diff --git a/packaging/android/qmake-build.sh b/packaging/android/qmake-build.sh
index b9180836c..fc2c2dfe8 100755
--- a/packaging/android/qmake-build.sh
+++ b/packaging/android/qmake-build.sh
@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ for ARCH in $ARCHITECTURES ; do
 				-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER="$CC" \
 				-DCMAKE_LINKER="$CC" \
 				-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$PREFIX" \
+				-DECM_DIR="$SUBSURFACE_SOURCE"/mobile-widgets/3rdparty/ECM \
 				"$SUBSURFACE_SOURCE"/mobile-widgets/3rdparty/kirigami
 			make
 			make install
diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index fef234ac5..05921473b 100755
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -533,6 +533,7 @@ for (( i=0 ; i < ${#BUILDS[@]} ; i++ )) ; do
 	# pull the plasma-mobile components from upstream if building Subsurface-mobile
 	if [ "$SUBSURFACE_EXECUTABLE" = "MobileExecutable" ] ; then
 		bash ./scripts/mobilecomponents.sh
+		EXTRA_OPTS="$EXTRA_OPTS -DECM_DIR=$SRC/$SRC_DIR/mobile-widgets/3rdparty/ECM"
 	fi
 
 	mkdir -p "$BUILDDIR"