diff --git a/kuiserver/CMakeLists.txt b/kuiserver/CMakeLists.txt
index 0f7c29e..b9638aa 100644
--- a/kuiserver/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kuiserver/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ endif ()
 
 target_link_libraries(kdeinit_kuiserver5
     Qt5::DBus
+    Qt5::Widgets
     KF5::ConfigWidgets
     KF5::DBusAddons
     KF5::ItemViews
diff --git a/kuiserver/main.cpp b/kuiserver/main.cpp
index 3cc118a..9dd1ad3 100644
--- a/kuiserver/main.cpp
+++ b/kuiserver/main.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <kdbusservice.h>
 
 #include <QCommandLineParser>
+#include <QApplication>
 
 Q_LOGGING_CATEGORY(KUISERVER, "kuiserver")
 
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ extern "C" Q_DECL_EXPORT int kdemain(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     QLoggingCategory::setFilterRules(QStringLiteral("kuiserver.debug = true"));
 
-    QCoreApplication app(argc, argv);
+    QApplication app(argc, argv);
     app.setApplicationName(QStringLiteral("kuiserver"));
     app.setApplicationVersion(QStringLiteral("2.0"));
     app.setOrganizationDomain(QStringLiteral("kde.org"));