diff --git a/cmake/modules/KDE4Macros.cmake b/cmake/modules/KDE4Macros.cmake
index b2d200e1..04c89a75 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/KDE4Macros.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/KDE4Macros.cmake
@@ -541,6 +541,13 @@ macro (KDE4_ADD_KDEINIT_EXECUTABLE _target_NAME )
 
    kde4_check_executable_params(_SRCS _nogui _test ${ARGN})
 
+   configure_file(${KDE4_MODULE_DIR}/kde4init_dummy.cpp.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_target_NAME}_dummy.cpp)
+   set_source_files_properties(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_target_NAME}_dummy.cpp PROPERTIES SKIP_AUTOMOC TRUE)
+   # under Windows, build a normal executable and additionally a dummy kdeinit4_foo.lib, whose only purpose on windows is to 
+   # keep the linking logic from the CMakeLists.txt on UNIX working (under UNIX all necessary libs are linked against the kdeinit
+   # library instead against the executable, under windows we want to have everything in the executable, but for compatibility we have to 
+   # keep the library there-
+
    add_library(kdeinit_${_target_NAME} SHARED ${_SRCS})
 
    set_target_properties(kdeinit_${_target_NAME} PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME kdeinit4_${_target_NAME})