diff --git a/libkwineffects/kwinglcolorcorrection.cpp b/libkwineffects/kwinglcolorcorrection.cpp
index 3ba6f11467..6e4f778ffe 100644
--- a/libkwineffects/kwinglcolorcorrection.cpp
+++ b/libkwineffects/kwinglcolorcorrection.cpp
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ void ColorCorrection::setupForOutput(int screen)
         d->m_ccTextureUnit = maxUnits - 1;
     }
 
-    if (!shader->setUniform("u_ccLookupTexture", d->m_ccTextureUnit)) {
+    if (!shader->setUniform(GLShader::ColorCorrectionLookupTextureUnit, d->m_ccTextureUnit)) {
         kError(1212) << "unable to set uniform for the color correction lookup texture";
         d->m_hasError = true;
         emit errorOccured();
diff --git a/libkwineffects/kwinglutils.cpp b/libkwineffects/kwinglutils.cpp
index 419e8dee59..e587fbee14 100644
--- a/libkwineffects/kwinglutils.cpp
+++ b/libkwineffects/kwinglutils.cpp
@@ -494,6 +494,8 @@ void GLShader::resolveLocations()
 
     mFloatLocation[Saturation]    = uniformLocation("saturation");
 
+    mIntLocation[ColorCorrectionLookupTextureUnit] = uniformLocation("u_ccLookupTexture");
+
     mColorLocation[Color] = uniformLocation("geometryColor");
 
     mLocationsResolved = true;
diff --git a/libkwineffects/kwinglutils.h b/libkwineffects/kwinglutils.h
index 0687e6dec7..2fdf7a1abf 100644
--- a/libkwineffects/kwinglutils.h
+++ b/libkwineffects/kwinglutils.h
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ public:
 
     enum IntUniform {
         AlphaToOne,     ///< @deprecated no longer used
+        ColorCorrectionLookupTextureUnit,
         IntUniformCount
     };