diff --git a/src/kcrash.cpp b/src/kcrash.cpp
index 0a37c55..c2dbd0d 100644
--- a/src/kcrash.cpp
+++ b/src/kcrash.cpp
@@ -220,6 +220,14 @@ void KCrash::setApplicationFilePath(const QString &filePath)
 
     QStringList args = QCoreApplication::arguments();
     if (!args.isEmpty()) { // edge case: tst_QX11Info::startupId does QApplication app(argc, nullptr)...
+        if (loadedByKdeinit) {
+            // When a KIO slave is loaded by kdeinit, drkonqi expects the
+            // appname to not actually be the exectuable but rather the name of
+            // the kdeinit'd exectuable. The easiest way to retrieve that is
+            // through argv.
+            s_appName = qstrdup(QFile::encodeName(QFileInfo(args[0]).completeBaseName()).constData()) ;
+        }
+
         args[0] = filePath; // replace argv[0] with full path above
         delete[] s_autoRestartCommandLine;
         s_autoRestartArgc = args.count();