diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@
     TYPE OPTIONAL
 )
 
+find_package(Qt5Sql QUIET)
+set_package_properties(Qt5Sql PROPERTIES
+    PURPOSE "Provides the activities:/ kioslave and fileitem plugin."
+    TYPE OPTIONAL
+)
+
 find_package(KF5ActivitiesStats 5.62 QUIET)
 set_package_properties(KF5ActivitiesStats PROPERTIES
     PURPOSE "Provides the recentlyused:/ kioslave."
@@ -141,7 +147,7 @@
 add_subdirectory( doc )
 
 add_subdirectory( about )
-if(KF5Activities_FOUND)
+if(TARGET KF5::Activities AND TARGET Qt5::Sql)
   add_subdirectory( activities )
 endif()
 if(KF5ActivitiesStats_FOUND)
diff --git a/activities/CMakeLists.txt b/activities/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/activities/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/activities/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@
    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
    )
 
-find_package (Qt5 REQUIRED NO_MODULE COMPONENTS Sql)
-find_package (KF5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS KIO I18n Activities)
-
 add_subdirectory(fileitemplugin)
 
 ########### next target ###############
diff --git a/activities/fileitemplugin/CMakeLists.txt b/activities/fileitemplugin/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/activities/fileitemplugin/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/activities/fileitemplugin/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,13 +1,5 @@
 # vim:set softtabstop=3 shiftwidth=3 tabstop=3 expandtab:
 
-find_package (KF5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS KIO Activities)
-find_package (Qt5 REQUIRED NO_MODULE COMPONENTS Sql)
-
-include_directories (
-   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
-   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
-   )
-
 set (kactivitymanagerd_fileitem_linking_plugin_SRCS
    FileItemLinkingPlugin.cpp
    FileItemLinkingPluginActionLoader.cpp