diff --git a/declarativeimports/qtextracomponents/CMakeLists.txt b/declarativeimports/qtextracomponents/CMakeLists.txt
index 3264ae8e2..a78644ff2 100644
--- a/declarativeimports/qtextracomponents/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/declarativeimports/qtextracomponents/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ qt4_automoc(${qtextracomponents_SRCS})
 
 
 add_library(qtextracomponentsplugin SHARED ${qtextracomponents_SRCS})
-target_link_libraries(qtextracomponentsplugin ${QT_QTCORE_LIBRARY} ${QT_QTGUI_LIBRARY} ${QT_QTDECLARATIVE_LIBRARY})
+target_link_libraries(qtextracomponentsplugin ${KDE4_KDEUI_LIBS} ${QT_QTCORE_LIBRARY} ${QT_QTGUI_LIBRARY} ${QT_QTDECLARATIVE_LIBRARY})
 
 install(TARGETS qtextracomponentsplugin DESTINATION ${IMPORTS_INSTALL_DIR}/org/kde/qtextracomponents)
 
diff --git a/declarativeimports/qtextracomponents/qiconitem.cpp b/declarativeimports/qtextracomponents/qiconitem.cpp
index d72381e47..ef96c3df4 100644
--- a/declarativeimports/qtextracomponents/qiconitem.cpp
+++ b/declarativeimports/qtextracomponents/qiconitem.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 #include "qiconitem.h"
 
+#include <kicon.h>
 #include <QtGui/QPainter>
 
 
@@ -34,9 +35,14 @@ QIconItem::~QIconItem()
 {
 }
 
-void QIconItem::setIcon(const QIcon &icon)
+void QIconItem::setIcon(QVariant &icon)
 {
-    m_icon = icon;
+    if(icon.canConvert<QIcon>()) {
+        m_icon = icon.value<QIcon>();
+    }
+    else if(icon.canConvert<QString>()) {
+        m_icon = KIcon(icon.toString());
+    }
     update();
 }
 
diff --git a/declarativeimports/qtextracomponents/qiconitem.h b/declarativeimports/qtextracomponents/qiconitem.h
index 9972a98fe..e31059c46 100644
--- a/declarativeimports/qtextracomponents/qiconitem.h
+++ b/declarativeimports/qtextracomponents/qiconitem.h
@@ -21,19 +21,20 @@
 
 #include <QDeclarativeItem>
 #include <QPixmap>
+#include <QVariant>
 
 class QIconItem : public QDeclarativeItem
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 
-    Q_PROPERTY(QIcon icon READ icon WRITE setIcon)
+    Q_PROPERTY(QVariant icon READ icon WRITE setIcon)
     Q_PROPERTY(bool smooth READ smooth WRITE setSmooth)
 
 public:
     QIconItem(QDeclarativeItem *parent=0);
     ~QIconItem();
 
-    void setIcon(const QIcon &icon);
+    void setIcon(QVariant &icon);
     QIcon icon() const;
 
     void setSmooth(const bool smooth);