diff -u xdg-mime.in xdg-mime.in
--- xdg-mime.in
+++ xdg-mime.in
@@ -157,11 +157,28 @@
     exit_success
 }
 
+ktradertest_fixup()
+{
+    # ktradertest might fork off a copy of kdeinit if one does not already
+    # exist. It will exit after about 15 seconds if no further processes need it
+    # around. But since it may not close its stdout, the shell (via grep) could
+    # end up waiting around for kdeinit to exit. If we start a copy here, that
+    # copy will be used instead and we will avoid waiting.
+    if [ -z "$ktradertest_fixed" ]; then
+        # Pick any old MIME type; we don't care about the results.
+        DEBUG 2 "Running dummy ktradertest \"text/plain\" Application"
+        ktradertest text/plain Application > /dev/null 2>&1
+        # Only do this once, as we only need it once.
+        ktradertest_fixed=yes
+    fi
+}
+
 defapp_kde()
 {
     MIME="$1"
     ktradertest=`which ktradertest 2> /dev/null`
     if [ -n "$ktradertest" ] ; then
+        ktradertest_fixup
         DEBUG 1 "Running ktradertest \"$MIME\" Application"
         trader_result=`ktradertest "$MIME" Application 2>/dev/null | grep DesktopEntryPath \
             | head -n 1 | cut -d ':' -f 2 | cut -d \' -f 2`