diff -ur kdelibs-4.0.3/kdecore/kernel/kstandarddirs.cpp kdelibs-4.0.3-libexecdir/kdecore/kernel/kstandarddirs.cpp
--- kdelibs-4.0.3/kdecore/kernel/kstandarddirs.cpp	2008-03-27 21:33:34.000000000 +0100
+++ kdelibs-4.0.3-libexecdir/kdecore/kernel/kstandarddirs.cpp	2008-03-31 18:07:10.000000000 +0200
@@ -1585,7 +1585,7 @@
         addResourceType(types_string + types_indices[index], 0, types_string + types_indices[index+1], true);
         index+=2;
     }
-    addResourceType("exe", "lib", "kde4/libexec", true );
+    addResourceType("exe", 0, "libexec/kde4", true );
 
     addResourceDir("home", QDir::homePath(), false);
 }
diff -ur kdelibs-4.0.3/kdecore/kernel/kstandarddirs_unix.cpp kdelibs-4.0.3-libexecdir/kdecore/kernel/kstandarddirs_unix.cpp
--- kdelibs-4.0.3/kdecore/kernel/kstandarddirs_unix.cpp	2008-03-27 21:27:35.000000000 +0100
+++ kdelibs-4.0.3-libexecdir/kdecore/kernel/kstandarddirs_unix.cpp	2008-03-31 17:54:58.000000000 +0200
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
             if (strcmp("lib", type) == 0)
                 return QString::fromLatin1(LIB_INSTALL_DIR "/");
             if (strcmp("libexec", type) == 0)
-                return QString::fromLatin1(KDEDIR "/lib" KDELIBSUFF "/kde4/libexec/");
+                return QString::fromLatin1(LIBEXEC_INSTALL_DIR "/");
             if (strcmp("locale", type) == 0)
                 return QString::fromLatin1(LOCALE_INSTALL_DIR "/");
             break;
diff -ur kdelibs-4.0.3/kdecore/tests/kstandarddirstest.cpp kdelibs-4.0.3-libexecdir/kdecore/tests/kstandarddirstest.cpp
--- kdelibs-4.0.3/kdecore/tests/kstandarddirstest.cpp	2008-03-27 21:33:34.000000000 +0100
+++ kdelibs-4.0.3-libexecdir/kdecore/tests/kstandarddirstest.cpp	2008-03-31 17:54:58.000000000 +0200
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 #endif
     const QString bin = KGlobal::dirs()->findResource( "exe", "kioslave" EXT );
     QVERIFY( !bin.isEmpty() );
-    QVERIFY( bin.endsWith( "kde4/libexec/kioslave" EXT ) );
+    QVERIFY( bin.endsWith( "kde4/libexec/kioslave" EXT ) || bin.endsWith( "libexec/kde4/kioslave" EXT ) );
     QVERIFY( !QDir::isRelativePath(bin) );
 
     const QString data = KGlobal::dirs()->findResource( "data", "katepart/syntax/sql.xml" );
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
     // findExe with a result in libexec
     const QString lnusertemp = KGlobal::dirs()->findExe( "lnusertemp" );
     QVERIFY( !lnusertemp.isEmpty() );
-    QVERIFY( lnusertemp.endsWith( "lib" KDELIBSUFF "/kde4/libexec/lnusertemp" EXT ) );
+    QVERIFY( lnusertemp.endsWith( "lib" KDELIBSUFF "/kde4/libexec/lnusertemp" EXT ) || lnusertemp.endsWith( "libexec/kde4/lnusertemp" EXT ) );
 
     // Check the "exe" resource too
     QCOMPARE( KGlobal::dirs()->realFilePath(kdeinit),
diff -ur kdelibs-4.0.3/kio/tests/krununittest.cpp kdelibs-4.0.3-libexecdir/kio/tests/krununittest.cpp
--- kdelibs-4.0.3/kio/tests/krununittest.cpp	2008-03-27 21:27:16.000000000 +0100
+++ kdelibs-4.0.3-libexecdir/kio/tests/krununittest.cpp	2008-03-31 17:54:58.000000000 +0200
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
     if (kmailservice.isEmpty()) kmailservice = "kmailservice";
     if (!kdeinit.isEmpty()) {
         QVERIFY(!kmailservice.isEmpty());
-        QVERIFY(kmailservice.contains("kde4/libexec"));
+        QVERIFY(kmailservice.contains("kde4/libexec") || kmailservice.contains("libexec/kde4"));
     }
 
     QTest::newRow("%U l0") << "kdeinit4 %U" << l0 << false << kdeinit;