diff --git a/kdesu/CMakeLists.txt b/kdesu/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/kdesu/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kdesu/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+option(KDESU_SYMLINK "Symlink kdesu from libexec to bindir as kdesu5" ON)
+
 add_executable(kdesu_executable kdesu.cpp sudlg.cpp)
 target_compile_definitions(kdesu_executable PRIVATE -DPROJECT_VERSION="${PROJECT_VERSION}")
 
@@ -11,7 +13,12 @@
 
 install(TARGETS kdesu_executable DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_LIBEXECDIR_KF5})
 
-
-
-
-
+# Symlink bin/kdesu5 to libexec
+if(KDESU_SYMLINK)
+    get_target_property(kdesu_output_name kdesu_executable OUTPUT_NAME)
+    file(RELATIVE_PATH libexec_from_bin /${KDE_INSTALL_BINDIR} /${KDE_INSTALL_LIBEXECDIR_KF5}/${kdesu_output_name})
+    execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink ${libexec_from_bin} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${kdesu_output_name}.symlink)
+    install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${kdesu_output_name}.symlink
+        DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
+        RENAME kdesu5
+endif()