diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ca3bfc1d35..6341db1a29 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ include(ECMConfiguredInstall)
 include(ECMQtDeclareLoggingCategory)
 include(ECMSetupQtPluginMacroNames)
 include(ECMSetupVersion)
+include(ECMQmlModule)
+include(ECMGenerateQmlTypes)
 
 option(KWIN_BUILD_DECORATIONS "Enable building of KWin decorations." ON)
 option(KWIN_BUILD_KCMS "Enable building of KWin configuration modules." ON)
diff --git a/src/plugins/private/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/private/CMakeLists.txt
index 80e9a84e22..67141caa5e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/private/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/private/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,15 @@
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
-add_library(effectsplugin
+ecm_add_qml_module(effectsplugin URI "org.kde.kwin.private.effects")
+
+ecm_target_qml_sources(effectsplugin 
+    SOURCES 
+        qml/WindowHeap.qml 
+        qml/WindowHeapDelegate.qml
+)
+
+target_sources(effectsplugin PRIVATE
     expoarea.cpp
     expolayout.cpp
     plugin.cpp
@@ -10,13 +18,10 @@ add_library(effectsplugin
 
 target_link_libraries(effectsplugin
     kwineffects
-
-    Qt::Core
-    Qt::Gui
-    Qt::Qml
-    Qt::Quick
+    Qt6::Quick
+    Qt6::Qml
+    KF6::I18n
 )
 
-install(DIRECTORY qml/ DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_QMLDIR}/org/kde/kwin/private/effects)
-install(TARGETS effectsplugin DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_QMLDIR}/org/kde/kwin/private/effects)
-install(FILES qmldir DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_QMLDIR}/org/kde/kwin/private/effects)
+ecm_finalize_qml_module(effectsplugin DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_QMLDIR})
+
diff --git a/src/plugins/private/qmldir b/src/plugins/private/qmldir
deleted file mode 100644
index 4dd3210d45..0000000000
--- a/src/plugins/private/qmldir
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Vlad Zahorodnii <vlad.zahorodnii@kde.org>
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
-
-module org.kde.kwin.private.effects
-
-plugin effectsplugin
-classname EffectKitExtensionPlugin
-
-WindowHeap 1.0 WindowHeap.qml
-WindowHeapDelegate 1.0 WindowHeapDelegate.qml