diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cfc81bc72b10e3053c80977da5f22a4a3a92319d..c62610c80a7c3cb8a2e3a83064a3199a054b4088 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -245,8 +245,9 @@ ifneq ($(strip $(APT_SOURCE_URL_OVERRIDE)),)
 endif
 	#set timezone
 	echo -n "Europe/Berlin" > "$(call archdir,$*)$(ROOTFS)/etc/timezone"
-	#install skel files (in particular kde defaults)
-	cp -R "$(CURDIR)/contrib/rootfs/skel" "$(call archdir,$*)$(ROOTFS)/etc/"
+	#install system wide xdg files (in particular kde defaults)
+	mkdir -p "$(call archdir,$*)$(ROOTFS)/etc/xdg"
+	cp -R "$(CURDIR)/contrib/rootfs/xdg/*" "$(call archdir,$*)$(ROOTFS)/etc/xdg"
 	#install modprobe.d files
 	cp "$(CURDIR)/contrib/rootfs/modprobe.d/"* "$(call archdir,$*)$(ROOTFS)/etc/modprobe.d/"
 	#install sysctl.d files
diff --git a/contrib/rootfs/skel/.config/kglobalshortcutsrc b/contrib/rootfs/xdg/kglobalshortcutsrc
similarity index 100%
rename from contrib/rootfs/skel/.config/kglobalshortcutsrc
rename to contrib/rootfs/xdg/kglobalshortcutsrc
diff --git a/contrib/rootfs/skel/.config/khotkeysrc b/contrib/rootfs/xdg/khotkeysrc
similarity index 100%
rename from contrib/rootfs/skel/.config/khotkeysrc
rename to contrib/rootfs/xdg/khotkeysrc