diff --git a/src/shell/CMakeLists.txt b/src/shell/CMakeLists.txt
index 3585cb832..ca00305c2 100644
--- a/src/shell/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/shell/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ target_link_libraries(testplasma2
  ${Qt5Quick_LIBRARIES}
  ${Qt5Qml_LIBRARIES}
  ${KDE4_KDECORE_LIBS}
+ KF5::kwindowsystem
  plasma
 )