diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7bc2781b4..275306aeb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ if (INSTALL_SDDM_THEME)
 # Install the login theme into the SDDM directory
 # Longer term we need to look at making SDDM load from look and feel somehow.. and allow copying at runtime
     #NOTE this trailing slash is important to rename the directory
-    install(DIRECTORY sddm-theme/ DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_FULL_DATADIR}/sddm/themes/breeze PATTERN "README.txt" EXCLUDE)
+    install(DIRECTORY sddm-theme/ DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_FULL_DATADIR}/sddm/themes/breeze PATTERN "README.txt" EXCLUDE PATTERN "components" EXCLUDE PATTERN "dummydata" EXCLUDE)
     install(DIRECTORY lookandfeel/contents/components DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_FULL_DATADIR}/sddm/themes/breeze PATTERN "README.txt" EXCLUDE)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/sddm-theme/components b/sddm-theme/components
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..6019cc927
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sddm-theme/components
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../lookandfeel/contents/components/
\ No newline at end of file