diff -urN libreoffice-4.2.0.1.old/officecfg/registry/data/org/openoffice/Office/Common.xcu libreoffice-4.2.0.1/officecfg/registry/data/org/openoffice/Office/Common.xcu
--- libreoffice-4.2.0.1.old/officecfg/registry/data/org/openoffice/Office/Common.xcu	2013-12-30 11:24:13.235021217 +0100
+++ libreoffice-4.2.0.1/officecfg/registry/data/org/openoffice/Office/Common.xcu	2014-01-01 14:21:15.331016368 +0100
@@ -703,4 +703,6 @@
       <value oor:external="com.sun.star.configuration.backend.GconfBackend OpenGL_Faster"/>
     </prop>
   </node>
+  <!-- FIXME: This comment is needed to change a checksum or so.
+              Then the updated list of templates paths is read from Common.xcs-->
 </oor:component-data>
diff -urN libreoffice-4.2.0.1.old/officecfg/registry/schema/org/openoffice/Office/Common.xcs libreoffice-4.2.0.1/officecfg/registry/schema/org/openoffice/Office/Common.xcs
--- libreoffice-4.2.0.1.old/officecfg/registry/schema/org/openoffice/Office/Common.xcs	2013-12-30 11:24:13.232021217 +0100
+++ libreoffice-4.2.0.1/officecfg/registry/schema/org/openoffice/Office/Common.xcs	2014-01-01 14:22:32.801009186 +0100
@@ -1667,6 +1667,14 @@
           <value>
             <it>$(insturl)/@LIBO_SHARE_FOLDER@/template/$(vlang)</it>
             <it>$(insturl)/@LIBO_SHARE_FOLDER@/template/common</it>
+            <it>file:///usr/share/templates/libreoffice/common</it>
+            <it>file:///usr/share/templates/libreoffice/$(vlang)</it>
+            <it>file:///usr/share/templates/ooo/common</it>
+            <it>file:///usr/share/templates/ooo/$(vlang)</it>
+            <it>file:///usr/share/templates/libreoffice/common</it>
+            <it>file:///usr/share/templates/libreoffice/$(vlang)</it>
+            <it>file:///usr/share/templates/ooo/common</it>
+            <it>file:///usr/share/templates/ooo/$(vlang)</it>
             <it>$(userurl)/template</it>
           </value>
         </prop>