diff --git a/imsettings-kde.sh b/imsettings-kde.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41c71c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/imsettings-kde.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# workaround for KDE
+if [ -f /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/50-xinput.sh ] ; then
+   DISABLE_IMSETTINGS=1 DRY_RUN=1 . /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/50-xinput.sh
+fi
diff --git a/imsettings.spec b/imsettings.spec
index 64ceff5..ccd6a39 100644
--- a/imsettings.spec
+++ b/imsettings.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:		imsettings
 Version:	0.105.0
-Release:	2%{?dist}
+Release:	3%{?dist}
 License:	LGPLv2+
 URL:		http://code.google.com/p/imsettings/
 BuildRoot:	%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ BuildRequires:	xfce-mcs-manager-devel libxfce4mcs-devel
 BuildRequires:	GConf2-devel
 BuildRequires:	libX11-devel
 Source0:	http://imsettings.googlecode.com/files/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
+# workaround for KDE, it will be removed when we have a correct fix
+Source1: 	imsettings-kde.sh
 Patch0:		imsettings-constraint-of-language.patch
 Patch1:		imsettings-disable-xim.patch
 
@@ -104,6 +106,10 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/xfce4/mcs-plugins/*.la
 rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/dbus-1/services/qt-im-settings-daemon.service
 rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libexecdir}/qt-im-settings-daemon
 
+# workaround for KDE
+mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sysconfdir}/kde/env
+install -m 644 %{SOURCE1} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sysconfdir}/kde/env/
+
 %find_lang %{name}
 
 %clean
@@ -156,6 +162,7 @@ fi
 %{_sysconfdir}/X11/xinit/xinput.d
 %{_sysconfdir}/xdg/autostart/imsettings-applet.desktop
 %{_sysconfdir}/gconf/schemas/imsettings-applet.schemas
+%{_sysconfdir}/kde/env/*.sh
 
 %files	libs
 %defattr(-, root, root, -)
@@ -180,6 +187,9 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Oct 17 2008 Than Ngo <than@redhat.com> 0.105.0-3
+- readd the workaround for KDE
+
 * Tue Oct 14 2008 Than Ngo <than@redhat.com> 0.105.0-2
 - get rid of workaround for KDE