diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5a8c8f5..a07dfc5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,96 +1,113 @@
 # Spectacle project
 
 project(Spectacle)
 
 # KDE Application Version, managed by release script
 set(KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION_MAJOR "16")
 set(KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION_MINOR "03")
 set(KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION_MICRO "90")
 set(KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION "${KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION_MAJOR}.${KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION_MINOR}.${KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION_MICRO}")
 set(SPECTACLE_VERSION ${KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION})
 
 # minimum requirements
 
 cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.8.12 FATAL_ERROR)
 
 set(QT_MIN_VERSION     "5.4.0")
 set(KF5_MIN_VERSION    "5.18.0")
 set(PLASMA_MIN_VERSION "5.4.0")
 
 find_package(ECM ${KF5_MIN_VERSION} REQUIRED NO_MODULE)
 set(
     CMAKE_MODULE_PATH
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules
         ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}
         ${ECM_MODULE_PATH}
         ${ECM_KDE_MODULE_DIR}
 )
 
 # set up kf5
 
 include(KDEInstallDirs)
 include(KDECMakeSettings)
 include(KDECompilerSettings NO_POLICY_SCOPE)
 include(ECMInstallIcons)
 include(ECMSetupVersion)
 include(FeatureSummary)
 
 find_package(
     Qt5 ${QT_MIN_VERSION} CONFIG REQUIRED
         Core
         Widgets
         DBus
         PrintSupport
         Quick
 )
 
 find_package(
     KF5 ${KF5_MIN_VERSION} REQUIRED
         CoreAddons
         WidgetsAddons
         DBusAddons
         Notifications
         Config
         I18n
         KIO
         XmlGui
         WindowSystem
         DocTools
         Declarative
 )
 
 # optional components
 
 find_package(KF5Kipi)
 if (KF5Kipi_FOUND)
     set(KIPI_FOUND 1)
 endif ()
 
 find_package(KDEExperimentalPurpose)
 if (KDEExperimentalPurpose_FOUND)
     set(PURPOSE_FOUND 1)
 endif()
 
 find_package(XCB COMPONENTS XFIXES IMAGE UTIL CURSOR)
+set(XCB_COMPONENTS_ERRORS FALSE)
 if (XCB_FOUND)
-    find_package(Qt5X11Extras ${QT_MIN_VERSION} REQUIRED)
-    find_package(KF5Screen ${PLASMA_MIN_VERSION} REQUIRED)
+	find_package(Qt5X11Extras ${QT_MIN_VERSION} REQUIRED)
+	find_package(KF5Screen ${PLASMA_MIN_VERSION} REQUIRED)
+endif()
+set(XCB_COMPONENTS_FOUND TRUE)
+if(NOT XCB_XFIXES_FOUND)
+	set(XCB_COMPONENTS_ERRORS "${XCB_COMPONENTS_ERRORS} XCB-XFIXES ")
+	set(XCB_COMPONENTS_FOUND FALSE)
+endif()
+if(NOT XCB_IMAGE_FOUND)
+	set(XCB_COMPONENTS_ERRORS "${XCB_COMPONENTS_ERRORS} XCB-IMAGE ")
+	set(XCB_COMPONENTS_FOUND FALSE)
+endif()
+if(NOT XCB_UTIL_FOUND)
+	set(XCB_COMPONENTS_ERRORS "${XCB_COMPONENTS_ERRORS} XCB-UTIL ")
+	set(XCB_COMPONENTS_FOUND FALSE)
+endif()
+if(NOT XCB_CURSOR_FOUND)
+	set(XCB_COMPONENTS_ERRORS "${XCB_COMPONENTS_ERRORS} XCB-CURSOR ")
+	set(XCB_COMPONENTS_FOUND FALSE)
 endif()
 
 # fail build if none of the platform backends can be found
-
-if (!XCB_FOUND)
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "No suitable backend platform was found. Currenty supported platforms are: XCB")
+if (NOT XCB_FOUND OR NOT XCB_COMPONENTS_FOUND)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "No suitable backend platform was found. Currenty supported platforms are: XCB Components Required: ${XCB_COMPONENTS_ERRORS}")
 endif()
 
 # hand off to subdirectories
 
 add_subdirectory(src)
 add_subdirectory(dbus)
 add_subdirectory(desktop)
 add_subdirectory(icons)
 add_subdirectory(doc)
 
 # summaries
 
 feature_summary(WHAT ALL INCLUDE_QUIET_PACKAGES FATAL_ON_MISSING_REQUIRED_PACKAGES)