diff --git a/runners/services/CMakeLists.txt b/runners/services/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/runners/services/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/runners/services/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,28 +10,22 @@
     CATEGORY_NAME org.kde.plasma.runner.services
     DEFAULT_SEVERITY Warning)
 
-add_library(krunner_services MODULE ${krunner_services_SRCS})
-target_link_libraries(krunner_services
+add_library(krunner_services_static STATIC ${krunner_services_SRCS})
+target_link_libraries(krunner_services_static
     KF5::CoreAddons
     KF5::KIOWidgets
     KF5::I18n
     KF5::Runner
     KF5::Service
     KF5::Activities
 )
 
-add_library(krunner_services_test STATIC ${krunner_services_SRCS})
-target_link_libraries(krunner_services_test
-    KF5::CoreAddons
-    KF5::KIOWidgets
-    KF5::I18n
-    KF5::Runner
-    KF5::Service
-    KF5::Activities
+add_library(krunner_services MODULE plugin.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(krunner_services
+    krunner_services_static
 )
 
-install(TARGETS krunner_services DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_PLUGINDIR} )
-
+install(TARGETS krunner_services DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_PLUGINDIR})
 install(FILES plasma-runner-services.desktop DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_KSERVICES5DIR})
 
 if(BUILD_TESTING)
diff --git a/runners/services/autotests/CMakeLists.txt b/runners/services/autotests/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/runners/services/autotests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/runners/services/autotests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 include(ECMAddTests)
 
 ecm_add_test(servicerunnertest.cpp TEST_NAME servicerunnertest
-    LINK_LIBRARIES Qt5::Test krunner_services_test)
+    LINK_LIBRARIES Qt5::Test krunner_services_static)
diff --git a/runners/services/plugin.cpp b/runners/services/plugin.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runners/services/plugin.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ *   Copyright (C) 2006 Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
+ *   Copyright (C) 2014 Vishesh Handa <vhanda@kde.org>
+ *   Copyright (C) 2016 Harald Sitter <sitter@kde.org>
+ *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License version 2 as
+ *   published by the Free Software Foundation
+ *
+ *   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 General Public License for more details
+ *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ *   License along with this program; if not, write to the
+ *   Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ *   51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+#include "servicerunner.h"
+
+K_EXPORT_PLASMA_RUNNER(services, ServiceRunner)
+
+#include "plugin.moc"
diff --git a/runners/services/servicerunner.cpp b/runners/services/servicerunner.cpp
--- a/runners/services/servicerunner.cpp
+++ b/runners/services/servicerunner.cpp
@@ -465,7 +465,3 @@
     data->setUrls(QList<QUrl>{QUrl::fromLocalFile(path)});
     return data;
 }
-
-K_EXPORT_PLASMA_RUNNER(services, ServiceRunner)
-
-#include "servicerunner.moc"