diff -Naur kdelibs-3.5.5.orig/kdecore/kstandarddirs.cpp kdelibs-3.5.5/kdecore/kstandarddirs.cpp
--- kdelibs-3.5.5.orig/kdecore/kstandarddirs.cpp	2006-10-01 19:33:38.000000000 +0200
+++ kdelibs-3.5.5/kdecore/kstandarddirs.cpp	2007-01-25 20:17:11.000000000 +0100
@@ -834,6 +834,8 @@
                     if ((local || testdir.exists()) && !candidates->contains(path))
                         candidates->append(path);
                 }
+		if (local && (!strcmp("config", type)))
+			candidates->append("/etc/kde/");
                 local = false;
             }
         }