diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/frameworks-5.19/kinit/0001-kinit-libpath.patch b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/frameworks-5.19/kinit/0001-kinit-libpath.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c76079a382a..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/frameworks-5.19/kinit/0001-kinit-libpath.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-From 723c9b1268a04127647a1c20eebe9804150566dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Thomas Tuegel <ttuegel@gmail.com>
-Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2015 08:57:55 -0500
-Subject: [PATCH] kinit libpath
-
----
- src/kdeinit/kinit.cpp | 18 ++++++++++--------
- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/kdeinit/kinit.cpp b/src/kdeinit/kinit.cpp
-index 9e775b6..0ac5646 100644
---- a/src/kdeinit/kinit.cpp
-+++ b/src/kdeinit/kinit.cpp
-@@ -660,15 +660,17 @@ static pid_t launch(int argc, const char *_name, const char *args,
-         if (!libpath.isEmpty()) {
-             if (!l.load()) {
-                 if (libpath_relative) {
--                    // NB: Because Qt makes the actual dlopen() call, the
--                    //     RUNPATH of kdeinit is *not* respected - see
--                    //     https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13945
--                    //     - so we try hacking it in ourselves
--                    QString install_lib_dir = QFile::decodeName(
--                            CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX "/" LIB_INSTALL_DIR "/");
--                    libpath = install_lib_dir + libpath;
--                    l.setFileName(libpath);
-+                  // Use QT_PLUGIN_PATH to find shared library directories
-+                  // For KF5, the plugin path is /lib/qt5/plugins/, so kdeinit5
-+                  // shared libraries should be in /lib/qt5/plugins/../../
-+                  const QRegExp pathSepRegExp(QString::fromLatin1("[:\b]"));
-+                  const QString up = QString::fromLocal8Bit("/../../");
-+                  const QStringList paths = QString::fromLocal8Bit(qgetenv("QT_PLUGIN_PATH")).split(pathSepRegExp, QString::KeepEmptyParts);
-+                  Q_FOREACH (const QString &path, paths) {
-+                    l.setFileName(path + up + libpath);
-                     l.load();
-+                    if (l.isLoaded()) break;
-+                  }
-                 }
-             }
-             if (!l.isLoaded()) {
--- 
-2.4.2
-
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/frameworks-5.19/kinit/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/frameworks-5.19/kinit/default.nix
index 5f644d7c424e..64210ca76051 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/frameworks-5.19/kinit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/frameworks-5.19/kinit/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ kdeFramework, lib, extra-cmake-modules, kconfig, kcrash
+{ kdeFramework, lib, copyPathsToStore, extra-cmake-modules, kconfig, kcrash
 , kdoctools, ki18n, kio, kservice, kwindowsystem, libcap
 , libcap_progs
 }:
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ kdeFramework {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ extra-cmake-modules kdoctools libcap_progs ];
   buildInputs = [ kconfig kcrash kservice libcap ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ ki18n kio kwindowsystem ];
-  patches = [ ./0001-kinit-libpath.patch ];
+  patches = copyPathsToStore (lib.readPathsFromFile ./. ./series);
   meta = {
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.ttuegel ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/frameworks-5.19/kinit/kinit-libpath.patch b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/frameworks-5.19/kinit/kinit-libpath.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..52c5563ea581
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/frameworks-5.19/kinit/kinit-libpath.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+Index: kinit-5.19.0/src/kdeinit/kinit.cpp
+===================================================================
+--- kinit-5.19.0.orig/src/kdeinit/kinit.cpp
++++ kinit-5.19.0/src/kdeinit/kinit.cpp
+@@ -658,15 +658,17 @@ static pid_t launch(int argc, const char
+         if (!libpath.isEmpty()) {
+             if (!l.load()) {
+                 if (libpath_relative) {
+-                    // NB: Because Qt makes the actual dlopen() call, the
+-                    //     RUNPATH of kdeinit is *not* respected - see
+-                    //     https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13945
+-                    //     - so we try hacking it in ourselves
+-                    QString install_lib_dir = QFile::decodeName(
+-                            CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX "/" LIB_INSTALL_DIR "/");
+-                    libpath = install_lib_dir + libpath;
+-                    l.setFileName(libpath);
+-                    l.load();
++                    // Try to load the library relative to the active profiles.
++                    QByteArrayList profiles = qgetenv("NIX_PROFILES").split(' ');
++                    // Reverse the profile list.
++                    std::reverse(profiles.begin(), profiles.end());
++                    const QString libdir = QString::fromLatin1("/lib/");
++                    Q_FOREACH (const QByteArray &profile, profiles) {
++                        if (!profile.isEmpty()) {
++                            l.setFileName(QFile::decodeName(profile) + libdir + libpath);
++                            if (l.load()) break;
++                        }
++                    }
+                 }
+             }
+             if (!l.isLoaded()) {
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/frameworks-5.19/kinit/series b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/frameworks-5.19/kinit/series
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5faa456366b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/frameworks-5.19/kinit/series
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+kinit-libpath.patch