diff -up pyxdg-0.23/xdg/Menu.py.869877 pyxdg-0.23/xdg/Menu.py
--- pyxdg-0.23/xdg/Menu.py.869877	2012-07-25 18:59:15.000000000 -0400
+++ pyxdg-0.23/xdg/Menu.py	2012-10-26 10:24:26.122225592 -0400
@@ -889,8 +889,14 @@ def __mergeLegacyDir(dir, prefix, filena
         return m
 
 def __parseKDELegacyDirs(filename, parent):
-    output = subprocess.check_output(['kde-config', '--path', 'apps'],
-                                     universal_newlines=True).splitlines()
+    try:
+        output = subprocess.check_output(['kde-config', '--path', 'apps'],
+                                         universal_newlines=True).splitlines()
+    except OSError:
+        # print("Error executing kde-config. Error was ", OSError)
+        # Oh well, we tried.
+        output = []
+
     try:
         for dir in output[0].split(":"):
             __parseLegacyDir(dir,"kde", filename, parent)