diff --git a/plasmoid/CMakeLists.txt b/plasmoid/CMakeLists.txt
index e1eeaa4..bd3175b 100644
--- a/plasmoid/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plasmoid/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,10 +12,12 @@ set(META_QT5_VERSION 5.8)
 set(META_SRCDIR_REFS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}\n${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../syncthingconnector")
 
 # find Plasma and its dependencies (which are not pulled-in automatically as of Plasma 6)
-find_package(${KF_PACKAGE_PREFIX}Plasma REQUIRED)
 if (KF_MAJOR_VERSION GREATER_EQUAL 6)
+    find_package(Plasma REQUIRED)
     find_package(${QT_PACKAGE_PREFIX}Qml REQUIRED)
     find_package(${KF_PACKAGE_PREFIX}Config REQUIRED)
+else ()
+    find_package(${KF_PACKAGE_PREFIX}Plasma REQUIRED)
 endif ()
 
 # define list of QML files; there is a distinct directory for each major Plasma version
diff --git a/plasmoid/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/plasmoid/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index 1c6654a..a757cc4 100644
--- a/plasmoid/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plasmoid/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -40,8 +40,10 @@ list(APPEND ADDITIONAL_QT_MODULES Network Qml)
 if (KF_MAJOR_VERSION GREATER_EQUAL 6)
     set(Config_MODULE_TARGETS ${KF_PACKAGE_PREFIX}::ConfigCore)
     list(APPEND ADDITIONAL_KF_MODULES Config)
+    use_package(TARGET_NAME Plasma::Plasma PACKAGE_NAME Plasma PACKAGE_ARGS REQUIRED)
+else ()
+    list(APPEND ADDITIONAL_KF_MODULES Plasma)
 endif ()
-list(APPEND ADDITIONAL_KF_MODULES Plasma)
 
 include(BasicConfig)
 include(QtGuiConfig)