diff --git a/CMakeModules/IncludeKPMCore.cmake b/CMakeModules/IncludeKPMCore.cmake
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+# Shared CMake core for finding KPMCore
+#
+# This is wrapped into a CMake include file because there's a bunch of
+# pre-requisites that need searching for before looking for KPMCore.
+# If you just do find_package( KPMCore ) without finding the things
+# it links against first, you get CMake errors.
+#
+#
+find_package(ECM 5.10.0 REQUIRED NO_MODULE)
+set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${ECM_MODULE_PATH} ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH})
+
+include(KDEInstallDirs)
+include(GenerateExportHeader)
+find_package( KF5 REQUIRED CoreAddons )
+find_package( KF5 REQUIRED Config I18n IconThemes KIO Service )
+
+find_package( KPMcore 3.0.3 REQUIRED )