--- a/src/plugins/hunspell/hunspellclient.cpp	
+++ a/src/plugins/hunspell/hunspellclient.cpp	
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ SpellerPlugin *HunspellClient::createSpeller(const QString &language)
 QStringList HunspellClient::languages() const
 {
     QStringList lst;
-    QDir dir(QStringLiteral("/usr/share/myspell/dicts/"));
+    QDir dir(QStringLiteral("/usr/share/myspell/"));
     if (dir.exists()) {
         QStringList lstDic = dir.entryList(QStringList(QStringLiteral("*.dic")), QDir::Files);
         foreach (const QString &tmp, lstDic) {
--- a/src/plugins/hunspell/hunspelldict.cpp	
+++ a/src/plugins/hunspell/hunspelldict.cpp	
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ HunspellDict::HunspellDict(const QString &lang)
     : SpellerPlugin(lang), m_speller(0)
 {
     qDebug() << " HunspellDict::HunspellDict( const QString& lang ):" << lang;
-    QString dic = QStringLiteral("/usr/share/myspell/dicts/%1.dic").arg(lang);
+    QString dic = QStringLiteral("/usr/share/myspell/%1.dic").arg(lang);
     if (QFileInfo(dic).exists()) {
-        m_speller = new Hunspell(QStringLiteral("/usr/share/myspell/dicts/%1.aff").arg(lang).toUtf8().constData(), dic.toUtf8().constData());
+        m_speller = new Hunspell(QStringLiteral("/usr/share/myspell/%1.aff").arg(lang).toUtf8().constData(), dic.toUtf8().constData());
     } else {
         m_speller = 0;
     }