diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kde-wrapper.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kde-wrapper.nix
index f0fa991a38a..f5add12e8ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kde-wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kde-wrapper.nix
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
                 makeWrapper "$drv/$t" "$out/$t" \
                     --argv0 '"$0"' \
                     --suffix PATH : "$env/bin" \
-                    --prefix XDG_CONFIG_DIRS : "$env/share" \
-                    --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "$env/etc/xdg" \
+                    --prefix XDG_CONFIG_DIRS : "$env/etc/xdg" \
+                    --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "$env/share" \
                     --set QML_IMPORT_PATH "$env/lib/qt5/imports" \
                     --set QML2_IMPORT_PATH "$env/lib/qt5/qml" \
                     --set QT_PLUGIN_PATH "$env/lib/qt5/plugins"