diff --git a/pkgs/kde/plasma/kglobalacceld/default.nix b/pkgs/kde/plasma/kglobalacceld/default.nix
index caafb6c91347..495392430e17 100644
--- a/pkgs/kde/plasma/kglobalacceld/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/kde/plasma/kglobalacceld/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 {mkKdeDerivation}:
 mkKdeDerivation {
   pname = "kglobalacceld";
+
+  # Don't delete shortcuts when applications disappear from sycoca,
+  # because for us they sometimes do.
+  # FIXME: make them actually not do that instead.
+  patches = [./dont-delete-shortcuts.patch];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/kde/plasma/kglobalacceld/dont-delete-shortcuts.patch b/pkgs/kde/plasma/kglobalacceld/dont-delete-shortcuts.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..497217616ef9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/kde/plasma/kglobalacceld/dont-delete-shortcuts.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff --git a/src/globalshortcutsregistry.cpp b/src/globalshortcutsregistry.cpp
+index 3cbaded..9adcf38 100644
+--- a/src/globalshortcutsregistry.cpp
++++ b/src/globalshortcutsregistry.cpp
+@@ -909,7 +909,8 @@ void GlobalShortcutsRegistry::refreshServices()
+             return false;
+         }
+ 
+-        return true;
++        qCDebug(KGLOBALACCELD) << "NIXPKGS: component" << component->uniqueName() << "disappeared, keeping shortcuts anyway";
++        return false;
+     });
+ 
+     m_components.erase(it, m_components.end());