diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix
index b04c3cce776..1c811acd254 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { newScope, config, stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper
-, llvmPackages_10, llvmPackages_11, ed, gnugrep, coreutils
+, llvmPackages_10, llvmPackages_11, ed, gnugrep, coreutils, xdg_utils
 , glib, gtk3, gnome3, gsettings-desktop-schemas, gn, fetchgit
 , libva ? null
 , pipewire_0_2
@@ -204,6 +204,9 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
     export XDG_DATA_DIRS=$XDG_ICON_DIRS:$GSETTINGS_SCHEMAS_PATH\''${XDG_DATA_DIRS:+:}\$XDG_DATA_DIRS
 
+    # Mainly for xdg-open but also other xdg-* tools:
+    export PATH="${xdg_utils}/bin\''${PATH:+:}\$PATH"
+
     .
     w
     EOF