diff -ur kdelibs-3.93.0/kdeui/xmlgui/kxmlguiclient.cpp kdelibs-3.93.0-kde149704/kdeui/xmlgui/kxmlguiclient.cpp
--- kdelibs-3.93.0/kdeui/xmlgui/kxmlguiclient.cpp	2007-08-29 23:53:46.000000000 +0200
+++ kdelibs-3.93.0-kde149704/kdeui/xmlgui/kxmlguiclient.cpp	2007-09-10 06:09:18.000000000 +0200
@@ -341,6 +341,11 @@
 
     QStringList allFiles = componentData().dirs()->findAllResources("data", filter) + componentData().dirs()->findAllResources("data", _file);
 
+    if (allFiles.isEmpty() || allFiles.first().startsWith("/usr/"))
+    {
+      allFiles.prepend(KStandardDirs::locateLocal("data", filter));
+    }
+
     file = findMostRecentXMLFile( allFiles, doc );
 
     if ( file.isEmpty() )