diff --git a/src/filewidgets/knewfilemenu.cpp b/src/filewidgets/knewfilemenu.cpp
--- a/src/filewidgets/knewfilemenu.cpp
+++ b/src/filewidgets/knewfilemenu.cpp
@@ -892,7 +892,29 @@
     //qDebug();
 
     const QStringList qrcTemplates = { QStringLiteral(":/kio5/newfile-templates") };
-    const QStringList installedTemplates = QStandardPaths::locateAll(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation, QStringLiteral("templates"), QStandardPaths::LocateDirectory);
+    QStringList installedTemplates = { QStandardPaths::locateAll(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation, QStringLiteral("templates"), QStandardPaths::LocateDirectory) };
+    // Qt does not provide as easy way to recieve the xdg dir for templates so we have to find it by our own
+    QString xdgUserDirs = QStandardPaths::locate(QStandardPaths::ConfigLocation, QStringLiteral("user-dirs.dirs"), QStandardPaths::LocateFile);
+    QFile xdgUserDirsFile(xdgUserDirs);
+    if (xdgUserDirsFile.exists() && xdgUserDirsFile.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly | QIODevice::Text)) {
+        QTextStream in(&xdgUserDirsFile);
+        while (!in.atEnd()) {
+            QString line = in.readLine();
+            if (line.startsWith("XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR=")) {
+                QString xdgTemplates = line.mid(19, line.size()-20);
+                xdgTemplates.replace(QString("$HOME/"), QStandardPaths::locate(QStandardPaths::HomeLocation, QString(), QStandardPaths::LocateDirectory));
+                QDir xdgTemplatesDir(xdgTemplates);
+                if (xdgTemplatesDir.exists()) {
+                    installedTemplates << xdgTemplates;
+                } else {
+                    xdgTemplates = nullptr;
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        xdgUserDirsFile.close();
+    }
+
     const QStringList templates = qrcTemplates + installedTemplates;
 
     // Ensure any changes in the templates dir will call this