--- /usr/bin/startkde.orig	2007-04-19 14:40:04.178772622 +0200
+++ /usr/bin/startkde	2007-04-19 14:44:09.651901812 +0200
@@ -25,6 +25,15 @@
 # we have to unset this for Darwin since it will screw up KDE's dynamic-loading
 unset DYLD_FORCE_FLAT_NAMESPACE
 
+# Check if prelinking is enabled. If so, exporting KDE_IS_PRELINKED improves 
+# loading KDE.
+if test -f /etc/default/prelink; then
+	. /etc/default/prelink
+	if [ "$PRELINKING" == yes ]; then
+		export KDE_IS_PRELINKED=1
+	fi
+fi
+
 # in case we have been started with full pathname spec without being in PATH
 bindir=`echo "$0" | sed -n 's,^\(/.*\)/[^/][^/]*$,\1,p'`
 if [ -n "$bindir" ]; then