diff --git a/sample-kde-env-master.sh b/sample-kde-env-master.sh
--- a/sample-kde-env-master.sh
+++ b/sample-kde-env-master.sh
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@
 path_add "PYTHONPATH"         "$kde_prefix/$libname/site-packages";
 
 # https://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
-path_add "XDG_DATA_DIRS"      "$kde_prefix/share";
-path_add "XDG_CONFIG_DIRS"    "$kde_prefix/etc/xdg";
+path_add "XDG_DATA_DIRS"      "$kde_prefix/share:/usr/share";
+path_add "XDG_CONFIG_DIRS"    "$kde_prefix/etc/xdg:/etc/xdg";
 
 # Finally, export the variables.
 export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH