diff --git a/src/services/evolution-alarm-notify/CMakeLists.txt b/src/services/evolution-alarm-notify/CMakeLists.txt
index a4c0a41..a713797 100644
--- a/src/services/evolution-alarm-notify/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/services/evolution-alarm-notify/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 set(DEPENDENCIES
 	ecal
-	edataserverui
 )
 
 set(SOURCES
+	../../libedataserverui/libedataserverui-private.h
+	../../libedataserverui/libedataserverui-private.c
+	../../libedataserverui/e-buffer-tagger.h
+	../../libedataserverui/e-buffer-tagger.c
+	../../libedataserverui/e-reminders-widget.h
+	../../libedataserverui/e-reminders-widget.c
 	evolution-alarm-notify.c
 	e-alarm-notify.h
 	e-alarm-notify.c
@@ -17,9 +22,15 @@ add_dependencies(evolution-alarm-notify
 	${DEPENDENCIES}
 )
 
+# the -DLIBEDATASERVERUI_COMPILATION is a hackish way to borrow sources from
+# the libedataserverui without depending on it (because it can be uninstalled)
 target_compile_definitions(evolution-alarm-notify PRIVATE
 	-DG_LOG_DOMAIN=\"evolution-alarm-notify\"
 	-DLOCALEDIR=\"${LOCALE_INSTALL_DIR}\"
+	-DLIBEDATASERVERUI_COMPILATION
+	-DE_DATA_SERVER_PREFIX=\"${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}\"
+	-DE_DATA_SERVER_UIMODULEDIR=\"${uimoduledir}\"
+	-DE_DATA_SERVER_ICONDIR=\"${icondir}\"
 )
 
 target_compile_options(evolution-alarm-notify PUBLIC
@@ -33,6 +44,7 @@ target_include_directories(evolution-alarm-notify PUBLIC
 	${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
 	${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src
 	${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src
+	${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/libedataserverui
 	${CANBERRA_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 	${DATA_SERVER_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 	${GNOME_PLATFORM_INCLUDE_DIRS}
diff --git a/src/services/evolution-alarm-notify/e-alarm-notify.c b/src/services/evolution-alarm-notify/e-alarm-notify.c
index 5c9b479..bf53a86 100644
--- a/src/services/evolution-alarm-notify/e-alarm-notify.c
+++ b/src/services/evolution-alarm-notify/e-alarm-notify.c
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@
 #endif
 
 #include "libecal/libecal.h"
-#include "libedataserverui/libedataserverui.h"
+
+#include "libedataserverui/e-buffer-tagger.h"
+#include "libedataserverui/e-reminders-widget.h"
 
 #include "e-alarm-notify.h"
 
diff --git a/src/services/evolution-alarm-notify/evolution-alarm-notify.c b/src/services/evolution-alarm-notify/evolution-alarm-notify.c
index 5467a8d..14a13aa 100644
--- a/src/services/evolution-alarm-notify/evolution-alarm-notify.c
+++ b/src/services/evolution-alarm-notify/evolution-alarm-notify.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include <glib/gi18n.h>
 
 #include <libedataserver/libedataserver.h>
-#include <libedataserverui/libedataserverui.h>
 
 #include "e-alarm-notify.h"