded/start.cpp
+++ b/kded/start.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 
 #include "start.h"
 
+K_PLUGIN_FACTORY_WITH_JSON(StartFactory, "kded_plasma_mobile_start.json", registerPlugin<Start>();)
+
 Start::Start(QObject *parent, const QList<QVariant> &)
     : KDEDModule{parent}
 {