diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7f48aebabc..efa813eb6e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -826,6 +826,7 @@ endif()
 
 add_subdirectory(platformsupport)
 add_subdirectory(plugins)
+target_link_libraries(kwin_wayland KWinQpaPlugin)
 
 ########### install files ###############
 
diff --git a/autotests/integration/CMakeLists.txt b/autotests/integration/CMakeLists.txt
index 422fd26aac..9db3bf486c 100644
--- a/autotests/integration/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/autotests/integration/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ ecm_add_qtwayland_client_protocol(KWinIntegrationTestFramework_SOURCES
     BASENAME xdg-shell
 )
 add_library(KWinIntegrationTestFramework STATIC ${KWinIntegrationTestFramework_SOURCES})
-target_link_libraries(KWinIntegrationTestFramework kwin Qt5::Test Wayland::Client)
+target_link_libraries(KWinIntegrationTestFramework kwin Qt5::Test Wayland::Client KWinQpaPlugin)
 
 function(integrationTest)
     set(optionArgs WAYLAND_ONLY)
diff --git a/autotests/integration/kwin_wayland_test.cpp b/autotests/integration/kwin_wayland_test.cpp
index a1aff34235..780bff9220 100644
--- a/autotests/integration/kwin_wayland_test.cpp
+++ b/autotests/integration/kwin_wayland_test.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <iostream>
 
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(KWinIntegrationPlugin)
+
 namespace KWin
 {
 
diff --git a/main_wayland.cpp b/main_wayland.cpp
index 8a4cd1f915..89efc46e0a 100644
--- a/main_wayland.cpp
+++ b/main_wayland.cpp
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <iomanip>
 
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(KWinIntegrationPlugin)
+
 namespace KWin
 {
 
diff --git a/plugins/qpa/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/qpa/CMakeLists.txt
index 1eca68dbc0..9dcca439b2 100644
--- a/plugins/qpa/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/qpa/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ set(QPA_SOURCES
 include(ECMQtDeclareLoggingCategory)
 ecm_qt_declare_logging_category(QPA_SOURCES HEADER logging.h IDENTIFIER KWIN_QPA CATEGORY_NAME kwin_qpa_plugin DEFAULT_SEVERITY Critical)
 
-add_library(KWinQpaPlugin MODULE ${QPA_SOURCES})
-set_target_properties(KWinQpaPlugin PROPERTIES LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/platforms/")
+add_library(KWinQpaPlugin OBJECT ${QPA_SOURCES})
+target_compile_definitions(KWinQpaPlugin PRIVATE QT_STATICPLUGIN)
 
 set(QT5PLATFORMSUPPORT_LIBS
     Qt5::FontDatabaseSupportPrivate
@@ -31,10 +31,3 @@ target_link_libraries(KWinQpaPlugin
     Fontconfig::Fontconfig
     kwin
 )
-
-install(
-    TARGETS
-        KWinQpaPlugin
-    DESTINATION
-        ${PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR}/platforms/
-)