diff --git a/clients/aurorae/src/aurorae.cpp b/clients/aurorae/src/aurorae.cpp
index a000d51843..17423b6202 100644
--- a/clients/aurorae/src/aurorae.cpp
+++ b/clients/aurorae/src/aurorae.cpp
@@ -88,8 +88,13 @@ void AuroraeFactory::initAurorae(KConfig &conf, KConfigGroup &group)
     m_theme->setButtonSize((KDecorationDefines::BorderSize)themeGroup.readEntry<int>("ButtonSize", KDecorationDefines::BorderNormal));
     m_theme->setTabDragMimeType(tabDragMimeType());
     // setup the QML engine
-    foreach (const QString &importPath, KGlobal::dirs()->findDirs("module", "imports")) {
-        m_engine->addImportPath(importPath);
+    /* use logic from KDeclarative::setupBindings():
+    "addImportPath adds the path at the beginning, so to honour user's
+     paths we need to traverse the list in reverse order" */
+    QStringListIterator paths(KGlobal::dirs()->findDirs("module", "imports"));
+    paths.toBack();
+    while (paths.hasPrevious()) {
+        m_engine->addImportPath(paths.previous());
     }
     m_component->loadUrl(QUrl(KStandardDirs::locate("data", "kwin/aurorae/aurorae.qml")));
     m_engine->rootContext()->setContextProperty("auroraeTheme", m_theme);
@@ -122,8 +127,13 @@ void AuroraeFactory::initQML(const KConfigGroup &group)
     }
     m_engineType = QMLEngine;
     // setup the QML engine
-    foreach (const QString &importPath, KGlobal::dirs()->findDirs("module", "imports")) {
-        m_engine->addImportPath(importPath);
+    /* use logic from KDeclarative::setupBindings():
+    "addImportPath adds the path at the beginning, so to honour user's
+     paths we need to traverse the list in reverse order" */
+    QStringListIterator paths(KGlobal::dirs()->findDirs("module", "imports"));
+    paths.toBack();
+    while (paths.hasPrevious()) {
+        m_engine->addImportPath(paths.previous());
     }
     m_component->loadUrl(QUrl::fromLocalFile(file));
     m_themeName = themeName;
diff --git a/kcmkwin/kwindecoration/kwindecoration.cpp b/kcmkwin/kwindecoration/kwindecoration.cpp
index 79d8e3e738..9b1697d5ec 100644
--- a/kcmkwin/kwindecoration/kwindecoration.cpp
+++ b/kcmkwin/kwindecoration/kwindecoration.cpp
@@ -135,8 +135,13 @@ void KWinDecorationModule::init()
     m_proxyModel->setSourceModel(m_model);
     m_proxyModel->setFilterCaseSensitivity(Qt::CaseInsensitive);
     m_ui->decorationList->setResizeMode(QDeclarativeView::SizeRootObjectToView);
-    foreach (const QString &importPath, KGlobal::dirs()->findDirs("module", "imports")) {
-        m_ui->decorationList->engine()->addImportPath(importPath);
+    /* use logic from KDeclarative::setupBindings():
+    "addImportPath adds the path at the beginning, so to honour user's
+     paths we need to traverse the list in reverse order" */
+    QStringListIterator paths(KGlobal::dirs()->findDirs("module", "imports"));
+    paths.toBack();
+    while (paths.hasPrevious()) {
+        m_ui->decorationList->engine()->addImportPath(paths.previous());
     }
     m_ui->decorationList->rootContext()->setContextProperty("decorationModel", m_proxyModel);
     m_ui->decorationList->rootContext()->setContextProperty("decorationBaseModel", m_model);
diff --git a/scripting/scripting.cpp b/scripting/scripting.cpp
index 0bd07f7f11..c67704de02 100644
--- a/scripting/scripting.cpp
+++ b/scripting/scripting.cpp
@@ -544,11 +544,6 @@ void KWin::DeclarativeScript::run()
     if (running()) {
         return;
     }
-
-    foreach (const QString &importPath, KGlobal::dirs()->findDirs("module", "imports")) {
-        m_engine->addImportPath(importPath);
-    }
-
     // add read config
     KDeclarative kdeclarative;
     kdeclarative.setDeclarativeEngine(m_engine);
diff --git a/tabbox/declarative.cpp b/tabbox/declarative.cpp
index 4af5471e3e..a6b12502cd 100644
--- a/tabbox/declarative.cpp
+++ b/tabbox/declarative.cpp
@@ -148,9 +148,6 @@ DeclarativeView::DeclarativeView(QAbstractItemModel *model, TabBoxConfig::TabBox
     QPalette pal = palette();
     pal.setColor(backgroundRole(), Qt::transparent);
     setPalette(pal);
-    foreach (const QString &importPath, KGlobal::dirs()->findDirs("module", "imports")) {
-        engine()->addImportPath(importPath);
-    }
     engine()->addImageProvider(QLatin1String("client"), new ImageProvider(model));
     KDeclarative kdeclarative;
     kdeclarative.setDeclarativeEngine(engine());