diff --git a/src/kitemviews/kstandarditemlistwidget.cpp b/src/kitemviews/kstandarditemlistwidget.cpp
index 8740cb73fd..1c89edb6e7 100644
--- a/src/kitemviews/kstandarditemlistwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/kitemviews/kstandarditemlistwidget.cpp
@@ -852,7 +852,8 @@ void KStandardItemListWidget::hideEvent(QHideEvent* event)
 
 bool KStandardItemListWidget::event(QEvent *event)
 {
-    if (event->type() == QEvent::WindowDeactivate || event->type() == QEvent::WindowActivate) {
+    if (event->type() == QEvent::WindowDeactivate || event->type() == QEvent::WindowActivate
+            || event->type() == QEvent::PaletteChange) {
         m_dirtyContent = true;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/views/dolphinview.cpp b/src/views/dolphinview.cpp
index 7d85fa240c..30298d2e1e 100644
--- a/src/views/dolphinview.cpp
+++ b/src/views/dolphinview.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <QGraphicsSceneDragDropEvent>
 #include <QTimer>
 #include <QScrollBar>
+#include <QPixmapCache>
 #include <QPointer>
 #include <QMenu>
 #include <QVBoxLayout>
@@ -731,6 +732,7 @@ bool DolphinView::eventFilter(QObject* watched, QEvent* event)
     switch (event->type()) {
     case QEvent::PaletteChange:
         updatePalette();
+        QPixmapCache::clear();
         break;
 
     case QEvent::KeyPress: