diff --git a/app/src/desktopthemes/kdetheme.cpp b/app/src/desktopthemes/kdetheme.cpp
index 92aeefba270e1f0e13bec513a49eb20b349bb59e..3c6f43bb15289830aa06bfcbd4370bf5ca3b3b33 100644
--- a/app/src/desktopthemes/kdetheme.cpp
+++ b/app/src/desktopthemes/kdetheme.cpp
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ bool KdeTheme::applyAsCursor() const
 
         QProcess::startDetached("kwin --replace");
         QProcess::startDetached("kquitapp5 plasmashell");
-        QProcess::startDetached("kstart5 plasmashell");
+        QProcess::startDetached("sh -c \"XCURSOR_THEME='" + themeName_ + "' kstart5 plasmashell\"");
 
         return true;
     }