diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -223,4 +223,10 @@
 install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/plasma_version.h
         DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR_KF5} COMPONENT Devel )
 
+if (${ECM_VERSION} STRGREATER "5.58.0")
+    install(FILES plasma-framework.categories   DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_LOGGINGCATEGORIESDIR})
+else()
+    install(FILES plasma-framework.categories   DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_CONFDIR})
+endif()
+
 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 @@
+org.kde.plasma Plasma Core lib DEFAULT_SEVERITY [WARNING] IDENTIFIER [LOG_PLASMA]
diff --git a/src/plasma/pluginloader.cpp b/src/plasma/pluginloader.cpp
--- a/src/plasma/pluginloader.cpp
+++ b/src/plasma/pluginloader.cpp
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@
         auto insertIntoCache = [this](const QString &pluginPath) {
             KPluginMetaData metadata(pluginPath);
             if (!metadata.isValid()) {
-                qWarning() << "invalid metadata" << pluginPath;
+                qCWarning(LOG_PLASMA) << "invalid metadata" << pluginPath;
                 return;
             }