Index: CMakeLists.txt
===================================================================
--- CMakeLists.txt
+++ CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,11 +34,24 @@
     message(FATAL_ERROR "This version of KMyMoney requires at least gcc 6.0.0 to be built successfully")
 endif()
 
-find_package(ECM 5.10 REQUIRED NO_MODULE)
+find_package(ECM 5.38 REQUIRED NO_MODULE)
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${ECM_MODULE_PATH} ${ECM_KDE_MODULE_DIR} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules)
 
 include(KDEInstallDirs)
 include(KDECMakeSettings)
+if(NOT WIN32)
+  set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib)
+  message("To run kmymoney with icons from build dir run once
+    (cd ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}; make install DESTDIR=$PWD/tmp)"
+  )
+  message("and then
+    (cd ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}; \\
+    XDG_DATA_DIRS=$XDG_DATA_DIRS:$PWD/tmp/usr/local/share \\
+    QT_PLUGIN_PATH=$QT_PLUGIN_PATH:$PWD/lib \\
+    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD/lib bin/kmymoney)"
+  )
+endif()
+
 include(FeatureSummary)
 include(CMakeDependentOption)
 
Index: kmymoney/CMakeLists.txt
===================================================================
--- kmymoney/CMakeLists.txt
+++ kmymoney/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -162,6 +162,12 @@
     $<$<BOOL:${ENABLE_SQLCIPHER}>:sqlcipher>
 )
 
+# create symlink to let kcoreaddons find plugins
+add_custom_command(TARGET kmymoney POST_BUILD
+  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink . lib/kmymoney
+  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
+)
+
 # own plist magic for mac os
 if(APPLE)
     # own plist template