diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 5b983c64bb..2fed38f6b9 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -856,6 +856,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/kiki-missing-includes.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/kiki-portability-64bit.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/kinit-kdeinit-extra_libs.patch		\
+  %D%/packages/patches/kinit-kdeinit-libpath.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/kio-search-smbd-on-PATH.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/kmod-module-directory.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/kobodeluxe-paths.patch			\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/kde-frameworks.scm b/gnu/packages/kde-frameworks.scm
index 7aae50f4bc..2d48661a44 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/kde-frameworks.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/kde-frameworks.scm
@@ -2529,7 +2529,8 @@ (define-public kinit
                 "1rq9b59gdgcpvwd694l8h55sqahpdaky0n7ag5psjlfn5myf1d95"))
               ;; Use the store paths for other packages and dynamically loaded
               ;; libs
-              (patches (search-patches "kinit-kdeinit-extra_libs.patch"))))
+              (patches (search-patches "kinit-kdeinit-extra_libs.patch"
+                                       "kinit-kdeinit-libpath.patch"))))
     (build-system cmake-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:phases
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/kinit-kdeinit-libpath.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/kinit-kdeinit-libpath.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..89cf1a941d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/kinit-kdeinit-libpath.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+Search libraries in GUIX_KF5INIT_LIB_PATH.
+
+Based on an idea by NixOs
+pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kinit/kinit-libpath.patch
+
+===================================================================
+--- kinit-5.32.0/src/kdeinit/kinit.cpp.orig	2017-10-22 21:02:20.908765455 +0200
++++ kinit-5.32.0/src/kdeinit/kinit.cpp	2017-10-22 21:03:25.312818248 +0200
+@@ -623,20 +623,18 @@
+             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 "/");
+-                QString orig_libpath = libpath;
+-                libpath = install_lib_dir + libpath;
+-                l.setFileName(libpath);
+-                if (!l.load()) {
+-                    libpath = orig_libpath;
+-                    l.setFileName(libpath);
+-                    l.load();
+-                }
++                // Try to load the library relative to the active profiles.
++                QByteArrayList profiles = qgetenv("LIBRARY_PATH").split(':');
++                for (const QByteArray &profile: profiles) {
++                    if (!profile.isEmpty()) {
++                        l.setFileName(QFile::decodeName(profile) + QStringLiteral("/") + libpath);
++                        if (l.load()) break;
++                    }
++		}
+             } else {
+                 l.load();
+             }
+             if (!l.isLoaded()) {
+                 QString ltdlError(l.errorString());