diff --git a/src/kde/kioslave/kio_recoll/00README.txt b/src/kde/kioslave/kio_recoll/00README.txt
index 34bb9f5c..a314808e 100644
--- a/src/kde/kioslave/kio_recoll/00README.txt
+++ b/src/kde/kioslave/kio_recoll/00README.txt
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ Recipe:
 
 mkdir builddir
 cd builddir
-cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr 
+cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr ..
+
 make
 sudo make install
 
diff --git a/src/kde/kioslave/kio_recoll/CMakeLists.txt b/src/kde/kioslave/kio_recoll/CMakeLists.txt
index 14f426fe..43557f00 100644
--- a/src/kde/kioslave/kio_recoll/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/kde/kioslave/kio_recoll/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -91,15 +91,12 @@ z
 pthread
 )
 
-install(FILES recoll.protocol recollf.protocol 
-              DESTINATION ${SERVICES_INSTALL_DIR})
-install(FILES data/welcome.html	data/help.html
-	      DESTINATION  ${DATA_INSTALL_DIR}/kio_recoll)
+#install(FILES recoll.protocol recollf.protocol 
+#     DESTINATION ${SERVICES_INSTALL_DIR})
 
-# Tried but could not use PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR (/usr/lib64/plugins), or
-# /usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/kf5/kio/recoll.so: the module is not found by
-# dolphin). Actually that's because of the protocol file. recoll has 
-# exec=kio_recoll, file has exec=kf5/kio/file
+install(FILES data/welcome.html	data/help.html
+      DESTINATION  ${DATA_INSTALL_DIR}/kio_recoll)
 
 set_target_properties(kio_recoll PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME "kio_recoll")
-install(TARGETS kio_recoll DESTINATION ${LIB_INSTALL_DIR}/qt5/plugins)
+install(TARGETS kio_recoll
+      DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_PLUGINDIR}/kf${QT_MAJOR_VERSION}/kio)
diff --git a/src/kde/kioslave/kio_recoll/kio_recoll.cpp b/src/kde/kioslave/kio_recoll/kio_recoll.cpp
index abf6c8f5..d83f99f3 100644
--- a/src/kde/kioslave/kio_recoll/kio_recoll.cpp
+++ b/src/kde/kioslave/kio_recoll/kio_recoll.cpp
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@
 using namespace KIO;
 using namespace std;
 
+class KIOPluginForMetaData : public QObject
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+    Q_PLUGIN_METADATA(IID "org.recoll.kio.slave.recoll" FILE "recoll.json")
+};
+
 RclConfig *RecollProtocol::o_rclconfig;
 
 RecollProtocol::RecollProtocol(const QByteArray& pool, const QByteArray& app)
@@ -356,19 +362,25 @@ bool RecollProtocol::doSearch(const QueryDesc& qd)
     return true;
 }
 
-int kdemain(int argc, char **argv)
+extern "C"
 {
-    QCoreApplication::setApplicationName("kio_recoll");
-    qDebug() << "*** starting kio_recoll ";
+    Q_DECL_EXPORT int kdemain(int argc, char **argv)
+    {
+         QCoreApplication app(argc, argv);
+         app.setApplicationName("kio_recoll");
+         qDebug() << "*** starting kio_recoll ";
 
-    if (argc != 4)  {
-        qDebug() << "Usage: kio_recoll proto dom-socket1 dom-socket2\n";
-        exit(-1);
+        if (argc != 4)  {
+            qDebug() << "Usage: kio_recoll proto dom-socket1 dom-socket2\n";
+            exit(-1);
+        }
+
+        RecollProtocol slave(argv[2], argv[3]);
+        slave.dispatchLoop();
+
+        qDebug() << "kio_recoll Done";
+        return 0;
     }
-
-    RecollProtocol slave(argv[2], argv[3]);
-    slave.dispatchLoop();
-
-    qDebug() << "kio_recoll Done";
-    return 0;
 }
+#include "kio_recoll.moc"
+
diff --git a/src/kde/kioslave/kio_recoll/kio_recoll.la b/src/kde/kioslave/kio_recoll/kio_recoll.la
deleted file mode 100755
index 9fcc2454..00000000
--- a/src/kde/kioslave/kio_recoll/kio_recoll.la
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-# kio_recoll.la - a libtool library file
-# Generated by ltmain.sh - GNU libtool 1.5a (1.1240 2003/06/26 06:55:19)
-#
-# Please DO NOT delete this file!
-# It is necessary for linking the library.
-
-# The name that we can dlopen(3).
-dlname='kio_recoll.so'
-
-# Names of this library.
-library_names='kio_recoll.so kio_recoll.so kio_recoll.so'
-
-# The name of the static archive.
-old_library=''
-
-# Libraries that this one depends upon.
-dependency_libs=' -R/usr/local/lib -R/usr/X11R6/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib -L/usr/local/lib /usr/local/lib/libkio.la /usr/local/lib/libkdeui.la /usr/local/lib/libkdesu.la /usr/local/lib/libkwalletclient.la /usr/local/lib/libkdecore.la /usr/local/lib/libDCOP.la -lutil -lart_lgpl_2 -lidn /usr/local/lib/libkdefx.la -lqt-mt -lpng -lXext -lX11 -lSM -lICE -lXrender -lz /usr/local/lib/libfam.la -ljpeg'
-
-# Version information for kio_recoll.
-current=0
-age=0
-revision=0
-
-# Is this an already installed library?
-installed=yes
-
-# Should we warn recoll portability when linking against -modules?
-shouldnotlink=yes
-
-# Files to dlopen/dlpreopen
-dlopen=''
-dlpreopen=''
-
-# Directory that this library needs to be installed in:
-libdir='/usr/lib/kde3'
diff --git a/src/kde/kioslave/kio_recoll/recoll.json b/src/kde/kioslave/kio_recoll/recoll.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7c674248
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kde/kioslave/kio_recoll/recoll.json
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+    "KDE-KIO-Protocols": {
+        "recoll": {
+            "Class": ":local",
+            "Icon": "recoll",
+            "deleting": true,
+            "input": "none",
+            "linking": false,
+            "listing": [
+                "Name",
+                "Type",
+                "Size",
+		"Date"
+            ],
+            "makedir":false,
+            "moving": false,
+            "output": "filesystem",
+            "protocol": "recoll",
+            "reading": true,
+            "source": false,
+            "writing": false
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/kde/kioslave/kio_recoll/recollf.protocol b/src/kde/kioslave/kio_recoll/recollf.protocol
index fb150ecf..dd12d4be 100644
--- a/src/kde/kioslave/kio_recoll/recollf.protocol
+++ b/src/kde/kioslave/kio_recoll/recollf.protocol
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [Protocol]
-exec=kio_recoll
+exec=kf5/kio/kio_recoll
 protocol=recollf
 input=none
 output=filesystem