diff -Naur kdebase-workspace-4.3.90.orig/plasma/desktop/applets/kickoff/applet/applet.cpp kdebase-workspace-4.3.90/plasma/desktop/applets/kickoff/applet/applet.cpp
--- kdebase-workspace-4.3.90.orig/plasma/desktop/applets/kickoff/applet/applet.cpp	2010-01-07 21:21:45.000000000 +0100
+++ kdebase-workspace-4.3.90/plasma/desktop/applets/kickoff/applet/applet.cpp	2010-01-09 14:41:52.000000000 +0100
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <QtGui/QVBoxLayout>
 #include <QtGui/QLabel>
 #include <QtGui/QGraphicsLinearLayout>
+#include <QFile>
 
 // KDE
 #include <KIcon>
@@ -103,7 +104,10 @@
 void LauncherApplet::init()
 {
     KConfigGroup cg = config();
-    setPopupIcon(cg.readEntry("icon", "start-here-kde"));
+    if (QFile::exists("/usr/share/icons/oxygen/scalable/places/start-here-branding.svgz"))
+      setPopupIcon(cg.readEntry("icon", "start-here-branding"));
+    else
+      setPopupIcon(cg.readEntry("icon", "start-here-kde"));
 
     if (KService::serviceByStorageId("kde4-kmenuedit.desktop")) {
         QAction* menueditor = new QAction(i18n("Menu Editor"), this);
diff -Naur kdebase-workspace-4.3.90.orig/plasma/desktop/applets/kickoff/simpleapplet/simpleapplet.cpp kdebase-workspace-4.3.90/plasma/desktop/applets/kickoff/simpleapplet/simpleapplet.cpp
--- kdebase-workspace-4.3.90.orig/plasma/desktop/applets/kickoff/simpleapplet/simpleapplet.cpp	2010-01-07 21:21:45.000000000 +0100
+++ kdebase-workspace-4.3.90/plasma/desktop/applets/kickoff/simpleapplet/simpleapplet.cpp	2010-01-09 14:46:21.000000000 +0100
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <QtGui/QSpacerItem>
 #include <QtGui/QListWidget>
 #include <QtGui/QListWidgetItem>
+#include <QFile>
 
 // KDE Libs
 #include <KActionCollection>
@@ -290,7 +291,11 @@
             d->viewtypes << "RunCommand";
         }
         d->viewtypes << "Leave";
-        d->iconname = "start-here-kde";
+        if (QFile::exists("/usr/share/icons/oxygen/scalable/places/start-here-branding.svgz"))
+            d->iconname = "start-here-branding";
+        else
+            d->iconname = "start-here-kde";
+	
     } else {
         d->viewtypes << "Applications";
         d->relativePath = args.value(0).toString();