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
@@ -257,7 +257,10 @@
     resultIt = results.begin();
 
     while (list.count() < 6 && resultIt != results.end()) {
-        const QString resource = (*resultIt).resource();
+        QString resource = (*resultIt).resource();
+        if (QDir::isAbsolutePath(resource)) {
+            resource = QUrl::fromLocalFile(resource).toString();
+        }
         ++resultIt;
 
         const QUrl url(resource);
diff --git a/applets/kicker/plugin/kastatsfavoritesmodel.cpp b/applets/kicker/plugin/kastatsfavoritesmodel.cpp
--- a/applets/kicker/plugin/kastatsfavoritesmodel.cpp
+++ b/applets/kicker/plugin/kastatsfavoritesmodel.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "actionlist.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 
+#include <QDir>
 #include <QFileInfo>
 #include <QTimer>
 #include <QSortFilterProxyModel>
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@
             return SP(new ContactEntry(q, resource));
 
         } else if (agent == AGENT_DOCUMENTS) {
-            if (resource.startsWith(QLatin1String("/"))) {
+            if (QDir::isAbsolutePath(resource)) {
                 return SP(new FileEntry(q, QUrl::fromLocalFile(resource)));
             } else {
                 return SP(new FileEntry(q, QUrl(resource)));
@@ -271,7 +272,7 @@
     {
         // We want even files to have a proper URL
         const auto resource =
-            _resource.startsWith(QLatin1Char('/')) ? QUrl::fromLocalFile(_resource).toString() : _resource;
+            QDir::isAbsolutePath(_resource) ? QUrl::fromLocalFile(_resource).toString() : _resource;
 
         qCDebug(KICKER_DEBUG) << "Adding result" << resource << "already present?" << m_itemEntries.contains(resource);