diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 0247d590..1651d07d 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -101,3 +101,16 @@ Depends:
 Description: Configure Phosh desktop to use the Kali theme
  Installing this package should configure Phosh desktop to use the Kali theme
  by default.
+
+Package: kali-themes-purple
+Architecture: all
+Depends:
+ kali-themes,
+ ${misc:Depends},
+Description: Configure all desktops to use the Kali Purple theme
+ Installing this package should configure most desktops to use the Kali Purple
+ theme by default.
+ .
+ The actual artwork files are provided by kali-themes-common but this package
+ provides configuration files and other settings for each desktop so that
+ they use the Kali Purple theme by default.
diff --git a/debian/kali-themes-purple.install b/debian/kali-themes-purple.install
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cb4333b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/kali-themes-purple.install
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+etc-purple/* etc/xdg/xdg-kali-purple
diff --git a/etc-purple/X11/Xsession.d/91kali-themes-purple b/etc-purple/X11/Xsession.d/91kali-themes-purple
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..95170481
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc-purple/X11/Xsession.d/91kali-themes-purple
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/xdg/xdg-kali-purple:/etc/xdg:$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS
diff --git a/etc-purple/environment.d/96kali-themes-purple.conf b/etc-purple/environment.d/96kali-themes-purple.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f9fff626
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc-purple/environment.d/96kali-themes-purple.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/xdg/xdg-kali-purple:/etc/xdg:$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS