diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -87,3 +87,13 @@
 include(ECMGeneratePriFile)
 ecm_generate_pri_file(BASE_NAME KIconThemes LIB_NAME KF5IconThemes DEPS "widgets" FILENAME_VAR PRI_FILENAME INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR ${KDE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR_KF5}/KIconThemes)
 install(FILES ${PRI_FILENAME} DESTINATION ${ECM_MKSPECS_INSTALL_DIR})
+
+add_library(KIconEnginePlugin MODULE kiconengineplugin.cpp)
+
+target_link_libraries(KIconEnginePlugin
+    PRIVATE
+        Qt5::Gui
+        KF5::IconThemes
+)
+
+install(TARGETS KIconEnginePlugin DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_QTPLUGINDIR}/iconengines)
diff --git a/src/kiconengineplugin.cpp b/src/kiconengineplugin.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kiconengineplugin.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ * kiconengineplugin.cpp: Qt plugin providing the ability to create a KIconEngine
+ *
+ * This file is part of the KDE project, module kdeui.
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Fabian Vogt <fabian@ritter-vogt.de>
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
+ * along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
+ * the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+ * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+#include <QIconEnginePlugin>
+
+#include <KIconEngine>
+#include <KIconLoader>
+
+QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+
+class KIconEnginePlugin : public QIconEnginePlugin
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+    Q_PLUGIN_METADATA(IID "org.qt-project.Qt.QIconEngineFactoryInterface" FILE "kiconengineplugin.json")
+
+public:
+    QIconEngine *create(const QString &file) override
+    {
+        return new KIconEngine(file, KIconLoader::global());
+    }
+};
+
+QT_END_NAMESPACE
+
+#include "kiconengineplugin.moc"
diff --git a/src/kiconengineplugin.json b/src/kiconengineplugin.json
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kiconengineplugin.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "Keys": [ "KIconEngine" ]
+}
+