diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 070db4187..f1ca859c9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ SET( TOMAHAWK_VERSION_PATCH 99 )
 # build options
 option(BUILD_GUI "Build Tomahawk with GUI" ON)
 option(BUILD_RELEASE "Generate TOMAHAWK_VERSION without GIT info" OFF)
+option(LEGACY_KDE_INTEGRATION "Install tomahawk.protocol file, deprecated since 4.6.0" OFF)
 
 # generate version string
 
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index d56dcabc6..984150128 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ ENDIF( APPLE )
 
 INSTALL( TARGETS tomahawk BUNDLE DESTINATION . RUNTIME DESTINATION bin )
 
-IF( UNIX AND NOT APPLE AND KDE4_INSTALLED ) #install protocol file
+IF( UNIX AND NOT APPLE AND KDE4_INSTALLED AND LEGACY_KDE_INTEGRATION ) #install protocol file
   FILE( READ ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/admin/unix/tomahawk.protocol protocol )
   STRING( REPLACE "/path/to/binary" # match this
               "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin/tomahawk" # this is linux (kde) so pretty safe I think