diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9b0ae88b4..48cb26b16 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ if (SUBSURFACE_TARGET_EXECUTABLE MATCHES "MobileExecutable")
 	# set up Kirigami using KDE ECM
 	# that's available as kde-extra-cmake-modules on Homebrew, on all Linux flavors
 	# Android and iOS are built via qmake, Windows build of Subsurface-mobile isn't supported
-	find_package(ECM REQUIRED CONFIG)
+	find_package(ECM REQUIRED CONFIG PATHS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/mobile-widgets/3rdparty/ECM)
 	set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/ ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${ECM_MODULE_PATH})
 	set(BREEZEICONS_DIR mobile-widgets/3rdparty/breeze-icons/)
 
diff --git a/scripts/get-dep-lib.sh b/scripts/get-dep-lib.sh
index c81b1711a..420815a94 100755
--- a/scripts/get-dep-lib.sh
+++ b/scripts/get-dep-lib.sh
@@ -177,6 +177,9 @@ for package in "${PACKAGES[@]}" ; do
 		kirigami)
 			git_checkout_library kirigami $CURRENT_KIRIGAMI https://github.com/KDE/kirigami.git
 			;;
+		extra-cmake-modules) # we want this intentionally at the same version as kirigami
+			git_checkout_library extra-cmake-modules $CURRENT_KIRIGAMI https://github.com/KDE/extra-cmake-modules.git
+			;;
 		openssl)
 			git_checkout_library openssl $CURRENT_OPENSSL https://github.com/openssl/openssl.git
 			;;
diff --git a/scripts/mobilecomponents.sh b/scripts/mobilecomponents.sh
index e295c49d8..3086b0770 100755
--- a/scripts/mobilecomponents.sh
+++ b/scripts/mobilecomponents.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,13 @@ fi
 # a 3rdparty folder within our sources
 ./scripts/get-dep-lib.sh single "$SRC"/subsurface/mobile-widgets/3rdparty kirigami
 ./scripts/get-dep-lib.sh single "$SRC"/subsurface/mobile-widgets/3rdparty breeze-icons
+./scripts/get-dep-lib.sh single "$SRC"/subsurface/mobile-widgets/3rdparty extra-cmake-modules
 
+# now install the ECM to keep things more contained, install into 3rdparty/ECM
+mkdir -p "$SRC"/subsurface/mobile-widgets/3rdparty/ECM
+cd "$SRC"/subsurface/mobile-widgets/3rdparty/ECM
+cmake -DSHARE_INSTALL_DIR=.. ../extra-cmake-modules
+make install
 
 exit 0