diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kcmutils/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kcmutils/default.nix
index 023a5b5c0030..0c661dcdd48e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kcmutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kcmutils/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  mkDerivation, lib,
+  mkDerivation, lib, copyPathsToStore,
   extra-cmake-modules,
   kconfigwidgets, kcoreaddons, kdeclarative, ki18n, kiconthemes, kitemviews,
   kpackage, kservice, kxmlgui, qtdeclarative,
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ mkDerivation {
     qtdeclarative
   ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ kconfigwidgets kservice ];
-  patches = [ ./0001-qdiriterator-follow-symlinks.patch ];
+  patches = (copyPathsToStore (lib.readPathsFromFile ./. ./series));
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kcmutils/kcmutils-debug-module-loader.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kcmutils/kcmutils-debug-module-loader.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0411755f45a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kcmutils/kcmutils-debug-module-loader.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Index: kcmutils-5.33.0/src/kcmoduleloader.cpp
+===================================================================
+--- kcmutils-5.33.0.orig/src/kcmoduleloader.cpp
++++ kcmutils-5.33.0/src/kcmoduleloader.cpp
+@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ KCModule *KCModuleLoader::loadModule(con
+             KPluginLoader loader(KPluginLoader::findPlugin(QLatin1String("kcms/") + mod.service()->library()));
+             KPluginFactory* factory = loader.factory();
+             if (!factory) {
+-                qWarning() << "Error loading plugin:" << loader.errorString();
++                qWarning() << "Error loading KCM plugin" << mod.service()->library() << loader.errorString();
+             } else {
+                 KQuickAddons::ConfigModule *cm = factory->create<KQuickAddons::ConfigModule >();
+                 if (!cm) {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kcmutils/0001-qdiriterator-follow-symlinks.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kcmutils/kcmutils-follow-symlinks.patch
similarity index 54%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kcmutils/0001-qdiriterator-follow-symlinks.patch
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kcmutils/kcmutils-follow-symlinks.patch
index 0d861fa95012..5e1007b7fc0b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kcmutils/0001-qdiriterator-follow-symlinks.patch
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kcmutils/kcmutils-follow-symlinks.patch
@@ -1,17 +1,8 @@
-From f14d2a275323a47104b33eb61c5b6910ae1a9f59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Thomas Tuegel <ttuegel@gmail.com>
-Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 06:43:53 -0500
-Subject: [PATCH] qdiriterator follow symlinks
-
----
- src/kpluginselector.cpp | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/kpluginselector.cpp b/src/kpluginselector.cpp
-index 9c3431d..d6b1ee2 100644
---- a/src/kpluginselector.cpp
-+++ b/src/kpluginselector.cpp
-@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ void KPluginSelector::addPlugins(const QString &componentName,
+Index: kcmutils-5.33.0/src/kpluginselector.cpp
+===================================================================
+--- 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) {
@@ -20,6 +11,3 @@ index 9c3431d..d6b1ee2 100644
          while (it.hasNext()) {
              desktopFileNames.append(it.next());
          }
--- 
-2.5.2
-
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kcmutils/series b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kcmutils/series
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f2c22554a455
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kcmutils/series
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+kcmutils-follow-symlinks.patch
+kcmutils-debug-module-loader.patch