diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,6 +39,19 @@
 
 include(KDEInstallDirs)
 include(KDECMakeSettings)
+# reimplementation because kmymoney app image is bound to ECM 5.36
+if("${ECM_GLOBAL_FIND_VERSION}" VERSION_LESS "5.38.0")
+  set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib")
+  set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin")
+  if(WIN32)
+     set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin")
+  else()
+     set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib")
+  endif()
+elseif(NOT WIN32)
+   set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib")
+endif()
+
 include(FeatureSummary)
 include(CMakeDependentOption)
 
diff --git a/README.cmake b/README.cmake
--- a/README.cmake
+++ b/README.cmake
@@ -145,3 +145,24 @@
 
 $ make test
     to process all unit tests.
+
+-----------------------------------------------------
+Quick-start 5: Run kmymoney from build dir
+-----------------------------------------------------
+
+Instead of installing kmymoney in a system location to be able to
+to run it with any newly compiled plugins, you can use the following
+recipe to run kmymoney from a build directory.
+
+After compiling kmymoney (see Quickstart 1:), the following commands
+must be executed once to see icons in the application
+
+$ cd build
+$ make install DESTDIR=$PWD/tmp
+
+After each build you can start kmymoney with
+
+$ cd build
+$ XDG_DATA_DIRS=$PWD/tmp/usr/local/share:$XDG_DATA_DIRS \
+  QT_PLUGIN_PATH=$PWD/lib:$QT_PLUGIN_PATH \
+  LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD/lib bin/kmymoney
diff --git a/kmymoney/CMakeLists.txt b/kmymoney/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/kmymoney/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kmymoney/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -165,6 +165,17 @@
     $<$<BOOL:${ENABLE_SQLCIPHER}>:sqlcipher>
 )
 
+# create symlink to let kcoreaddons find plugins
+if(WIN32)
+  add_custom_command(TARGET kmymoney POST_BUILD
+    COMMAND mklink /J kmymoney .
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin)
+else()
+  add_custom_command(TARGET kmymoney POST_BUILD
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink . kmymoney
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib)
+endif()
+
 # own plist magic for mac os
 if(APPLE)
     # own plist template