diff --git a/smb/CMakeLists.txt b/smb/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/smb/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/smb/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,17 +46,27 @@
 
 include_directories(${SAMBA_INCLUDE_DIR})
 
-add_library(kio_smb MODULE ${kio_smb_PART_SRCS})
-
-target_link_libraries(kio_smb
+# Intermediate static lib target for reuse in testing.
+add_library(kio_smb_static STATIC ${kio_smb_PART_SRCS})
+target_include_directories(kio_smb_static
+    PUBLIC
+        "$<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/..;${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/..>"
+)
+target_link_libraries(kio_smb_static
     KF5::KIOCore
     KF5::I18n
     ${SAMBA_LIBRARIES}
     Qt5::Network
     KF5::DNSSD
     KDSoap::WSDiscoveryClient
 )
 
+# Final plugin target.
+add_library(kio_smb MODULE main.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(kio_smb
+    kio_smb_static
+)
+
 set_target_properties(kio_smb PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME "smb")
 set_target_properties(kio_smb PROPERTIES LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/kf5/kio")
 
diff --git a/smb/kio_smb.cpp b/smb/kio_smb.cpp
--- a/smb/kio_smb.cpp
+++ b/smb/kio_smb.cpp
@@ -98,19 +98,4 @@
     }
 }
 
-int Q_DECL_EXPORT kdemain(int argc, char **argv)
-{
-    QCoreApplication app(argc, argv);
-    if (argc != 4) {
-        qCDebug(KIO_SMB_LOG) << "Usage: kio_smb protocol domain-socket1 domain-socket2";
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    SMBSlave slave(argv[2], argv[3]);
-
-    slave.dispatchLoop();
-
-    return 0;
-}
-
 #include "kio_smb.moc"
diff --git a/smb/main.cpp b/smb/main.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/smb/main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// Project:     SMB kioslave for KDE
+//
+// Abstract:    member function implementations for SMBSlave
+//
+// Author(s):   Matthew Peterson <mpeterson@caldera.com>
+//
+//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2000  Caldera Systems, Inc.
+//
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+// under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+// Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+//     This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+//     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+//     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+//     GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+//     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+//     along with this program; see the file COPYING.  If not, please obtain
+//     a copy from https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+//
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#include <QCoreApplication>
+
+#include "kio_smb.h"
+
+extern "C" int Q_DECL_EXPORT kdemain(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    QCoreApplication app(argc, argv);
+    if (argc != 4) {
+        qCDebug(KIO_SMB_LOG) << "Usage: kio_smb protocol domain-socket1 domain-socket2";
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    SMBSlave slave(argv[2], argv[3]);
+    slave.dispatchLoop();
+
+    return 0;
+}
+