diff --git a/declarativeplugin/CMakeLists.txt b/declarativeplugin/CMakeLists.txt
index 6f119d7b..fd9bd0da 100644
--- a/declarativeplugin/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/declarativeplugin/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,24 +1,20 @@
 include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
                     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
                     ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
                     ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
 
 set(kdeconnectdeclarativeplugin_SRC
     kdeconnectdeclarativeplugin.cpp
     responsewaiter.cpp
     objectfactory.cpp
 )
 
-set(qml_SRC
-    qml/RemoteKeyboard.qml
-    qml/PluginChecker.qml
-    qml/DBusProperty.qml
-)
+qt5_add_resources(kdeconnectdeclarativeplugin_SRC resources.qrc)
 
 add_library(kdeconnectdeclarativeplugin SHARED ${kdeconnectdeclarativeplugin_SRC})
 target_link_libraries(kdeconnectdeclarativeplugin
     Qt5::Qml
     kdeconnectinterfaces
 )
 install(TARGETS kdeconnectdeclarativeplugin DESTINATION ${QML_INSTALL_DIR}/org/kde/kdeconnect)
-install(FILES qmldir ${qml_SRC} DESTINATION ${QML_INSTALL_DIR}/org/kde/kdeconnect)
+install(FILES qmldir DESTINATION ${QML_INSTALL_DIR}/org/kde/kdeconnect)
diff --git a/declarativeplugin/qmldir b/declarativeplugin/qmldir
index 7f9af9e5..a98571e5 100644
--- a/declarativeplugin/qmldir
+++ b/declarativeplugin/qmldir
@@ -1,6 +1,2 @@
 module org.kde.kdeconnect
 plugin kdeconnectdeclarativeplugin
-
-PluginChecker 1.0 PluginChecker.qml
-DBusProperty 1.0 DBusProperty.qml
-RemoteKeyboard 1.0 RemoteKeyboard.qml
diff --git a/declarativeplugin/resources.qrc b/declarativeplugin/resources.qrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..49224feb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/declarativeplugin/resources.qrc
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<!DOCTYPE RCC><RCC version="1.0">
+ <qresource>
+    <file>qml/DBusProperty.qml</file>
+    <file>qml/PluginChecker.qml</file>
+    <file>qml/RemoteKeyboard.qml</file>
+ </qresource>
+</RCC>