diff --git a/dataengines/applicationjobs/CMakeLists.txt b/dataengines/applicationjobs/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/dataengines/applicationjobs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/dataengines/applicationjobs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     jobaction.cpp
 )
 
+qt5_add_dbus_interface(kuiserver_engine_SRCS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/kuiserver/org.kde.kuiserver.xml kuiserverinterface)
 qt5_add_dbus_adaptor(kuiserver_engine_SRCS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/kuiserver/org.kde.JobView.xml kuiserverengine.h JobView jobviewadaptor )
 qt5_add_dbus_adaptor(kuiserver_engine_SRCS ${KJOBWIDGETS_DBUS_INTERFACES_DIR}/kf5_org.kde.JobViewServer.xml kuiserverengine.h KuiserverEngine jobviewserveradaptor )
 
diff --git a/dataengines/applicationjobs/kuiserverengine.cpp b/dataengines/applicationjobs/kuiserverengine.cpp
--- a/dataengines/applicationjobs/kuiserverengine.cpp
+++ b/dataengines/applicationjobs/kuiserverengine.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 #include "jobviewadaptor.h"
 #include "jobviewserveradaptor.h"
+#include "kuiserverinterface.h"
 #include "kuiserverengine.h"
 #include "jobcontrol.h"
 
@@ -388,10 +389,9 @@
 
 void KuiserverEngine::init()
 {
-    // register with the Job UI Serer to receive notifications of jobs becoming available
-    QDBusInterface interface(QStringLiteral("org.kde.kuiserver"), QStringLiteral("/JobViewServer")/* object to connect to */,
-                              QLatin1String("")/* use the default interface */, QDBusConnection::sessionBus(), this);
-    interface.asyncCall(QLatin1String("registerService"), QDBusConnection::sessionBus().baseService(), "/DataEngine/applicationjobs/JobWatcher");
+    // register with the Job UI Server to receive notifications of jobs becoming available
+    OrgKdeKuiserverInterface ksmserver(QStringLiteral("org.kde.kuiserver"), QStringLiteral("/JobViewServer"), QDBusConnection::sessionBus());
+    ksmserver.registerService(QDBusConnection::sessionBus().baseService(), QStringLiteral("/DataEngine/applicationjobs/JobWatcher"));
 }
 
 K_EXPORT_PLASMA_DATAENGINE_WITH_JSON(kuiserver, KuiserverEngine, "plasma-dataengine-applicationjobs.json")