diff --git a/applets/kicker/plugin/recentusagemodel.cpp b/applets/kicker/plugin/recentusagemodel.cpp
--- a/applets/kicker/plugin/recentusagemodel.cpp
+++ b/applets/kicker/plugin/recentusagemodel.cpp
@@ -172,7 +172,10 @@
     const QString storageId = resource.section(':', 1);
     KService::Ptr service = KService::serviceByStorageId(storageId);
 
-    if (!service || !service->isApplication()) {
+    QStringList allowedTypes({ QLatin1String("Service"), QLatin1String("Application") });
+
+    if (!service || !allowedTypes.contains(service->property(QLatin1String("Type")).toString())
+            || service->exec().isEmpty()) {
         return QVariant();
     }