diff --git a/kcheckpass/CMakeLists.txt b/kcheckpass/CMakeLists.txt
index 6e18c977..52abbc45 100644
--- a/kcheckpass/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kcheckpass/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ endif(KDE4_ENABLE_FPIE)
 
 add_definitions(-U_REENTRANT)
 target_link_libraries(kcheckpass
-    ${KDE4_KDEFAKES_LIBS}
     ${UNIXAUTH_LIBRARIES}
     ${SOCKET_LIBRARIES}
+    # for kdefakes
+    ${KDE4_KDECORE_LIBS}
 )
 
 install(
diff --git a/ksysguard/ksysguardd/CMakeLists.txt b/ksysguard/ksysguardd/CMakeLists.txt
index 52ff85e0..655b04d3 100644
--- a/ksysguard/ksysguardd/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ksysguard/ksysguardd/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ endif( ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "kFreeBSD" )
     target_link_libraries(ksysguardd libksysguardd)
 
    if( NOT ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Linux" OR NOT ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "kFreeBSD" )
-      target_link_libraries(ksysguardd ${KDE4_KDEFAKES_LIBS})
+      # for kdefakes
+      target_link_libraries(ksysguardd ${KDE4_KDECORE_LIBS})
    endif( NOT ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Linux" OR NOT ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "kFreeBSD" )
 
 if( ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "NetBSD" )