diff --git a/kaccounts/CMakeLists.txt b/kaccounts/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/kaccounts/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kaccounts/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 kaccounts_add_service(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/google-drive.service.in)
 
 kcoreaddons_add_plugin(kaccounts_gdrive
+    JSON kaccountsplugin.json
     SOURCES kaccountsplugin.cpp
     INSTALL_NAMESPACE kaccounts/daemonplugins)
 
diff --git a/kaccounts/kaccountsplugin.h b/kaccounts/kaccountsplugin.h
--- a/kaccounts/kaccountsplugin.h
+++ b/kaccounts/kaccountsplugin.h
@@ -24,11 +24,8 @@
 class GoogleDrivePlugin : public KAccountsDPlugin
 {
     Q_OBJECT
-    Q_PLUGIN_METADATA(IID "org.kde.kaccounts.DPlugin")
-    Q_INTERFACES(KAccountsDPlugin)
-
 public:
-    explicit GoogleDrivePlugin(QObject *parent = nullptr);
+    explicit GoogleDrivePlugin(QObject *parent, const QVariantList &args);
 
 public slots:
     void onAccountCreated(const Accounts::AccountId accountId, const Accounts::ServiceList &serviceList) override;
diff --git a/kaccounts/kaccountsplugin.cpp b/kaccounts/kaccountsplugin.cpp
--- a/kaccounts/kaccountsplugin.cpp
+++ b/kaccounts/kaccountsplugin.cpp
@@ -25,8 +25,12 @@
 #include <KNotification>
 #include <KRun>
 
-GoogleDrivePlugin::GoogleDrivePlugin(QObject *parent)
-    : KAccountsDPlugin(parent)
+#include <KPluginFactory>
+
+K_PLUGIN_CLASS_WITH_JSON(GoogleDrivePlugin, "kaccountsplugin.json")
+
+GoogleDrivePlugin::GoogleDrivePlugin(QObject *parent, const QVariantList &args)
+    : KAccountsDPlugin(parent, args)
 {
 }
 
@@ -72,3 +76,5 @@
     Q_UNUSED(accountId)
     Q_UNUSED(service)
 }
+
+#include "kaccountsplugin.moc"
diff --git a/kaccounts/kaccountsplugin.json b/kaccounts/kaccountsplugin.json
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kaccounts/kaccountsplugin.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+    "KPlugin": {
+        "Description": "Integrate KIO gdrive",
+        "EnabledByDefault": true,
+        "Icon": "system-file-manager",
+        "Id": "kaccounts_kio_gdrive",
+        "License": "GPL",
+        "Name": "KIO gdrive",
+        "Version": "0.1"
+    }
+}
+