diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 82ffd9053..a3c7a2711 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ set_package_properties(cmark PROPERTIES
 )
 
 ecm_find_qmlmodule(org.kde.kquickimageeditor 1.0)
+ecm_find_qmlmodule(org.kde.kitemmodels 1.0)
 
 find_package(KQuickImageEditor COMPONENTS)
 set_package_properties(KQuickImageEditor PROPERTIES