diff --git a/net-misc/megasync/megasync-4.3.8.0.ebuild b/net-misc/megasync/megasync-4.3.8.0.ebuild
index 3edb24ae83..2a65f6c801 100644
--- a/net-misc/megasync/megasync-4.3.8.0.ebuild
+++ b/net-misc/megasync/megasync-4.3.8.0.ebuild
@@ -63,19 +63,22 @@ DEPEND="
 	dev-qt/qtsvg:5
 "
 BDEPEND="
-	app-doc/doxygen
 	dev-lang/swig
 	dev-qt/linguist-tools
 "
 
 DOCS=( CREDITS.md README.md )
 
+CMAKE_USE_DIR="${S}/src/MEGAShellExtDolphin"
+
 src_prepare() {
 	if [[ ${PV} != 9999 ]]; then
 		rmdir src/MEGASync/mega
 		mv "${WORKDIR}"/sdk-${MEGA_SDK_REV} src/MEGASync/mega
 	fi
 	if use dolphin; then
+		# use the kde5 CMakeLists instead of the kde 4 version
+		mv src/MEGAShellExtDolphin/CMakeLists_kde5.txt src/MEGAShellExtDolphin/CMakeLists.txt || die
 		cmake_src_prepare
 	else
 		default