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