diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a3638c340f..c1236cb9e7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ configure_file(config-kwin.h.cmake ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/config-kwin.h )
 
 
 ########### global ###############
+set(kwin_effects_dbus_xml ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/org.kde.kwin.Effects.xml)
 
 include_directories(BEFORE
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libkdecorations
diff --git a/scripting/CMakeLists.txt b/scripting/CMakeLists.txt
index 9ff53c35c3..2160a4f0cf 100644
--- a/scripting/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/scripting/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 set(kcm_kwin4_genericscripted_SRCS genericscriptedconfig.cpp)
+qt5_add_dbus_interface(kcm_kwin4_genericscripted_SRCS ${kwin_effects_dbus_xml} kwineffects_interface)
 add_library(kcm_kwin4_genericscripted MODULE ${kcm_kwin4_genericscripted_SRCS})
 target_link_libraries( kcm_kwin4_genericscripted
     KF5::ConfigWidgets #KCModule
diff --git a/scripting/genericscriptedconfig.cpp b/scripting/genericscriptedconfig.cpp
index 19ee333d95..7a0a389c84 100644
--- a/scripting/genericscriptedconfig.cpp
+++ b/scripting/genericscriptedconfig.cpp
@@ -20,12 +20,11 @@
 
 #include "genericscriptedconfig.h"
 #include "config-kwin.h"
+#include <kwineffects_interface.h>
 #include <KAboutData>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 #include <kconfigloader.h>
 
-#include <QDBusConnection>
-#include <QDBusMessage>
 #include <QFile>
 #include <QLabel>
 #include <QUiLoader>
@@ -127,12 +126,10 @@ KConfigGroup ScriptedEffectConfig::configGroup()
 
 void ScriptedEffectConfig::reload()
 {
-    QDBusMessage message = QDBusMessage::createMethodCall(QStringLiteral("org.kde.kwin"),
-                                                          QStringLiteral("/KWin"),
-                                                          QStringLiteral("org.kde.KWin"),
-                                                          QStringLiteral("reconfigureEffect"));
-    message << QString(packageName());
-    QDBusConnection::sessionBus().send(message);
+    OrgKdeKwinEffectsInterface interface(QStringLiteral("org.kde.kwin.Effects"),
+                                         QStringLiteral("/Effects"),
+                                         QDBusConnection::sessionBus());
+    interface.reconfigureEffect(packageName());
 }
 
 ScriptingConfig::ScriptingConfig(const QString &componentName, const QString &keyword, QWidget *parent, const QVariantList &args)