diff --git a/startkde/startkde.cmake b/startkde/startkde.cmake
index b7af60b..7ae5f1d 100644
--- a/startkde/startkde.cmake
+++ b/startkde/startkde.cmake
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ if test $? -ne 0; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-qdbus org.kde.KSplash /KSplash org.kde.KSplash.setStage kinit &
+qdbus-qt5 org.kde.KSplash /KSplash org.kde.KSplash.setStage kinit &
 
 # finally, give the session control to the session manager
 # see kdebase/ksmserver for the description of the rest of the startup sequence
@@ -325,13 +325,13 @@ if test x"$wait_drkonqi"x = x"true"x ; then
     # wait for remaining drkonqi instances with timeout (in seconds)
     wait_drkonqi_timeout=`kreadconfig5 --file startkderc --group WaitForDrKonqi --key Timeout --default 900`
     wait_drkonqi_counter=0
-    while qdbus | grep "^[^w]*org.kde.drkonqi" > /dev/null ; do
+    while qdbus-qt5 | grep "^[^w]*org.kde.drkonqi" > /dev/null ; do
         sleep 5
         wait_drkonqi_counter=$((wait_drkonqi_counter+5))
         if test "$wait_drkonqi_counter" -ge "$wait_drkonqi_timeout" ; then
             # ask remaining drkonqis to die in a graceful way
-            qdbus | grep 'org.kde.drkonqi-' | while read address ; do
-                qdbus "$address" "/MainApplication" "quit"
+            qdbus-qt5 | grep 'org.kde.drkonqi-' | while read address ; do
+                qdbus-qt5 "$address" "/MainApplication" "quit"
             done
             break
         fi