diff --git a/tdesktop/Telegram/SourceFiles/core/launcher.cpp b/tdesktop/Telegram/SourceFiles/core/launcher.cpp

index 7f17356..257a205 100644

--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/core/launcher.cpp

+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/core/launcher.cpp

@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ int Launcher::exec() {

 	Logs::start(this); // must be started before Platform is started

 	Platform::start(); // must be started before QApplication is created

+	// ALT build: hack to find Qt5 plugins

+	QCoreApplication::addLibraryPath("/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins");

+	QCoreApplication::addLibraryPath("/usr/lib/qt5/plugins");

+

 	auto result = executeApplication();

 	DEBUG_LOG(("Telegram finished, result: %1").arg(result));