diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 
 set (REQUIRED_QT_VERSION 5.8.0)
 
-find_package(Qt5 ${REQUIRED_QT_VERSION} REQUIRED NO_MODULE COMPONENTS Core)
+find_package(Qt5 ${REQUIRED_QT_VERSION} REQUIRED NO_MODULE COMPONENTS Core DBus)
 
 find_package(KF5Archive ${KF5_DEP_VERSION} REQUIRED)
 find_package(KF5I18n ${KF5_DEP_VERSION} REQUIRED)
diff --git a/src/kpackage/CMakeLists.txt b/src/kpackage/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/kpackage/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/kpackage/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 target_link_libraries(KF5Package
 PUBLIC
      #KF5::Service # For kplugininfo.h and kservice.h
+     Qt5::DBus
      KF5::CoreAddons
 PRIVATE
      KF5::Archive
diff --git a/src/kpackage/private/packagejob.cpp b/src/kpackage/private/packagejob.cpp
--- a/src/kpackage/private/packagejob.cpp
+++ b/src/kpackage/private/packagejob.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
 
 #include "kpackage_debug.h"
 
+#include <QDBusConnection>
+#include <QDBusMessage>
+
 namespace KPackage
 {
 class PackageJobPrivate
@@ -48,8 +51,6 @@
         }
     });
 
-    connect(d->thread, SIGNAL(finished(bool,QString)),
-            SLOT(slotFinished(bool,QString)), Qt::QueuedConnection);
     connect(d->thread, &PackageJobThread::installPathChanged, this,
             [this](const QString &installPath) {
                 if (d->package) {
@@ -83,16 +84,45 @@
 
 void PackageJob::install(const QString &src, const QString &dest)
 {
+
+    connect(d->thread, &PackageJobThread::finished, this, [=](bool ok, const QString &error) {
+        if (ok) {
+            const QString pluginId = d->package->metadata().pluginId();
+            const QStringList serviceTypes = d->package->metadata().serviceTypes();
+            for (auto packageType: serviceTypes) {
+                auto msg = QDBusMessage::createSignal(QStringLiteral("/KPackage/") + packageType, QStringLiteral("org.kde.plasma.kpackage"), QStringLiteral("packageInstalled"));
+                msg.setArguments({pluginId});
+                QDBusConnection::sessionBus().send(msg);
+            }
+        }
+        slotFinished(ok, error);
+    }, Qt::QueuedConnection);
     d->thread->install(src, dest);
 }
 
 void PackageJob::update(const QString &src, const QString &dest)
 {
+    connect(d->thread, &PackageJobThread::finished, this, [=](bool ok, const QString &error) {
+        slotFinished(ok, error);
+    }, Qt::QueuedConnection);
     d->thread->update(src, dest);
 }
 
 void PackageJob::uninstall(const QString &installationPath)
 {
+    //capture first as uninstalling wipes d->package
+    const QString pluginId = d->package->metadata().pluginId();
+    const QStringList serviceTypes = d->package->metadata().serviceTypes();
+    connect(d->thread, &PackageJobThread::finished, this, [=](bool ok, const QString &error) {
+        if (ok) {
+            for (auto packageType: serviceTypes) {
+                auto msg = QDBusMessage::createSignal(QStringLiteral("/KPackage/") + packageType, QStringLiteral("org.kde.plasma.kpackage"), QStringLiteral("packageUninstalled"));
+                msg.setArguments({pluginId});
+                QDBusConnection::sessionBus().send(msg);
+            }
+        }
+        slotFinished(ok, error);
+    }, Qt::QueuedConnection);
     d->thread->uninstall(installationPath);
 }