diff --git a/kded/config_editor/xsettings.cpp b/kded/config_editor/xsettings.cpp
index 1f9fe5b..9824973 100644
--- a/kded/config_editor/xsettings.cpp
+++ b/kded/config_editor/xsettings.cpp
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ void replaceValueInXSettingsdContents(QString &xSettingsdContents, const QString
 pid_t pidOfXSettingsd()
 {
     QProcess pgrep;
-    pgrep.start(QStringLiteral("pgrep"),
+    pgrep.start(QStringLiteral("@pgrep@"),
                 QStringList{
                     QStringLiteral("-u"),
                     QString::number(getuid()),
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ reloadXSettingsd(void *)
 {
     pid_t xSettingsdPid = pidOfXSettingsd();
     if (xSettingsdPid == 0) {
-        QProcess::startDetached(QStandardPaths::findExecutable(QStringLiteral("xsettingsd")), QStringList());
+        QProcess::startDetached(QStringLiteral("@xsettingsd@"), QStringList());
     } else {
         kill(xSettingsdPid, SIGHUP);
     }