diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.17/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.17/default.nix
index 3a865b9d4040..828faaa631f6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.17/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.17/default.nix
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ let
     kguiaddons = callPackage ./kguiaddons.nix {};
     khtml = callPackage ./khtml.nix {};
     ki18n = callPackage ./ki18n.nix {};
-    kiconthemes = callPackage ./kiconthemes.nix {};
+    kiconthemes = callPackage ./kiconthemes {};
     kidletime = callPackage ./kidletime.nix {};
     kimageformats = callPackage ./kimageformats.nix {};
     kinit = callPackage ./kinit {};
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.17/kiconthemes/default-theme-breeze.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.17/kiconthemes/default-theme-breeze.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5b3b15d5d5b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.17/kiconthemes/default-theme-breeze.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Index: kiconthemes-5.17.0/src/kicontheme.cpp
+===================================================================
+--- kiconthemes-5.17.0.orig/src/kicontheme.cpp
++++ kiconthemes-5.17.0/src/kicontheme.cpp
+@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ void KIconTheme::reconfigure()
+ // static
+ QString KIconTheme::defaultThemeName()
+ {
+-    return QStringLiteral("oxygen");
++    return QStringLiteral("breeze");
+ }
+ 
+ void KIconTheme::assignIconsToContextMenu(ContextMenus type,
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.17/kiconthemes.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.17/kiconthemes/default.nix
similarity index 53%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.17/kiconthemes.nix
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.17/kiconthemes/default.nix
index eb24403169d6..b78b25582beb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.17/kiconthemes.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.17/kiconthemes/default.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
-{ kdeFramework, lib, makeQtWrapper
-, extra-cmake-modules, kconfigwidgets, ki18n
-, kitemviews, qtsvg
+{ kdeFramework, lib, copyPathsToStore
+, extra-cmake-modules, makeQtWrapper
+, kconfigwidgets, ki18n, breeze-icons, kitemviews, qtsvg
 }:
 
 kdeFramework {
   name = "kiconthemes";
+  patches = copyPathsToStore (lib.readPathsFromFile ./. ./series);
   nativeBuildInputs = [ extra-cmake-modules makeQtWrapper ];
   buildInputs = [ kconfigwidgets kitemviews qtsvg ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ ki18n ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ breeze-icons ki18n ];
   postInstall = ''
     wrapQtProgram "$out/bin/kiconfinder5"
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.17/kiconthemes/series b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.17/kiconthemes/series
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ab5cc8a3edb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.17/kiconthemes/series
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+default-theme-breeze.patch