diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kinit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kinit/default.nix
index b965f761e922..f5cfa166e911 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kinit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kinit/default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 {
   kdeFramework, lib, copyPathsToStore,
   extra-cmake-modules, kdoctools,
-  kconfig, kcrash, ki18n, kio, kservice, kwindowsystem
+  kconfig, kcrash, ki18n, kio, kparts, kservice, kwindowsystem, plasma-framework
 }:
 
+let
+  inherit (lib) getLib;
+in
 kdeFramework {
   name = "kinit";
   meta = { maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.ttuegel ]; };
@@ -12,4 +15,9 @@ kdeFramework {
     kconfig kcrash ki18n kio kservice kwindowsystem
   ];
   patches = copyPathsToStore (lib.readPathsFromFile ./. ./series);
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [
+    ''-DNIXPKGS_KF5_KIOCORE="${getLib kio}/lib/libKF5KIOCore.so.5"''
+    ''-DNIXPKGS_KF5_PARTS="${getLib kparts}/lib/libKF5Parts.so.5"''
+    ''-DNIXPKGS_KF5_PLASMA="${getLib plasma-framework}/lib/libKF5Plasma.so.5"''
+  ];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kinit/kdeinit-extra_libs.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kinit/kdeinit-extra_libs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..75e632d41292
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kinit/kdeinit-extra_libs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+Index: kinit-5.32.0/src/kdeinit/kinit.cpp
+===================================================================
+--- kinit-5.32.0.orig/src/kdeinit/kinit.cpp
++++ kinit-5.32.0/src/kdeinit/kinit.cpp
+@@ -96,11 +96,9 @@ static const char *extra_libs[] = {
+     "libKF5Parts.5.dylib",
+     "libKF5Plasma.5.dylib"
+ #else
+-    "libKF5KIOCore.so.5",
+-    "libKF5Parts.so.5",
+-//#ifdef __KDE_HAVE_GCC_VISIBILITY // Removed for KF5, we'll see.
+-    "libKF5Plasma.so.5"
+-//#endif
++    NIXPKGS_KF5_KIOCORE,
++    NIXPKGS_KF5_PARTS,
++    NIXPKGS_KF5_PLASMA
+ #endif
+ };
+ #endif
+@@ -1533,20 +1531,6 @@ static int initXconnection()
+ }
+ #endif
+ 
+-#ifndef Q_OS_OSX
+-// Find a shared lib in the lib dir, e.g. libkio.so.
+-// Completely unrelated to plugins.
+-static QString findSharedLib(const QString &lib)
+-{
+-    QString path = QFile::decodeName(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX "/" LIB_INSTALL_DIR "/") + lib;
+-    if (QFile::exists(path)) {
+-        return path;
+-    }
+-    // We could also look in LD_LIBRARY_PATH, but really, who installs the main libs in different prefixes?
+-    return QString();
+-}
+-#endif
+-
+ extern "C" {
+ 
+     static void secondary_child_handler(int)
+@@ -1692,7 +1676,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
+     if (!d.suicide && qEnvironmentVariableIsEmpty("KDE_IS_PRELINKED")) {
+         const int extrasCount = sizeof(extra_libs) / sizeof(extra_libs[0]);
+         for (int i = 0; i < extrasCount; i++) {
+-            const QString extra = findSharedLib(QString::fromLatin1(extra_libs[i]));
++            const QString extra = QString::fromLatin1(extra_libs[i]);
+             if (!extra.isEmpty()) {
+                 QLibrary l(extra);
+                 l.setLoadHints(QLibrary::ExportExternalSymbolsHint);
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kinit/series b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kinit/series
index 576b8a935bf1..9195a4e8e6b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kinit/series
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kinit/series
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 kinit-libpath.patch
 start_kdeinit-path.patch
+kdeinit-extra_libs.patch