diff --git a/app/CMakeLists.txt b/app/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/app/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/app/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     KF5::XmlGui
     KF5::DBusAddons
     KF5::ConfigGui
+    KF5::QuickAddons
     PW::KWorkspace
 )
 
diff --git a/app/main.cpp b/app/main.cpp
--- a/app/main.cpp
+++ b/app/main.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <KCrash>
 
 #include <kworkspace.h>
+#include <KQuickAddons/QtQuickSettings>
 
 #include "SystemSettingsApp.h"
 #include "SettingsBase.h"
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@
     QCoreApplication::setApplicationName(QStringLiteral("systemsettings"));
 
     KWorkSpace::detectPlatform(argc, argv);
+    KQuickAddons::QtQuickSettings::init();
     SystemSettingsApp application(argc, argv);
     KCrash::initialize();