diff --git a/kmymoney/plugins/qif/config/CMakeLists.txt b/kmymoney/plugins/qif/config/CMakeLists.txt
index e932d74c3..552663052 100644
--- a/kmymoney/plugins/qif/config/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kmymoney/plugins/qif/config/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,45 +1,53 @@
 # the KCM module
 set(kcm_qif_PART_SRCS
     mymoneyqifprofileeditor.cpp
     mymoneyqifprofile.cpp
     kcm_qif.cpp
     )
 
 ki18n_wrap_ui(kcm_qif_PART_SRCS mymoneyqifprofileeditor.ui)
 
+#dirty hack: kcm_qif doesn't need json but build fails if it isn't found
+if(ENABLE_QIFIMPORTER)
+kcoreaddons_add_plugin(kcm_qif
+                       SOURCES ${kcm_qif_PART_SRCS}
+                       JSON "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/kcm_qifimporter.json"
+                       INSTALL_NAMESPACE "kmymoney")
+elseif(ENABLE_QIFEXPORTER)
+kcoreaddons_add_plugin(kcm_qif
+                       SOURCES ${kcm_qif_PART_SRCS}
+                       JSON "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/kcm_qifexporter.json"
+                       INSTALL_NAMESPACE "kmymoney")
+endif()
+
 if(ENABLE_QIFIMPORTER)
   kcoreaddons_desktop_to_json(kcm_qif kcm_qifimporter.desktop)
 endif()
 
 if(ENABLE_QIFEXPORTER)
   kcoreaddons_desktop_to_json(kcm_qif kcm_qifexporter.desktop)
 endif()
 
-kcoreaddons_add_plugin(kcm_qif
-                       SOURCES ${kcm_qif_PART_SRCS}
-                       JSON "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/kcm_qif.json"
-                       INSTALL_NAMESPACE "kmymoney")
-
 #kcoreaddons_add_plugin sets LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY to ${CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/${INSTALL_NAMESPACE}
 set_target_properties(kcm_qif
                       PROPERTIES
                       LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}")
 
 target_link_libraries(kcm_qif
                       kmm_mymoney
                       KF5::I18n
                       KF5::ConfigWidgets
                       KF5::Completion
                       KF5::KIOWidgets
                       )
 
 if(ENABLE_QIFIMPORTER)
   install(FILES kcm_qifimporter.desktop
         DESTINATION ${SERVICES_INSTALL_DIR})
 endif()
 
 if(ENABLE_QIFEXPORTER)
   install(FILES kcm_qifexporter.desktop
         DESTINATION ${SERVICES_INSTALL_DIR})
 endif()