diff --git a/recipes-kde/kf5/tier3/kded/files/0001-hardcode-path-to-kconf_update.patch b/recipes-kde/kf5/tier3/kded/files/0001-hardcode-path-to-kconf_update.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f6a78fbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-kde/kf5/tier3/kded/files/0001-hardcode-path-to-kconf_update.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+From 145e379cc805838e7aa88d3875d771c5ee55bda1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Andreas=20M=C3=BCller?= <schnitzeltony@googlemail.com>
+Date: Mon, 4 May 2015 14:51:48 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] hardcode path to kconf_update
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+kconfig does not export location to kconfig in our environment so set it
+manually.
+
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [configuration]
+
+Signed-off-by: Andreas Müller <schnitzeltony@googlemail.com>
+---
+ src/CMakeLists.txt | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
+index 5e95df8..8334c80 100644
+--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ target_link_libraries(kdeinit_kded5
+     KF5::Crash # Sets it as autostart
+ )
+ target_compile_definitions(kdeinit_kded5 PRIVATE
+-    KCONF_UPDATE_EXE="$<TARGET_FILE:KF5::kconf_update>"
++    KCONF_UPDATE_EXE="${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/kconfig/kf5/kconf_update"
+ )
+ target_compile_definitions(kded5 PRIVATE
+-    KCONF_UPDATE_EXE="$<TARGET_FILE:KF5::kconf_update>"
++    KCONF_UPDATE_EXE="${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/kconfig/kf5/kconf_update"
+ )
+ 
+ install(TARGETS kdeinit_kded5 EXPORT KDEDTargets ${KF5_INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS})
+-- 
+1.9.3
+
diff --git a/recipes-kde/kf5/tier3/kded/kded.bb b/recipes-kde/kf5/tier3/kded/kded.bb
index 96ca7f71..65782d94 100644
--- a/recipes-kde/kf5/tier3/kded/kded.bb
+++ b/recipes-kde/kf5/tier3/kded/kded.bb
@@ -11,13 +11,14 @@ DEPENDS += "kconfig kcoreaddons kcrash kdbusaddons kdoctools kinit kservice"
 PV = "${KF5_VERSION}"
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "eba4cae48b989df9b2af75ae20702cad"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "37e72c1d56577805020bc477092c42f97b8f354e89b4febf7a93d5d5d22d07cf"
+SRC_URI += "file://0001-hardcode-path-to-kconf_update.patch"
 
 # cross libs / headers
 CMAKE_ALIGN_SYSROOT[1] = "KDED, -S${libdir}/lib, -S${STAGING_LIBDIR}/lib"
 CMAKE_ALIGN_SYSROOT[2] = "KDED, -S${includedir}, -S${STAGING_INCDIR}"
 
 # executables REVISIT -> native 
-CMAKE_ALIGN_SYSROOT[3] = "KDED, -S${bindir}, -S${STAGING_BINDIR}"
+#CMAKE_ALIGN_SYSROOT[3] = "KDED, -S${bindir}, -S${STAGING_BINDIR}"
 
 FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/dbus-1 ${datadir}/k*5 ${libdir}/libkdeinit5_kded5.so"
 FILES_${PN}-dev = "${libdir}/cmake"