diff --git a/src/bin/e_main.c b/src/bin/e_main.c
index b4df9a83b..71bc6546e 100644
--- a/src/bin/e_main.c
+++ b/src/bin/e_main.c
@@ -327,6 +327,21 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
    e_util_env_set("DESKTOP", "Enlightenment");
    TS("Environment Variables Done");
 
+   /* KDE5 applications don't understand anything other then gnome or kde     */
+   /* They expect everyone else to set QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME to tell them how  */
+   /* to theme there apps otherwise they use a fallback mode which results in */
+   /* missing icons and a inability to change the appearance of applications  */
+   /* see https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=920792 for more info.     */
+   /* There are two sensible defaults for this variable, "kde" which will     */
+   /* make apps appear the same as they do if they are run in kde. and gtk2   */
+   /* which will make kde applications follow the gtk/gnome theme, we have    */
+   /* decided on choosing gtk2 as it means that kde/qt apps will follow the   */
+   /* app and icon theme set in the enlightenment settings dialog. Some users */
+   /* who wish to use Qt apps without any gnome or gtk usage may choose to    */
+   /* install qt5ct and overwrite this variable with qt5ct and use that to    */
+   /* configure there Qt5 applications.                                       */
+   e_util_env_set("QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME", "gtk2");
+
    TS("Parse Arguments");
    _e_main_parse_arguments(argc, argv);
    TS("Parse Arguments Done");