diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 set(APPLE_SUPPRESS_X11_WARNING ON)
 
 find_package(ECM 1.3.0 REQUIRED NO_MODULE)
-set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${ECM_MODULE_PATH} ${ECM_KDE_MODULE_DIR})
+set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/ ${ECM_MODULE_PATH} ${ECM_KDE_MODULE_DIR})
 # build type: "release", "debug", "debugfull"
 string (TOLOWER "${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
 find_package(Qt5 ${QT_MIN_VERSION} NO_MODULE REQUIRED COMPONENTS