diff --git a/kded/CMakeLists.txt b/kded/CMakeLists.txt
index 8b660783d..18b46e065 100644
--- a/kded/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kded/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ set( ${target}_SRCS
   kded.cpp kdedmodule.cpp
 )
 
-tde_add_kdeinit_executable( ${target} AUTOMOC
+# we must to export kdeinit_kded-shared because various
+# modules need this library
+tde_add_kdeinit_executable( ${target} AUTOMOC EXPORT
   SOURCES ${${target}_SRCS}
   LINK kio-shared
 )