diff --git a/src/platformtheme/kdirselectdialog.cpp b/src/platformtheme/kdirselectdialog.cpp
--- a/src/platformtheme/kdirselectdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/platformtheme/kdirselectdialog.cpp
@@ -328,7 +328,9 @@
     d->m_urlCombo->setLayoutDirection(Qt::LeftToRight);
     d->m_urlCombo->setSizeAdjustPolicy(QComboBox::AdjustToMinimumContentsLength);
     d->m_urlCombo->setTrapReturnKey(true);
-    d->m_urlCombo->setPixmapProvider(new KUrlPixmapProvider());
+    d->m_urlCombo->setIconProvider([](const QString &name) {
+        return QIcon::fromTheme(KIO::iconNameForUrl(QUrl::fromUserInput(name)));
+    });
     KUrlCompletion *comp = new KUrlCompletion();
     comp->setMode(KUrlCompletion::DirCompletion);
     d->m_urlCombo->setCompletionObject(comp, true);