diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 include(FeatureSummary)
 include(ECMOptionalAddSubdirectory)
 include(ECMQtDeclareLoggingCategory)
+include(ECMQueryQmake)
 include(KDEPackageAppTemplates)
 include(KDEClangFormat)
 
@@ -139,6 +140,9 @@
 
 add_definitions(-DQT_NO_URL_CAST_FROM_STRING)
 
+# locate qdbus in the Qt path because not every distro makes a symlink at /usr/bin/qdbus
+query_qmake(QtBinariesDir QT_INSTALL_BINS)
+
 add_subdirectory(doc)
 add_subdirectory(libkworkspace)
 add_subdirectory(libdbusmenuqt)
diff --git a/wallpapers/image/CMakeLists.txt b/wallpapers/image/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/wallpapers/image/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/wallpapers/image/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@
 
 install(FILES qmldir DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_QMLDIR}/org/kde/plasma/wallpapers/image)
 
-install(FILES wallpaper.knsrc DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_KNSRCDIR})
+configure_file(wallpaper.knsrc.cmake ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/wallpaper.knsrc)
+install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/wallpaper.knsrc DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_KNSRCDIR})
 
 plasma_install_package(imagepackage org.kde.image wallpapers wallpaper)
 plasma_install_package(slideshowpackage org.kde.slideshow wallpapers wallpaper)
diff --git a/wallpapers/image/wallpaper.knsrc b/wallpapers/image/wallpaper.knsrc.cmake
rename from wallpapers/image/wallpaper.knsrc
rename to wallpapers/image/wallpaper.knsrc.cmake
--- a/wallpapers/image/wallpaper.knsrc
+++ b/wallpapers/image/wallpaper.knsrc.cmake
@@ -46,4 +46,4 @@
 StandardResource=wallpaper
 Uncompress=archive
 
-AdoptionCommand=qdbus org.kde.plasmashell /PlasmaShell org.kde.PlasmaShell.evaluateScript 'for (var i in desktops()) { d = desktops()[i]; d.wallpaperPlugin = "org.kde.image"; d.currentConfigGroup = ["Wallpaper", "org.kde.image", "General"]; d.writeConfig("Image", "%f") }'
+AdoptionCommand=@QtBinariesDir@/qdbus org.kde.plasmashell /PlasmaShell org.kde.PlasmaShell.evaluateScript 'for (var i in desktops()) { d = desktops()[i]; d.wallpaperPlugin = "org.kde.image"; d.currentConfigGroup = ["Wallpaper", "org.kde.image", "General"]; d.writeConfig("Image", "%f") }'