diff --git a/doc/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md b/doc/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md
index 6645bbde5508..d480b8633a7b 100644
--- a/doc/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md
+++ b/doc/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md
@@ -304,6 +304,8 @@
 
 - `buildPythonPackage` and `buildPythonApplication` now default to `nix-update-script` as their default `updateScript`. This should improve automated updates, since nix-update is better maintained than the in-tree update script and has more robust fetcher support.
 
+- `plasma6`: Fixed the `ksycoca` cache not being re-built when `$XDG_CACHE_HOME` is set to something that isn't `$HOME/.cache`.
+
 ## Nixpkgs Library {#sec-nixpkgs-release-25.11-lib}
 
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diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/desktop-managers/plasma6.nix b/nixos/modules/services/desktop-managers/plasma6.nix
index 529734bd503f..fea0428f36d1 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/desktop-managers/plasma6.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/desktop-managers/plasma6.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ let
 
   activationScript = ''
     # will be rebuilt automatically
-    rm -fv "$HOME/.cache/ksycoca"*
+    rm -fv "''${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/.cache}/ksycoca"*
   '';
 in
 {