diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c49aab008..a4acaeb23 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -73,12 +73,6 @@ set_package_properties(ZLIB PROPERTIES DESCRIPTION "Support for gzip compressed
                        TYPE REQUIRED
                       )
 
-find_package(dbusmenu-qt5 CONFIG)
-set_package_properties(dbusmenu-qt5 PROPERTIES DESCRIPTION "Support for notification area menus via the DBusMenu protocol"
-                       URL "https://launchpad.net/libdbusmenu-qt"
-                       TYPE OPTIONAL
-                      )
-
 find_package(X11)
 set_package_properties(X11 PROPERTIES DESCRIPTION "X11 libraries"
                         URL "http://www.x.org"
@@ -132,13 +126,11 @@ add_definitions(-DQT_NO_URL_CAST_FROM_STRING)
 
 add_subdirectory(doc)
 add_subdirectory(libkworkspace)
+add_subdirectory(libdbusmenuqt)
+
 add_subdirectory(libtaskmanager)
 add_subdirectory(components)
 
-if(dbusmenu-qt5_FOUND)
-  add_subdirectory(appmenu)
-endif()
-
 add_subdirectory(plasma-windowed)
 add_subdirectory(shell)
 add_subdirectory(freespacenotifier)
diff --git a/appmenu/CMakeLists.txt b/appmenu/CMakeLists.txt
index 7addb5d1a..317f62e59 100644
--- a/appmenu/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/appmenu/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-include_directories(${dbusmenu-qt5_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-
 remove_definitions(-DQT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII -DQT_STRICT_ITERATORS -DQT_NO_CAST_FROM_BYTEARRAY -DQT_NO_KEYWORDS)
 
 set(kded_appmenu_SRCS
@@ -24,7 +22,7 @@ target_link_libraries(appmenu
     KF5::KIOCore
     KF5::WindowSystem
     ${X11_LIBRARIES}
-    dbusmenu-qt5
+    dbusmenuqt
 )
 
 if (HAVE_X11)
diff --git a/dataengines/statusnotifieritem/CMakeLists.txt b/dataengines/statusnotifieritem/CMakeLists.txt
index 2e93583fd..6a6fc9aa4 100644
--- a/dataengines/statusnotifieritem/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/dataengines/statusnotifieritem/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 include_directories(${plasma-workspace_SOURCE_DIR}/statusnotifierwatcher)
-include_directories(${dbusmenu-qt5_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
 # We add our source code here
 set(statusnotifieritem_engine_SRCS
@@ -8,11 +7,6 @@ set(statusnotifieritem_engine_SRCS
     statusnotifieritemservice.cpp
     statusnotifieritemjob.cpp
     systemtraytypes.cpp
-
-    libdbusmenuqt/dbusmenuimporter.cpp
-    libdbusmenuqt/dbusmenushortcut_p.cpp
-    libdbusmenuqt/dbusmenutypes_p.cpp
-    libdbusmenuqt/utils.cpp
 )
 
 set(statusnotifierwatcher_xml ${KNOTIFICATIONS_DBUS_INTERFACES_DIR}/kf5_org.kde.StatusNotifierWatcher.xml)
@@ -34,6 +28,7 @@ target_link_libraries(plasma_engine_statusnotifieritem
     KF5::Service
     KF5::Plasma
     KF5::IconThemes
+    dbusmenuqt
 )
 
 kcoreaddons_desktop_to_json(plasma_engine_statusnotifieritem plasma-dataengine-statusnotifieritem.desktop)
diff --git a/libdbusmenuqt/CMakeLists.txt b/libdbusmenuqt/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9995811e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libdbusmenuqt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+set(libdbusmenu_SRCS
+dbusmenuimporter.cpp
+dbusmenushortcut_p.cpp
+dbusmenutypes_p.cpp
+utils.cpp
+)
+
+add_library(dbusmenuqt STATIC ${libdbusmenu_SRCS})
+target_link_libraries(dbusmenuqt
+    Qt5::DBus
+    Qt5::Widgets
+)
+
diff --git a/dataengines/statusnotifieritem/libdbusmenuqt/README b/libdbusmenuqt/README
similarity index 100%
rename from dataengines/statusnotifieritem/libdbusmenuqt/README
rename to libdbusmenuqt/README
diff --git a/dataengines/statusnotifieritem/libdbusmenuqt/dbusmenuimporter.cpp b/libdbusmenuqt/dbusmenuimporter.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from dataengines/statusnotifieritem/libdbusmenuqt/dbusmenuimporter.cpp
rename to libdbusmenuqt/dbusmenuimporter.cpp
diff --git a/dataengines/statusnotifieritem/libdbusmenuqt/dbusmenuimporter.h b/libdbusmenuqt/dbusmenuimporter.h
similarity index 100%
rename from dataengines/statusnotifieritem/libdbusmenuqt/dbusmenuimporter.h
rename to libdbusmenuqt/dbusmenuimporter.h
diff --git a/dataengines/statusnotifieritem/libdbusmenuqt/dbusmenushortcut_p.cpp b/libdbusmenuqt/dbusmenushortcut_p.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from dataengines/statusnotifieritem/libdbusmenuqt/dbusmenushortcut_p.cpp
rename to libdbusmenuqt/dbusmenushortcut_p.cpp
diff --git a/dataengines/statusnotifieritem/libdbusmenuqt/dbusmenushortcut_p.h b/libdbusmenuqt/dbusmenushortcut_p.h
similarity index 100%
rename from dataengines/statusnotifieritem/libdbusmenuqt/dbusmenushortcut_p.h
rename to libdbusmenuqt/dbusmenushortcut_p.h
diff --git a/dataengines/statusnotifieritem/libdbusmenuqt/dbusmenutypes_p.cpp b/libdbusmenuqt/dbusmenutypes_p.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from dataengines/statusnotifieritem/libdbusmenuqt/dbusmenutypes_p.cpp
rename to libdbusmenuqt/dbusmenutypes_p.cpp
diff --git a/dataengines/statusnotifieritem/libdbusmenuqt/dbusmenutypes_p.h b/libdbusmenuqt/dbusmenutypes_p.h
similarity index 100%
rename from dataengines/statusnotifieritem/libdbusmenuqt/dbusmenutypes_p.h
rename to libdbusmenuqt/dbusmenutypes_p.h
diff --git a/dataengines/statusnotifieritem/libdbusmenuqt/utils.cpp b/libdbusmenuqt/utils.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from dataengines/statusnotifieritem/libdbusmenuqt/utils.cpp
rename to libdbusmenuqt/utils.cpp
diff --git a/dataengines/statusnotifieritem/libdbusmenuqt/utils_p.h b/libdbusmenuqt/utils_p.h
similarity index 100%
rename from dataengines/statusnotifieritem/libdbusmenuqt/utils_p.h
rename to libdbusmenuqt/utils_p.h