diff --git a/src/declarativeimports/CMakeLists.txt b/src/declarativeimports/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/declarativeimports/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/declarativeimports/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -70,4 +70,6 @@
     DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_QMLDIR}/org/kde/plasma/components.3)
 
 install(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/plasmacomponents3/private DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_QMLDIR}/org/kde/plasma/components.3)
+install(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/plasmacomponents3/mobiletextselection DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_QMLDIR}/org/kde/plasma/components.3)
+
 
diff --git a/src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents3/ComboBox.qml b/src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents3/ComboBox.qml
--- a/src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents3/ComboBox.qml
+++ b/src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents3/ComboBox.qml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import org.kde.plasma.core 2.0 as PlasmaCore
 import org.kde.kirigami 2.5 as Kirigami
 import "private" as Private
+import "mobiletextselection" as MobileTextSelection
 
 T.ComboBox {
     id: control
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@
             opacity: control.enabled ? 1 : 0.3
             onFocusChanged: {
                 if (focus) {
-                    Private.MobileTextActionsToolBar.controlRoot = textField;
+                    MobileTextSelection.MobileTextActionsToolBar.controlRoot = textField;
                 }
             }
 
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@
         }
     }
 
-    Private.MobileCursor {
+    MobileTextSelection.MobileCursor {
         target: textField
         selectionStartHandle: true
         property var rect: textField.positionToRectangle(textField.selectionStart)
diff --git a/src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents3/TextArea.qml b/src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents3/TextArea.qml
--- a/src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents3/TextArea.qml
+++ b/src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents3/TextArea.qml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import org.kde.plasma.core 2.0 as PlasmaCore
 import "private" as Private
 import org.kde.kirigami 2.5 as Kirigami
+import "mobiletextselection" as MobileTextSelection
 
 T.TextArea {
     id: control
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@
         selectWord();
     }
 
-    Private.MobileCursor {
+    MobileTextSelection.MobileCursor {
         target: control
         selectionStartHandle: true
         property var rect: target.positionToRectangle(target.selectionStart)
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@
 
     onFocusChanged: {
         if (focus) {
-            Private.MobileTextActionsToolBar.controlRoot = control;
+            MobileTextSelection.MobileTextActionsToolBar.controlRoot = control;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents3/TextField.qml b/src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents3/TextField.qml
--- a/src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents3/TextField.qml
+++ b/src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents3/TextField.qml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import org.kde.plasma.core 2.0 as PlasmaCore
 import "private" as Private
 import org.kde.kirigami 2.5 as Kirigami
+import "mobiletextselection" as MobileTextSelection
 
 T.TextField {
     id: control
@@ -51,13 +52,13 @@
     cursorDelegate: Kirigami.Settings.tabletMode ? mobileCursor : null
     Component {
         id: mobileCursor
-        Private.MobileCursor {
+        MobileTextSelection.MobileCursor {
             target: control
         }
     }
     onFocusChanged: {
         if (focus) {
-            Private.MobileTextActionsToolBar.controlRoot = control;
+            MobileTextSelection.MobileTextActionsToolBar.controlRoot = control;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents3/private/MobileCursor.qml b/src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents3/mobiletextselection/MobileCursor.qml
rename from src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents3/private/MobileCursor.qml
rename to src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents3/mobiletextselection/MobileCursor.qml
diff --git a/src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents3/private/MobileTextActionsToolBar.qml b/src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents3/mobiletextselection/MobileTextActionsToolBar.qml
rename from src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents3/private/MobileTextActionsToolBar.qml
rename to src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents3/mobiletextselection/MobileTextActionsToolBar.qml
--- a/src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents3/private/MobileTextActionsToolBar.qml
+++ b/src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents3/mobiletextselection/MobileTextActionsToolBar.qml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 import QtQuick.Layouts 1.2
 import QtQuick.Window 2.2
 import QtQuick.Controls @QQC2_VERSION@
-import org.kde.plasma.core 2.0 as PlasmaCore
 import org.kde.kirigami 2.5 as Kirigami
 
 Popup {
@@ -81,4 +80,4 @@
         }
     }
 }
-    
+
diff --git a/src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents3/mobiletextselection/qmldir b/src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents3/mobiletextselection/qmldir
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents3/mobiletextselection/qmldir
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+ 
+singleton MobileTextActionsToolBar 1.0 MobileTextActionsToolBar.qml
+MobileCursor 1.0 MobileCursor.qml
diff --git a/src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents3/private/qmldir b/src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents3/private/qmldir
--- a/src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents3/private/qmldir
+++ b/src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents3/private/qmldir
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
  
-singleton MobileTextActionsToolBar 1.0 MobileTextActionsToolBar.qml
 ButtonShadow 1.0 ButtonShadow.qml
 DefaultListItemBackground 1.0 DefaultListItemBackground.qml
-MobileCursor 1.0 MobileCursor.qml
 RoundShadow 1.0 RoundShadow.qml
 TextFieldFocus 1.0 TextFieldFocus.qml