diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 04523c97d..945ba6a41 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ find_package(QCoro6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core)
 
 qcoro_enable_coroutines()
 
-ecm_find_qmlmodule(org.kde.kitemmodels 1.0 REQUIRED)
+ecm_find_qmlmodule(org.kde.kitemmodels 1.0)
 
 list(APPEND CMAKE_AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES "DISCOVER_BACKEND_PLUGIN")