diff --git a/kdelibs-4.0.2-no-cache-kdeglobals-paths.patch b/kdelibs-4.0.2-no-cache-kdeglobals-paths.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5132537
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kdelibs-4.0.2-no-cache-kdeglobals-paths.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+diff -ur kdelibs-4.0.2/kdecore/config/kconfig.cpp kdelibs-4.0.2-no-cache-kdeglobals-paths/kdecore/config/kconfig.cpp
+--- kdelibs-4.0.2/kdecore/config/kconfig.cpp	2008-01-05 01:00:39.000000000 +0100
++++ kdelibs-4.0.2-no-cache-kdeglobals-paths/kdecore/config/kconfig.cpp	2008-03-09 23:58:41.000000000 +0100
+@@ -60,12 +60,6 @@
+ {
+     sGlobalFileName = componentData.dirs()->saveLocation("config") +
+                           QString::fromLatin1("kdeglobals");
+-    if (wantGlobals()) {
+-        const KStandardDirs *const dirs = componentData.dirs();
+-        foreach(const QString& dir, dirs->findAllResources("config", QLatin1String("kdeglobals")) +
+-                                    dirs->findAllResources("config", QLatin1String("system.kdeglobals")))
+-            globalFiles.push_front(dir);
+-    }
+     const QString etc_kderc =
+ #ifdef Q_WS_WIN
+         QFile::decodeName( QByteArray(::getenv("WINDIR")) + "\\kde4rc" );
+@@ -75,15 +69,11 @@
+     KEntryMap tmp;
+     // first entry is always /etc/kderc or empty if cannot read
+     if (KStandardDirs::checkAccess(etc_kderc, R_OK)) {
+-        if (!globalFiles.contains(etc_kderc))
+-            globalFiles.push_front(etc_kderc);
+-
+         if (!mappingsRegistered) {
+             KSharedPtr<KConfigBackend> backend = KConfigBackend::create(componentData, etc_kderc, QLatin1String("INI"));
+             backend->parseConfig( "en_US", tmp, KConfigBackend::ParseDefaults);
+         }
+     } else {
+-        globalFiles.push_front(QString());
+         mappingsRegistered = true;
+     }
+ 
+@@ -372,10 +362,31 @@
+ 
+ void KConfigPrivate::parseGlobalFiles()
+ {
++    QStringList globalFiles;
++
++    if (wantGlobals()) {
++        const KStandardDirs *const dirs = componentData.dirs();
++        foreach(const QString& dir, dirs->findAllResources("config", QLatin1String("kdeglobals")) +
++                                    dirs->findAllResources("config", QLatin1String("system.kdeglobals")))
++            globalFiles.push_front(dir);
++    }
++    const QString etc_kderc =
++#ifdef Q_WS_WIN
++        QFile::decodeName( QByteArray(::getenv("WINDIR")) + "\\kde4rc" );
++#else
++        QLatin1String("/etc/kde4rc");
++#endif
++    KEntryMap tmp;
++    // first entry is always /etc/kderc or empty if cannot read
++    if (KStandardDirs::checkAccess(etc_kderc, R_OK)) {
++        if (!globalFiles.contains(etc_kderc))
++            globalFiles.push_front(etc_kderc);
++    } else {
++        globalFiles.push_front(QString());
++    }
++
+ //    qDebug() << "parsing global files" << globalFiles;
+ 
+-    // TODO: can we cache the values in etc_kderc / other global files
+-    //       on a per-application basis?
+     const QByteArray utf8Locale = locale.toUtf8();
+     foreach(const QString& file, globalFiles) {
+         KConfigBackend::ParseOptions parseOpts = KConfigBackend::ParseGlobal|KConfigBackend::ParseExpansions;
+diff -ur kdelibs-4.0.2/kdecore/config/kconfig_p.h kdelibs-4.0.2-no-cache-kdeglobals-paths/kdecore/config/kconfig_p.h
+--- kdelibs-4.0.2/kdecore/config/kconfig_p.h	2008-01-05 01:00:39.000000000 +0100
++++ kdelibs-4.0.2-no-cache-kdeglobals-paths/kdecore/config/kconfig_p.h	2008-03-09 23:50:26.000000000 +0100
+@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@
+ 
+     KEntryMap entryMap;
+     QString backendType;
+-    QStringList globalFiles;
+     QStack<QString> extraFiles;
+ 
+     QString locale;
diff --git a/kdelibs.spec b/kdelibs.spec
index cf8f332..fb1c89a 100644
--- a/kdelibs.spec
+++ b/kdelibs.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 Summary: K Desktop Environment 4 - Libraries
 Version: 4.0.2
-Release: 8%{?dist}
+Release: 9%{?dist}
 
 %if 0%{?fedora} > 8
 Name: kdelibs
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ Patch7: kdelibs-4.0.1-dcop-servicetype.patch
 Patch8: kdelibs-4.0.2-install-all-css.patch
 # add Fedora/V-R to KHTML UA string
 Patch9: kdelibs-4.0.2-branding.patch
+# don't cache kdeglobals paths because they change after profile directories
+# are loaded from kde4rc
+Patch10: kdelibs-4.0.2-no-cache-kdeglobals-paths.patch
 
 # upstream patches
 Patch100: kdelibs-4.0.x-kio.patch
@@ -178,6 +181,7 @@ format for easy browsing.
 %patch8 -p1 -b .all-css
 %patch9 -p1 -b .branding
 sed -i -e "s|@@VERSION_RELEASE@@|%{version}-%{release}|" kio/kio/kprotocolmanager.cpp
+%patch10 -p1 -b .no-cache-kdeglobals-paths
 
 # upstream patches
 %patch100 -p1 -b .kio
@@ -332,6 +336,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Mar 10 2008 Kevin Kofler <Kevin@tigcc.ticalc.org> 4.0.2-9
+- fix kdeglobals not being found in profile (e.g. kde-settings) directory
+
 * Fri Mar 07 2008 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> 4.0.2-8
 - touchup KDE_DISTRIBUTION_TEXT
 - add Fedora/V-R to KHTML UA string (thanks caillon)