diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 include (ECMGenerateHeaders)
 include (ECMQtDeclareLoggingCategory)
 include (ECMAddQch)
+include (ECMMarkNonGuiExecutable)
 
 option(BUILD_QCH "Build API documentation in QCH format (for e.g. Qt Assistant, Qt Creator & KDevelop)" OFF)
 add_feature_info(QCH ${BUILD_QCH} "API documentation in QCH format (for e.g. Qt Assistant, Qt Creator & KDevelop)")
diff --git a/src/cli/CMakeLists.txt b/src/cli/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/cli/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/cli/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@
    KF5::Activities
    )
 
+ecm_mark_nongui_executable(
+   kactivities-cli
+   )
+
 install (TARGETS
    kactivities-cli
    ${KF5_INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS}