diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -223,4 +223,6 @@
 install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/plasma_version.h
         DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR_KF5} COMPONENT Devel )
 
+install(FILES plasma-framework.categories   DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_LOGGINGCATEGORIESDIR})
+
 feature_summary(WHAT ALL FATAL_ON_MISSING_REQUIRED_PACKAGES)
diff --git a/plasma-framework.categories b/plasma-framework.categories
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plasma-framework.categories
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+org.kde.plasma Plasma Core lib DEFAULT_SEVERITY [WARNING] IDENTIFIER [LOG_PLASMA]
+org.kde.plasma Plasma Quick lib DEFAULT_SEVERITY [WARNING] IDENTIFIER [LOG_PLASMAQUICK]