diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-terminal/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-terminal/default.nix
index 281f985c121..31ee53e9713 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-terminal/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-terminal/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, cairo, libxml2, gnome3, pango
 , gnome_doc_utils, intltool, libX11, which, gconf, libuuid
-, desktop_file_utils, itstool, ncurses }:
+, desktop_file_utils, itstool, ncurses, makeWrapper }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
@@ -15,10 +15,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ gnome3.gtk gnome3.gsettings_desktop_schemas gnome3.vte
-                  gnome3.dconf gnome3.gconf itstool ncurses ];
+                  gnome3.dconf gnome3.gconf itstool ncurses makeWrapper ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool gnome_doc_utils which libuuid libxml2 desktop_file_utils ];
 
+  postInstall = ''
+    wrapProgram "$out/libexec/gnome-terminal-server" \
+      --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "${gnome3.gsettings_desktop_schemas}/share:$out/share"
+  '';
+
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };