diff --git a/desktop/kde/applications/kdenlive/files/kdenlive-mlt6.patch b/desktop/kde/applications/kdenlive/files/kdenlive-mlt6.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f86f93da94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/kde/applications/kdenlive/files/kdenlive-mlt6.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+diff --git a/src/mltconnection.cpp b/src/mltconnection.cpp
+index 13d0e8d8c..2820c8f7c 100644
+--- a/src/mltconnection.cpp
++++ b/src/mltconnection.cpp
+@@ -136,14 +136,14 @@ void MltConnection::locateMeltAndProfilesPath(const QString &mltPath)
+ #endif
+     QString meltPath;
+     if (qEnvironmentVariableIsSet("MLT_PREFIX")) {
+-        meltPath = qgetenv("MLT_PREFIX") + QStringLiteral("/bin/melt") + exeSuffix;
++        meltPath = qgetenv("MLT_PREFIX") + QStringLiteral("/bin/melt6") + exeSuffix;
+     } else {
+         meltPath = KdenliveSettings::rendererpath();
+     }
+     if (!QFile::exists(meltPath)) {
+-        meltPath = QDir::cleanPath(profilePath + QStringLiteral("/../../../bin/melt")) + exeSuffix;
++        meltPath = QDir::cleanPath(profilePath + QStringLiteral("/../../../bin/melt6")) + exeSuffix;
+         if (!QFile::exists(meltPath)) {
+-            meltPath = QStandardPaths::findExecutable("melt");
++            meltPath = QStandardPaths::findExecutable("melt6");
+             if (meltPath.isEmpty()) {
+                 meltPath = QStandardPaths::findExecutable("mlt-melt");
+             }
diff --git a/desktop/kde/applications/kdenlive/pspec.xml b/desktop/kde/applications/kdenlive/pspec.xml
index 7ff4d1411d..53dd5d4d98 100755
--- a/desktop/kde/applications/kdenlive/pspec.xml
+++ b/desktop/kde/applications/kdenlive/pspec.xml
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@
             <Dependency>kdeclarative-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>kcrash-devel</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
+        <Patches>
+            <Patch level="1">kdenlive-mlt6.patch</Patch>
+        </Patches>
     </Source>
 
     <Package>