diff -up qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.5/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp.qt_plugin_path qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.5/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp

--- qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.5/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp.qt_plugin_path	2013-06-07 00:16:52.000000000 -0500

+++ qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.5/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp	2013-06-21 07:14:10.045039936 -0500

@@ -2511,6 +2511,15 @@ QStringList QCoreApplication::libraryPat

             if (!app_libpaths->contains(installPathPlugins))

                 app_libpaths->append(installPathPlugins);

         }

+

+        // hack in support for kde4 plugin paths -- Rex

+        QString kde4PathPlugins = QLibraryInfo::location(QLibraryInfo::LibrariesPath) + QLatin1String("/kde4/plugins");

+        if (QFile::exists(kde4PathPlugins)) {

+            // Make sure we convert from backslashes to slashes.

+            //kde4PathPlugins = QDir(kde4PathPlugins).canonicalPath();

+            if (!app_libpaths->contains(kde4PathPlugins))

+                app_libpaths->append(kde4PathPlugins);

+        }

 #endif

         // If QCoreApplication is not yet instantiated,