diff --git a/words/app/main.cpp b/words/app/main.cpp
--- a/words/app/main.cpp
+++ b/words/app/main.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <KWDocument.h>
 
 #include <KoApplication.h>
+#include <Calligra2Migration.h>
 
 #include <QLoggingCategory>
 
@@ -44,6 +45,12 @@
 
     delete aboutData;
 
+    // Migrate data from kde4 to kf5 locations
+    Calligra2Migration m("calligrawords", "words");
+    m.setConfigFiles(QStringList() << QStringLiteral("wordsrc"));
+    m.setUiFiles(QStringList() << QStringLiteral("words.rc") << QStringLiteral("words_readonly.rc"));
+    m.migrate();
+
     if (!app.start()) {
         return 1;
     }