diff --git a/src/quickaddons/configmodule.cpp b/src/quickaddons/configmodule.cpp
--- a/src/quickaddons/configmodule.cpp
+++ b/src/quickaddons/configmodule.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 #include <kaboutdata.h>
 #include <klocalizedstring.h>
-#include <kdeclarative/qmlobject.h>
+#include <kdeclarative/qmlobjectsharedengine.h>
 
 #include <KPackage/Package>
 #include <KPackage/PackageLoader>
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     void authStatusChanged(int status);
 
     ConfigModule *_q;
-    KDeclarative::QmlObject *_qmlObject;
+    KDeclarative::QmlObjectSharedEngine *_qmlObject;
     ConfigModule::Buttons _buttons;
     const KAboutData *_about;
     QString _rootOnlyMessage;
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
 
 ConfigModule::~ConfigModule()
 {
-    ConfigModulePrivate::s_rootObjects.remove(d->_qmlObject->engine());
+    ConfigModulePrivate::s_rootObjects.remove(d->_qmlObject->rootContext());
 
     delete d->_qmlObject;
     delete d->_about;
@@ -116,8 +116,19 @@
 {
     //at the moment of the attached object creation, the root item is the only one that hasn't a parent
     //only way to avoid creation of this attached for everybody but the root item
-    if (!object->parent() && ConfigModulePrivate::s_rootObjects.contains(QtQml::qmlEngine(object))) {
-        return ConfigModulePrivate::s_rootObjects.value(QtQml::qmlEngine(object));
+    const QQmlEngine *engine = QtQml::qmlEngine(object);
+    QQmlContext *cont = QQmlEngine::contextForObject(object);
+
+    //Search the qml context that is the "root" for the sharedqmlobject, which
+    //is an ancestor of QQmlEngine::contextForObject(object) and the direct child
+    //of the engine's root context: we can do this assumption on the internals as
+    //we are distributed on the same repo.
+    while (cont->parentContext() && cont->parentContext() != engine->rootContext()) {
+        cont = cont->parentContext();
+    }
+
+    if (!object->parent() && ConfigModulePrivate::s_rootObjects.contains(cont)) {
+        return ConfigModulePrivate::s_rootObjects.value(cont);
     } else {
         return nullptr;
     }
@@ -128,8 +139,8 @@
     if (d->_qmlObject) {
         return qobject_cast<QQuickItem *>(d->_qmlObject->rootObject());
     }
-    d->_qmlObject = new KDeclarative::QmlObject(this);
-    ConfigModulePrivate::s_rootObjects[d->_qmlObject->engine()] = this;
+    d->_qmlObject = new KDeclarative::QmlObjectSharedEngine(this);
+    ConfigModulePrivate::s_rootObjects[d->_qmlObject->rootContext()] = this;
     d->_qmlObject->setTranslationDomain(aboutData()->componentName());
     d->_qmlObject->setInitializationDelayed(true);