Index: kcmutils-5.33.0/src/kpluginselector.cpp
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--- kcmutils-5.33.0.orig/src/kpluginselector.cpp
+++ kcmutils-5.33.0/src/kpluginselector.cpp
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ void KPluginSelector::addPlugins(const Q
     QStringList desktopFileNames;
     const QStringList dirs = QStandardPaths::locateAll(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation, componentName + QStringLiteral("/kpartplugins"), QStandardPaths::LocateDirectory);
     Q_FOREACH (const QString &dir, dirs) {
-        QDirIterator it(dir, QStringList() << QStringLiteral("*.desktop"), QDir::NoFilter, QDirIterator::Subdirectories);
+      QDirIterator it(dir, QStringList() << QStringLiteral("*.desktop"), QDir::NoFilter, QDirIterator::Subdirectories | QDirIterator::FollowSymlinks);
         while (it.hasNext()) {
             desktopFileNames.append(it.next());
         }