diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4e84a52ad..5a443a261 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ OPTION( WITH_NETWORK_MANAGER_BACKEND "Enable network-manager support" OFF )
 OPTION( WITH_SUDO_TDESU_BACKEND "Use sudo as backend for tdesu (default is su)" OFF )
 OPTION( WITH_OLD_XDG_STD "Use the pre R14.0.0 XDG standard where both TDE and KDE are recognized in desktop files" OFF )
 OPTION( WITH_LZMA "Enable support for LZMA/XZ" ${WITH_ALL_OPTIONS} )
+OPTION( WITH_KDE4_MENU_SUFFIX "Add [KDE4] tag to KDE4 menu items" OFF )
 
 OPTION( WITH_ASPELL "Enable aspell support" ${WITH_ALL_OPTIONS} )
 OPTION( WITH_HSPELL "Enable hspell support" ${WITH_ALL_OPTIONS} )
@@ -838,6 +839,13 @@ if( WITH_NETWORK_MANAGER_BACKEND )
 endif( WITH_NETWORK_MANAGER_BACKEND )
 
 
+##### Add '[KDE4]' to KDE4 menu items #########
+
+if( WITH_KDE4_MENU_SUFFIX )
+  set( KDE4_MENU_SUFFIX 1 )
+endif ( WITH_KDE4_MENU_SUFFIX )
+
+
 ##### check for gcc visibility support #########
 # FIXME
 # This should check for [T]Qt3 visibility support
diff --git a/config.h.cmake b/config.h.cmake
index 9d1ffa0c7..a0e3e92fd 100644
--- a/config.h.cmake
+++ b/config.h.cmake
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@
 /* Defines if lzma/xz is compiled */
 #cmakedefine HAVE_XZ_SUPPORT 1
 
+/* Defines if '[KDE4]' is added to KDE4 menu items */
+#cmakedefine KDE4_MENU_SUFFIX 1
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <Carbon/Carbon.h> header file. */
 #cmakedefine HAVE_CARBON_CARBON_H 1
 
diff --git a/tdeio/tdeio/kservice.cpp b/tdeio/tdeio/kservice.cpp
index bbcbed5c9..67031d06d 100644
--- a/tdeio/tdeio/kservice.cpp
+++ b/tdeio/tdeio/kservice.cpp
@@ -236,9 +236,11 @@ KService::init( KDesktopFile *config )
   m_strComment = config->readComment();
   entryMap.remove("Comment");
   m_strGenName = config->readGenericName();
+#ifdef KDE4_MENU_SUFFIX
   if (kde4application) {
     m_strGenName += " [KDE4]";
   }
+#endif
   entryMap.remove("GenericName");
   TQString untranslatedGenericName = config->readEntryUntranslated( "GenericName" );
   if (!untranslatedGenericName.isEmpty())
@@ -496,12 +498,12 @@ public:
 
    void reparseConfiguration() { }
 
-   KEntryMap internalEntryMap( const TQString &pGroup) const 
+   KEntryMap internalEntryMap( const TQString &pGroup) const
    { Q_UNUSED(pGroup); return KEntryMap(); }
 
    KEntryMap internalEntryMap() const { return KEntryMap(); }
 
-   void putData(const KEntryKey &_key, const KEntry& _data, bool _checkGroup) 
+   void putData(const KEntryKey &_key, const KEntry& _data, bool _checkGroup)
    { Q_UNUSED(_key); Q_UNUSED(_data); Q_UNUSED(_checkGroup); }
 
    KEntry lookupData(const KEntryKey &_key) const
@@ -771,10 +773,10 @@ bool KService::noDisplay() const {
         return true;
 #endif
   }
-  
+
   if (!kapp->authorizeControlModule(d->menuId))
      return true;
-  
+
   return false;
 }