diff --git a/src/backends/virtual/CMakeLists.txt b/src/backends/virtual/CMakeLists.txt
index 1fd6c6d311..f411f26266 100644
--- a/src/backends/virtual/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/backends/virtual/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,18 +1,12 @@
 add_library(KWinWaylandVirtualBackend MODULE)
 target_sources(KWinWaylandVirtualBackend PRIVATE
     egl_gbm_backend.cpp
+    logging.cpp
     scene_qpainter_virtual_backend.cpp
     virtual_backend.cpp
     virtual_output.cpp
 )
 
-ecm_qt_declare_logging_category(KWinWaylandVirtualBackend
-    HEADER logging.h
-    IDENTIFIER KWIN_VIRTUAL
-    CATEGORY_NAME kwin_platform_virtual
-    DEFAULT_SEVERITY Critical
-)
-
 set_target_properties(KWinWaylandVirtualBackend PROPERTIES LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/org.kde.kwin.waylandbackends/")
 target_link_libraries(KWinWaylandVirtualBackend kwin)
 
diff --git a/src/backends/virtual/logging.cpp b/src/backends/virtual/logging.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..564b3e973a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backends/virtual/logging.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/*
+    SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Vlad Zahorodnii <vlad.zahorodnii@kde.org>
+
+    SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+*/
+
+#include "logging.h"
+
+Q_LOGGING_CATEGORY(KWIN_VIRTUAL, "kwin_platform_virtual", QtWarningMsg)
diff --git a/src/backends/virtual/logging.h b/src/backends/virtual/logging.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..24b44b5afd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backends/virtual/logging.h
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/*
+    SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Vlad Zahorodnii <vlad.zahorodnii@kde.org>
+
+    SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+*/
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <QLoggingCategory>
+
+Q_DECLARE_LOGGING_CATEGORY(KWIN_VIRTUAL)