diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.18/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.18/default.nix
index 080854380dc5..bb96048d6ff5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.18/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.18/default.nix
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ let
     kdbusaddons = callPackage ./kdbusaddons.nix {};
     kdeclarative = callPackage ./kdeclarative.nix {};
     kded = callPackage ./kded.nix {};
-    kdelibs4support = callPackage ./kdelibs4support.nix {};
+    kdelibs4support = callPackage ./kdelibs4support {};
     kdesignerplugin = callPackage ./kdesignerplugin.nix {};
     kdewebkit = callPackage ./kdewebkit.nix {};
     kdesu = callPackage ./kdesu.nix {};
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.18/kdelibs4support.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.18/kdelibs4support/default.nix
similarity index 83%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.18/kdelibs4support.nix
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.18/kdelibs4support/default.nix
index 214b756d5cbd..843db83a99b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.18/kdelibs4support.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.18/kdelibs4support/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-{ kdeFramework, lib, extra-cmake-modules, docbook_xml_dtd_45, kauth
+{ kdeFramework, lib, copyPathsToStore
+, extra-cmake-modules, docbook_xml_dtd_45, kauth
 , karchive, kcompletion, kconfig, kconfigwidgets, kcoreaddons
 , kcrash, kdbusaddons, kded, kdesignerplugin, kdoctools, kemoticons
 , kglobalaccel, kguiaddons, ki18n, kiconthemes, kio, kitemmodels
@@ -11,7 +12,9 @@
 
 kdeFramework {
   name = "kdelibs4support";
-  outputs = [ "out" ];
+  outputs = [ "dev" "out" ];
+  patches = copyPathsToStore (lib.readPathsFromFile ./. ./series);
+  setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
   nativeBuildInputs = [ extra-cmake-modules kdoctools ];
   buildInputs = [
     kcompletion kconfig kded kservice kwidgetsaddons
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.18/kdelibs4support/nix-kde-include-dir.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.18/kdelibs4support/nix-kde-include-dir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..eabb70254483
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.18/kdelibs4support/nix-kde-include-dir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Index: kdelibs4support-5.18.0/src/kdecore/kstandarddirs.cpp
+===================================================================
+--- kdelibs4support-5.18.0.orig/src/kdecore/kstandarddirs.cpp
++++ kdelibs4support-5.18.0/src/kdecore/kstandarddirs.cpp
+@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ static QString relativeInstallPath(const
+             return QFile::decodeName(ICON_INSTALL_DIR "/");
+         }
+         if (strcmp("include", type) == 0) {
+-            return QFile::decodeName(INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR "/");
++            return QFile::decodeName(qgetenv("NIX_KDE_INCLUDE_DIR"));
+         }
+         break;
+     case 'l':
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.18/kdelibs4support/series b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.18/kdelibs4support/series
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9b08ab208774
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.18/kdelibs4support/series
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+nix-kde-include-dir.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.18/kdelibs4support/setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.18/kdelibs4support/setup-hook.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..21ac2e83b5da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.18/kdelibs4support/setup-hook.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export NIX_KDE_INCLUDE_DIR="@dev@/include/"  # trailing slash is required!