diff --git a/sidebar/ToolTips/tooltipmanager.cpp b/sidebar/ToolTips/tooltipmanager.cpp
--- a/sidebar/ToolTips/tooltipmanager.cpp
+++ b/sidebar/ToolTips/tooltipmanager.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 #include <QRect>
 #include <QIcon>
+#include <KIconLoader>
 #include <QLabel>
 #include <QTimer>
 #include <QScrollBar>
@@ -35,6 +36,16 @@
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 #include <KToolTipWidget>
 
+class IconLoaderSingleton
+{
+public:
+    IconLoaderSingleton() = default;
+
+    KIconLoader self;
+};
+
+Q_GLOBAL_STATIC(IconLoaderSingleton, privateIconLoaderSelf);
+
 class ToolTipManager::Private
 {
 public:
@@ -200,8 +211,17 @@
     textLabel->setText( text );
 
     // Get icon
+    QPalette pal = textLabel->palette();
+    for (auto state : { QPalette::Active, QPalette::Inactive, QPalette::Disabled }) {
+            pal.setBrush(state, QPalette::WindowText, pal.toolTipText());
+        pal.setBrush(state, QPalette::Window, pal.toolTipBase());
+    }
+
+    privateIconLoaderSelf->self.setCustomPalette(pal);
+
+    QIcon icon = KDE::icon(menuItem->service()->icon(), &privateIconLoaderSelf->self);
     QLabel * iconLabel = new QLabel( toolTip );
-    iconLabel->setPixmap( QIcon::fromTheme(menuItem->service()->icon()).pixmap(iconSize) );
+    iconLabel->setPixmap( icon.pixmap(iconSize) );
     iconLabel->setMaximumSize( iconSize );
 
     // Generate layout