diff --git a/src/core/kioglobal_p.cpp b/src/core/kioglobal_p.cpp
--- a/src/core/kioglobal_p.cpp
+++ b/src/core/kioglobal_p.cpp
@@ -18,14 +18,16 @@
 
 #include "kioglobal_p.h"
 
+#include <klocalizedstring.h>
+
 #include <QStandardPaths>
 
 static QMap<QString, QString> standardLocationsMap()
 {
     static const
             struct { QStandardPaths::StandardLocation location;
                      QString name; }
-                   mapping[] = {
+                   standardPathMapping[] = {
             { QStandardPaths::MusicLocation, QStringLiteral("folder-music") },
             { QStandardPaths::MoviesLocation, QStringLiteral("folder-videos") },
             { QStandardPaths::PicturesLocation, QStringLiteral("folder-pictures") },
@@ -38,15 +40,30 @@
             { QStandardPaths::DocumentsLocation, QStringLiteral("folder-documents") },
             { QStandardPaths::DesktopLocation, QStringLiteral("user-desktop") },
             { QStandardPaths::HomeLocation, QStringLiteral("user-home") } };
-    static const int count = sizeof mapping / sizeof *mapping;
+    static const int standardPathMappingCount = sizeof standardPathMapping / sizeof *standardPathMapping;
+
+
+    // Now we add additional paths not in the XDG spec, but for which we nonetheless
+    // have an appropriate icon that could be used by default. For these, we match
+    // not only the translated string but also the English string literal, because
+    // some people like to use English names even with a different locale
+    const QString homePath = QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::HomeLocation) + QStringLiteral("/");
+    const QMap<QString, QString> additionalPathMapping {
+        { homePath + QStringLiteral("Games"), QStringLiteral("folder-games") },
+        { homePath + i18n("Games"), QStringLiteral("folder-games") }
+    };
+
 
     QMap<QString, QString> map;
-    for (int i = 0 ; i < count; ++i) {
-        auto locations = QStandardPaths::standardLocations(mapping[i].location);
-        Q_FOREACH(const QString &location, locations) {
-            map.insert(location, mapping[i].name);
+    for (int i = 0 ; i < standardPathMappingCount; ++i) {
+        auto standardLocations = QStandardPaths::standardLocations(standardPathMapping[i].location);
+        for (const QString location : standardLocations) {
+            map.insert(location, standardPathMapping[i].name);
         }
     }
+    for (const QString location : additionalPathMapping.keys()) {
+        map.insert(location, additionalPathMapping.value(location));
+    }
     return map;
 }