diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.15/kpackage/0001-allow-external-paths.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.15/kpackage/0001-allow-external-paths.patch
index 440e979c0086..beede4d7ccb5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.15/kpackage/0001-allow-external-paths.patch
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.15/kpackage/0001-allow-external-paths.patch
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
-From fbf10d2059fa1f19a0f0cfa2fda0abb6c435fa78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From a92ac391b4e6ca335bd7fa78f1addd23c9467931 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Thomas Tuegel <ttuegel@gmail.com>
 Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 07:15:30 -0600
-Subject: [PATCH] allow external paths
+Subject: [PATCH 1/2] allow external paths
 
 ---
  src/kpackage/package.cpp | 2 +-
  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
 
 diff --git a/src/kpackage/package.cpp b/src/kpackage/package.cpp
-index eb4a09b..f70f1a1 100644
+index 539b21a..977a026 100644
 --- a/src/kpackage/package.cpp
 +++ b/src/kpackage/package.cpp
-@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ PackagePrivate::PackagePrivate()
+@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ PackagePrivate::PackagePrivate()
      : QSharedData(),
        fallbackPackage(0),
        metadata(0),
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ index eb4a09b..f70f1a1 100644
        checkedValid(false)
  {
 -- 
-2.1.4
+2.5.2
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.15/kpackage/0002-qdiriterator-follow-symlinks.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.15/kpackage/0002-qdiriterator-follow-symlinks.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6e93fca9b21d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.15/kpackage/0002-qdiriterator-follow-symlinks.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+From 9fc26c3c0478eb7cb0a531836ba2e3a85d820c88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Thomas Tuegel <ttuegel@gmail.com>
+Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 06:50:28 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH 2/2] qdiriterator follow symlinks
+
+---
+ src/kpackage/packageloader.cpp            | 2 +-
+ src/kpackage/private/packagejobthread.cpp | 2 +-
+ 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/kpackage/packageloader.cpp b/src/kpackage/packageloader.cpp
+index eb5ed47..94217f6 100644
+--- a/src/kpackage/packageloader.cpp
++++ b/src/kpackage/packageloader.cpp
+@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ QList<KPluginMetaData> PackageLoader::listPackages(const QString &packageFormat,
+         } else {
+             //qDebug() << "Not cached";
+             // If there's no cache file, fall back to listing the directory
+-            const QDirIterator::IteratorFlags flags = QDirIterator::Subdirectories;
++            const QDirIterator::IteratorFlags flags = QDirIterator::Subdirectories | QDirIterator::FollowSymlinks;
+             const QStringList nameFilters = QStringList(QStringLiteral("metadata.desktop"));
+ 
+             QDirIterator it(plugindir, nameFilters, QDir::Files, flags);
+diff --git a/src/kpackage/private/packagejobthread.cpp b/src/kpackage/private/packagejobthread.cpp
+index ca523b3..1cfa792 100644
+--- a/src/kpackage/private/packagejobthread.cpp
++++ b/src/kpackage/private/packagejobthread.cpp
+@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ bool indexDirectory(const QString& dir, const QString& dest)
+     QJsonArray plugins;
+ 
+     int i = 0;
+-    QDirIterator it(dir, QStringList()<<QStringLiteral("*.desktop"), QDir::Files, QDirIterator::Subdirectories);
++    QDirIterator it(dir, QStringList()<<QStringLiteral("*.desktop"), QDir::Files, QDirIterator::Subdirectories | QDirIterator::FollowSymlinks);
+     while (it.hasNext()) {
+         it.next();
+         const QString path = it.fileInfo().absoluteFilePath();
+-- 
+2.5.2
+
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.15/kpackage/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.15/kpackage/default.nix
index 7c3a1afee72a..4e4c2412ced5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.15/kpackage/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.15/kpackage/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ kdeFramework {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ extra-cmake-modules kdoctools ];
   buildInputs = [ karchive kconfig ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ kcoreaddons ki18n ];
-  patches = [ ./0001-allow-external-paths.patch ];
+  patches = [
+    ./0001-allow-external-paths.patch
+    ./0002-qdiriterator-follow-symlinks.patch
+  ];
   postInstall = ''
     wrapKDEProgram "$out/bin/kpackagetool5"
   '';