diff --git a/applets/kicker/plugin/actionlist.cpp b/applets/kicker/plugin/actionlist.cpp
--- a/applets/kicker/plugin/actionlist.cpp
+++ b/applets/kicker/plugin/actionlist.cpp
@@ -251,7 +251,10 @@
     resultIt = results.begin();
 
     while (list.count() < 6 && resultIt != results.end()) {
-        const QString resource = (*resultIt).resource();
+        QString resource = (*resultIt).resource();
+        if (resource.startsWith(QLatin1Char('/'))) {
+            resource = QStringLiteral("file://") + resource;
+        }
         ++resultIt;
 
         const QUrl url(resource);
diff --git a/applets/taskmanager/plugin/backend.cpp b/applets/taskmanager/plugin/backend.cpp
--- a/applets/taskmanager/plugin/backend.cpp
+++ b/applets/taskmanager/plugin/backend.cpp
@@ -318,7 +318,10 @@
     int actionCount = 0;
 
     while (actionCount < 5 && resultIt != results.end()) {
-        const QString resource = (*resultIt).resource();
+        QString resource = (*resultIt).resource();
+        if (resource.startsWith(QLatin1Char('/'))) {
+            resource = QStringLiteral("file://") + resource;
+        }
         ++resultIt;
 
         const QUrl url(resource);