diff -up kdelibs-4.0.1/kinit/autostart.cpp.orig kdelibs-4.0.1/kinit/autostart.cpp
--- kdelibs-4.0.1/kinit/autostart.cpp.orig	2008-02-01 12:37:47.000000000 +0100
+++ kdelibs-4.0.1/kinit/autostart.cpp	2008-02-01 13:52:38.000000000 +0100
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ AutoStart::AutoStart()
 {
   m_startList = new AutoStartList;
   KGlobal::dirs()->addResourceType("autostart", 0, "share/autostart");
+  QString xdgconf_dirs = KGlobal::dirs()->kfsstnd_xdg_conf_prefixes();
+  if (xdgconf_dirs.isEmpty())
+         xdgconf_dirs = "/etc/xdg";
+  QStringList xdgconf_dirslist = QString(xdgconf_dirs).split(':');
+  for ( QStringList::Iterator d = xdgconf_dirslist.begin(); d != xdgconf_dirslist.end(); ++d )
+         KGlobal::dirs()->addResourceDir("autostart", (*d) + "/autostart");
 }
 
 AutoStart::~AutoStart()