diff --git a/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/CMakeLists.txt b/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/CMakeLists.txt
index d7d75c96bc..4727f03c71 100644
--- a/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ target_link_libraries(effectModelTest
     KF5::Service
     KF5::KCMUtils
     KF5::NewStuff
+    kwineffects
     kwin4_effect_builtins
 )