diff --git a/kdelibs-4.0.4-kstandarddirs.patch b/kdelibs-4.0.4-kstandarddirs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e09876
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kdelibs-4.0.4-kstandarddirs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff -up kdelibs-4.0.4/kdecore/kernel/kstandarddirs.cpp.dirs kdelibs-4.0.4/kdecore/kernel/kstandarddirs.cpp
+--- kdelibs-4.0.4/kdecore/kernel/kstandarddirs.cpp.dirs	2008-05-22 12:17:33.000000000 -0500
++++ kdelibs-4.0.4/kdecore/kernel/kstandarddirs.cpp	2008-05-22 12:27:50.000000000 -0500
+@@ -998,6 +998,10 @@ QStringList KStandardDirs::resourceDirs(
+                     if ((local || testdir.exists()) && !candidates.contains(path))
+                         candidates.append(path);
+                 }
++                // UGLY HACK - forward porting Chris CHeney's HACK - Rex Dieter
++                if ( local && (!strcmp("config", type)))
++                  candidates.append("/etc/kde/");
++                //
+                 local = false;
+             }
+         }
+diff -up kdelibs-4.0.4/kdecore/kernel/kstandarddirs_unix.cpp.dirs kdelibs-4.0.4/kdecore/kernel/kstandarddirs_unix.cpp
diff --git a/kdelibs.spec b/kdelibs.spec
index d0d5682..b7d2d00 100644
--- a/kdelibs.spec
+++ b/kdelibs.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 Summary: K Desktop Environment 4 - Libraries
 Version: 4.0.72
-Release: 5%{?dist}
+Release: 6%{?dist}
 
 %if 0%{?fedora} > 8
 Name: kdelibs
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ Patch14: kdelibs-4.0.3-libexecdir.patch
 # fix proxy support (#443931, kde#155707)
 # patch by Sergey Saukh: http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=155707#c46
 Patch15: kdelibs-4.0.4-proxy.patch
+# forward port kstandarddirs hack to search /etc/kde
+Patch18: kdelibs-4.0.4-kstandarddirs.patch
 
 ## upstream patches
 
@@ -198,6 +200,7 @@ sed -i -e "s|@@VERSION_RELEASE@@|%{version}-%{release}|" kio/kio/kprotocolmanage
 %patch13 -p1 -b .fedora-buildtype
 %patch14 -p1 -b .libexecdir
 %patch15 -p0 -b .proxy
+%patch18 -p1 -b .kstandarddirs
 
 
 %build
@@ -361,6 +364,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu May 22 2008 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> - 4.0.72-6
+- kstandarddirs hack to search /etc/kde
+
 * Thu May 22 2008 Kevin Kofler <Kevin@tigcc.ticalc.org> - 4.0.72-5
 - keep libphonon.so in %%{_libdir} for non-KDE apps (#447831)