diff --git a/scripts/xdg-open b/scripts/xdg-open
index 4cc18a8..430aa0b 100755
--- a/scripts/xdg-open
+++ b/scripts/xdg-open
@@ -302,8 +302,13 @@ fi
 detectDE()
 {
     if [ x"$KDE_FULL_SESSION" = x"true" ]; then DE=kde;
+    elif [ x"$DESKTOP_SESSION" = x"kde" ]; then DE=kde;
+    elif [ x"$DESKTOP_SESSION" = x"kde4" ]; then DE=kde;
+    elif [ x"$DESKTOP_SESSION" = x"KDE-4" ]; then DE=kde;
     elif [ x"$GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID" != x"" ]; then DE=gnome;
+    elif [ x"$DESKTOP_SESSION" = x"gnome" ]; then DE=gnome;
     elif xprop -root _DT_SAVE_MODE | grep ' = \"xfce4\"$' >/dev/null 2>&1; then DE=xfce;
+    elif [ x"$DESKTOP_SESSION" = x"xfce" ]; then DE=xfce;
     fi
 }