diff --git a/clients/aurorae/src/aurorae.cpp b/clients/aurorae/src/aurorae.cpp
index 3da750b1b8..6881ae9ed0 100644
--- a/clients/aurorae/src/aurorae.cpp
+++ b/clients/aurorae/src/aurorae.cpp
@@ -88,9 +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
+    /* 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"));
-    while (paths.hasNext()) {
-        m_engine->addImportPath(paths.next());
+    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);
@@ -123,9 +127,13 @@ void AuroraeFactory::initQML(const KConfigGroup &group)
     }
     m_engineType = QMLEngine;
     // setup the QML engine
+    /* 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"));
-    while (paths.hasNext()) {
-        m_engine->addImportPath(paths.next());
+    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 788483e252..6bb8a744f5 100644
--- a/kcmkwin/kwindecoration/kwindecoration.cpp
+++ b/kcmkwin/kwindecoration/kwindecoration.cpp
@@ -135,9 +135,13 @@ void KWinDecorationModule::init()
     m_proxyModel->setSourceModel(m_model);
     m_proxyModel->setFilterCaseSensitivity(Qt::CaseInsensitive);
     m_ui->decorationList->setResizeMode(QDeclarativeView::SizeRootObjectToView);
+    /* 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"));
-    while (paths.hasNext()) {
-        m_ui->decorationList->engine()->addImportPath(paths.next());
+    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);