diff --git a/sources/CMakeLists.txt b/sources/CMakeLists.txt
index d0a774e..de0b2c2 100644
--- a/sources/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sources/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.8)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.8.12)
 
 cmake_policy (SET CMP0003 OLD)
 cmake_policy (SET CMP0002 OLD)
diff --git a/sources/dataengine/CMakeLists.txt b/sources/dataengine/CMakeLists.txt
index 8712186..2c1b074 100644
--- a/sources/dataengine/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sources/dataengine/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,16 +3,29 @@ set (SUBPROJECT plasma_engine_netctl)
 message (STATUS "Subproject ${SUBPROJECT}")
 
 # find required libaries
-find_package (KDE4 REQUIRED)
-include (KDE4Defaults)
+find_package (Qt5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Widgets Network)
+find_package (ECM 0.0.11 REQUIRED NO_MODULE)
+set (CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${ECM_MODULE_PATH} ${ECM_KDE_MODULE_DIR})
+find_package(KF5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Plasma Service)
 
-add_definitions (${QT_DEFINITIONS} ${KDE4_DEFINITIONS})
+include (KDEInstallDirs)
+include (KDECMakeSettings)
+include (KDECompilerSettings)
+add_definitions (${Qt5Core_DEFINITIONS} ${Qt5Network_DEFINITIONS})
+
+set (Qt_INCLUDE ${Qt5Core_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+                ${Qt5Network_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+set (Kf5_INCLUDE ${ConfigCore_INCLUDE_DIR}
+                 ${CoreAddons_INCLUDE_DIR}
+                 ${Plasma_INCLUDE_DIR}
+                 ${Service_INCLUDE_DIR})
 include_directories (${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
                      ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
-                     ${KDE4_INCLUDES}
                      ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
                      ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../
-                     ${PROJECT_TRDPARTY_DIR})
+                     ${PROJECT_TRDPARTY_DIR}
+                     ${Qt_INCLUDE}
+                     ${Kf5_INCLUDE})
 
 set (PLUGIN_NAME ${SUBPROJECT})
 file (GLOB SUBPROJECT_DESKTOP_IN *.desktop)
@@ -25,9 +38,9 @@ file (GLOB SUBPROJECT_CONF *.conf)
 configure_file (${SUBPROJECT_DESKTOP_IN} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${SUBPROJECT_DESKTOP})
 
 # make
-qt4_wrap_cpp (TASK_MOC_SOURCE ${TASK_HEADER})
-kde4_add_plugin (${PLUGIN_NAME} ${SUBPROJECT_SOURCE} ${TASK_MOC_SOURCE})
-target_link_libraries (${PLUGIN_NAME} ${KDE4_KDECORE_LIBS} ${KDE4_PLASMA_LIBS} ${QT_QTNETWORK_LIBRARY})
+qt5_wrap_cpp (TASK_MOC_SOURCE ${TASK_HEADER})
+add_library (${PLUGIN_NAME} MODULE ${SUBPROJECT_SOURCE} ${TASK_MOC_SOURCE})
+target_link_libraries (${PLUGIN_NAME} ${Plasma_LIBRARIES} ${Qt5Network_LIBRARIES})
 
 # install
 install (TARGETS ${PLUGIN_NAME} DESTINATION ${PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR})
diff --git a/sources/dataengine/netctl.cpp b/sources/dataengine/netctl.cpp
index f37bcc2..3f51029 100644
--- a/sources/dataengine/netctl.cpp
+++ b/sources/dataengine/netctl.cpp
@@ -17,14 +17,13 @@
 
 #include "netctl.h"
 
-#include <KGlobal>
-#include <KStandardDirs>
 #include <Plasma/DataContainer>
 
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QFile>
 #include <QNetworkInterface>
 #include <QProcessEnvironment>
+#include <QStandardPaths>
 #include <QTextCodec>
 
 #include <pdebug/pdebug.h>
@@ -89,7 +88,7 @@ void Netctl::readConfiguration()
     rawConfig[QString("NETCTLCMD")] = QString("/usr/bin/netctl");
     rawConfig[QString("NETCTLAUTOCMD")] = QString("/usr/bin/netctl-auto");
 
-    QString fileName = KGlobal::dirs()->findResource("config", "netctl.conf");
+    QString fileName = QStandardPaths::locate(QStandardPaths::ConfigLocation, QString("netctl.conf"));
     if (debug) qDebug() << PDEBUG << ":" << "Configuration file" << fileName;
     QFile configFile(fileName);
     if (!configFile.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) {