diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/kdbg/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/kdbg/default.nix
index 33a2b3beacb8..29bf1333aa05 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/kdbg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/kdbg/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, extra-cmake-modules, qt5,
   ki18n, kconfig, kiconthemes, kxmlgui, kwindowsystem,
+  qtbase, makeWrapper,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -10,11 +11,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1gax6xll8svmngw0z1rzhd77xysv01zp0i68x4n5pq0xgh7gi7a4";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake extra-cmake-modules ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake extra-cmake-modules makeWrapper ];
   buildInputs = [ qt5.qtbase ki18n kconfig kiconthemes kxmlgui kwindowsystem ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/kdbg --prefix QT_PLUGIN_PATH : ${qtbase}/${qtbase.qtPluginPrefix}
+  '';
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://www.kdbg.org/;
     description = ''