diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -89,7 +89,4 @@
 install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/sonnet_version.h
         DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR_KF5} COMPONENT Devel )
 
-# contains list of debug categories, for kdebugsettings
-install(FILES sonnet.categories  DESTINATION  ${KDE_INSTALL_LOGGINGCATEGORIESDIR})
-
 feature_summary(WHAT ALL FATAL_ON_MISSING_REQUIRED_PACKAGES)
diff --git a/sonnet.categories b/sonnet.categories
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/sonnet.categories
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# Logging categories (for kdebugsettings)
-sonnet.plugins.hunspell Sonnet HUnspell plugin IDENTIFIER [SONNET_HUNSPELL]
-sonnet.plugins.hspell Sonnet Hspell plugin IDENTIFIER [SONNET_LOG_HSPELL]
-sonnet.plugins.aspell Sonnet Aspell plugin IDENTIFIER [SONNET_LOG_ASPELL]
-sonnet.plugins.voikko Sonnet Voikko plugin IDENTIFIER [SONNET_VOIKKO]
-sonnet.core Sonnet Core IDENTIFIER [SONNET_LOG_CORE]
-sonnet.ui Sonnet UI IDENTIFIER [SONNET_LOG_UI]
-
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,9 @@
 if(TARGET Qt5::Widgets)
     add_subdirectory(ui)
 endif()
+
+ecm_qt_install_logging_categories(
+    EXPORT SONNET
+    FILE sonnet.categories
+    DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_LOGGINGCATEGORIESDIR}
+)
diff --git a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,13 @@
     qt5_add_resources(sonnetcore_SRCS "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/data/trigrams.qrc")
 endif()
 
-ecm_qt_declare_logging_category(sonnetcore_SRCS HEADER core_debug.h IDENTIFIER SONNET_LOG_CORE CATEGORY_NAME sonnet.core)
+ecm_qt_declare_logging_category(sonnetcore_SRCS
+    HEADER core_debug.h
+    IDENTIFIER SONNET_LOG_CORE
+    CATEGORY_NAME sonnet.core
+    DESCRIPTION "Sonnet Core"
+    EXPORT SONNET
+)
 
 # Dear packagers, this is just used as an extra search paths for plugins. Don't get your panties in a twist.
 add_definitions(-DINSTALLATION_PLUGIN_PATH="${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${KDE_INSTALL_PLUGINDIR}")
diff --git a/src/plugins/aspell/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/aspell/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/plugins/aspell/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/aspell/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,13 @@
 ########### next target ###############
 
 set(sonnet_aspell_PART_SRCS aspellclient.cpp aspelldict.cpp)
-ecm_qt_declare_logging_category(sonnet_aspell_PART_SRCS HEADER aspell_debug.h IDENTIFIER SONNET_LOG_ASPELL CATEGORY_NAME sonnet.plugins.aspell)
+ecm_qt_declare_logging_category(sonnet_aspell_PART_SRCS
+    HEADER aspell_debug.h
+    IDENTIFIER SONNET_LOG_ASPELL
+    CATEGORY_NAME sonnet.plugins.aspell
+    DESCRIPTION "Sonnet Aspell plugin"
+    EXPORT SONNET
+)
 
 add_library(sonnet_aspell MODULE ${sonnet_aspell_PART_SRCS})
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/hspell/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/hspell/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/plugins/hspell/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/hspell/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,13 @@
 
 set(sonnet_hspell_PART_SRCS hspellclient.cpp hspelldict.cpp)
 
-ecm_qt_declare_logging_category(sonnet_hspell_PART_SRCS HEADER hspell_debug.h IDENTIFIER SONNET_LOG_HSPELL CATEGORY_NAME sonnet.plugins.hspell)
+ecm_qt_declare_logging_category(sonnet_hspell_PART_SRCS
+    HEADER hspell_debug.h
+    IDENTIFIER SONNET_LOG_HSPELL
+    CATEGORY_NAME sonnet.plugins.hspell
+    DESCRIPTION "Sonnet Hspell plugin"
+    EXPORT SONNET
+)
 
 add_library(sonnet_hspell MODULE ${sonnet_hspell_PART_SRCS})
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/hunspell/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/hunspell/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/plugins/hunspell/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/hunspell/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,13 @@
     hunspellclient.cpp
     hunspelldict.cpp
 )
-ecm_qt_declare_logging_category(sonnet_hunspell_PART_SRCS HEADER hunspelldebug.h IDENTIFIER SONNET_HUNSPELL CATEGORY_NAME sonnet.plugins.hunspell)
+ecm_qt_declare_logging_category(sonnet_hunspell_PART_SRCS
+    HEADER hunspelldebug.h
+    IDENTIFIER SONNET_HUNSPELL
+    CATEGORY_NAME sonnet.plugins.hunspell
+    DESCRIPTION "Sonnet HUnspell plugin"
+    EXPORT SONNET
+)
 
 # see: https://phabricator.kde.org/R246:0a96acf251baa5c9dd042d093ab2bf8fcee10502
 set(USE_OLD_HUNSPELL_API TRUE)
diff --git a/src/plugins/ispellchecker/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/ispellchecker/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/plugins/ispellchecker/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/ispellchecker/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,13 @@
     ispellcheckerclient.cpp
     ispellcheckerdict.cpp
 )
-ecm_qt_declare_logging_category(sonnet_ispellchecker_PART_SRCS HEADER ispellcheckerdebug.h IDENTIFIER SONNET_ISPELLCHECKER CATEGORY_NAME sonnet.plugins.ispellchecker)
+ecm_qt_declare_logging_category(sonnet_ispellchecker_PART_SRCS
+    HEADER ispellcheckerdebug.h
+    IDENTIFIER SONNET_ISPELLCHECKER
+    CATEGORY_NAME sonnet.plugins.ispellchecker
+    DESCRIPTION "Sonnet ISpellChecker plugin"
+    EXPORT SONNET
+)
 
 add_library(sonnet_ispellchecker MODULE ${sonnet_ispellchecker_PART_SRCS})
 target_link_libraries(sonnet_ispellchecker PRIVATE KF5::SonnetCore)
diff --git a/src/plugins/nsspellchecker/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/nsspellchecker/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/plugins/nsspellchecker/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/nsspellchecker/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@
 ecm_qt_declare_logging_category(sonnet_nsspellchecker_PART_SRCS
     HEADER nsspellcheckerdebug.h
     IDENTIFIER SONNET_NSSPELLCHECKER
-    CATEGORY_NAME sonnet.plugins.nsspellchecker)
+    CATEGORY_NAME sonnet.plugins.nsspellchecker
+    DESCRIPTION "Sonnet NSSpellChecker plugin"
+    EXPORT SONNET
+)
 
 add_library(sonnet_nsspellchecker MODULE ${sonnet_nsspellchecker_PART_SRCS})
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/voikko/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/voikko/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/plugins/voikko/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/voikko/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,13 @@
 ########### next target ###############
 
 set(sonnet_voikko_PART_SRCS voikkoclient.cpp voikkodict.cpp)
-ecm_qt_declare_logging_category(sonnet_voikko_PART_SRCS HEADER voikkodebug.h IDENTIFIER SONNET_VOIKKO CATEGORY_NAME sonnet.plugins.voikko)
+ecm_qt_declare_logging_category(sonnet_voikko_PART_SRCS
+    HEADER voikkodebug.h
+    IDENTIFIER SONNET_VOIKKO
+    CATEGORY_NAME sonnet.plugins.voikko
+    DESCRIPTION "Sonnet Voikko plugin"
+    EXPORT SONNET
+)
 
 add_library(sonnet_voikko MODULE ${sonnet_voikko_PART_SRCS})
 
diff --git a/src/ui/CMakeLists.txt b/src/ui/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/ui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/ui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,13 @@
     ${sonnet_QM_LOADER}
 )
 
-ecm_qt_declare_logging_category(sonnetui_SRCS HEADER ui_debug.h IDENTIFIER SONNET_LOG_UI CATEGORY_NAME sonnet.ui)
+ecm_qt_declare_logging_category(sonnetui_SRCS
+    HEADER ui_debug.h
+    IDENTIFIER SONNET_LOG_UI
+    CATEGORY_NAME sonnet.ui
+    DESCRIPTION "Sonnet UI"
+    EXPORT SONNET
+)
 
 set(sonnetui_UI
     configui.ui