diff --git a/autotests/dialognativetest.cpp b/autotests/dialognativetest.cpp
index 4ed88d15c..1055bdd2f 100644
--- a/autotests/dialognativetest.cpp
+++ b/autotests/dialognativetest.cpp
@@ -20,10 +20,38 @@
 #include "dialognativetest.h"
 #include <KWindowSystem>
 
+void copyPath(const QString &src, const QString &dst)
+{
+    QDir dir(src);
+    Q_ASSERT(dir.exists());
+
+    foreach (const auto &d, dir.entryList(QDir::Dirs | QDir::NoDotAndDotDot)) {
+        QString dst_path = dst + QLatin1Char('/') + d;
+        dir.mkpath(dst_path);
+        copyPath(src + QLatin1Char('/') + d, dst_path);
+    }
+
+    foreach (const auto &f, dir.entryList(QDir::Files)) {
+        QFile::copy(src + QLatin1Char('/') + f, dst + QLatin1Char('/') + f);
+    }
+}
 
 void DialogNativeTest::initTestCase()
 {
     QStandardPaths::setTestModeEnabled(true);
+    {
+        const auto qttestPath = QStandardPaths::standardLocations(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation).constFirst();
+        Q_ASSERT(!qttestPath.isEmpty());
+        QDir themePath(qttestPath + QLatin1String("/plasma/desktoptheme/default"));
+
+        auto data = QFINDTESTDATA("../src/desktoptheme/breeze/metadata.desktop");
+        QFileInfo f(data);
+        QVERIFY(f.dir().mkpath(themePath.path()));
+
+        copyPath(f.dir().filePath("default.gzipped"), themePath.path());
+        QFile::copy(f.dir().filePath("metadata.desktop"), themePath.filePath("metadata.desktop"));
+    }
+
     m_cacheDir = QDir(QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::CacheLocation));
     m_cacheDir.removeRecursively();