diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/gwenview.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/gwenview.nix
index 60adb104bdd..3d03d1dea3e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/gwenview.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/gwenview.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   extra-cmake-modules, kdoctools,
   exiv2, lcms2,
   baloo, kactivities, kdelibs4support, kio, kipi-plugins, libkdcraw, libkipi,
-  phonon, qtimageformats, qtsvg, qtx11extras
+  phonon, qtimageformats, qtsvg, qtx11extras, kinit
 }:
 
 mkDerivation {
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ mkDerivation {
     baloo exiv2 kactivities kdelibs4support kio libkdcraw lcms2 libkipi phonon
     qtimageformats qtsvg qtx11extras
   ];
-  propagatedUserEnvPkgs = [ kipi-plugins libkipi ];
+  propagatedUserEnvPkgs = [ kipi-plugins libkipi (lib.getBin kinit) ];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/k3b.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/k3b.nix
index 79806dc93fb..cfe7327ac72 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/k3b.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/k3b.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 , flac, lame, libmad, libmpcdec, libvorbis
 , libsamplerate, libsndfile, taglib
 , cdparanoia, cdrdao, cdrtools, dvdplusrwtools, libburn, libdvdcss, libdvdread, vcdimager
-, ffmpeg, libmusicbrainz2, normalize, sox, transcode, shared_mime_info
+, ffmpeg, libmusicbrainz2, normalize, sox, transcode, shared_mime_info, kinit
 }:
 
 mkDerivation {
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ mkDerivation {
     # others
     ffmpeg libmusicbrainz2 shared_mime_info
   ];
+  propagatedUserEnvPkgs = [ (lib.getBin kinit) ];
   postFixup =
     let k3bPath = lib.makeBinPath [
           cdrdao cdrtools dvdplusrwtools libburn normalize sox transcode
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/konsole.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/konsole.nix
index bd026c6f039..d2d60adda2c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/konsole.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/konsole.nix
@@ -20,4 +20,5 @@ mkDerivation {
     kguiaddons kiconthemes kinit kio knotifications knotifyconfig kparts kpty
     kservice ktextwidgets kwidgetsaddons kwindowsystem kxmlgui qtscript
   ];
+  propagatedUserEnvPkgs = [ (lib.getBin kinit) ];
 }