diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix
index cfc8951eef1..30a16d824d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 { newScope, stdenv, makeWrapper, makeDesktopItem, ed
+, glib, gtk2, gtk3, gnome2, gnome3, gsettings_desktop_schemas
 
 # package customization
 , channel ? "stable"
@@ -62,10 +63,26 @@ let
 
   sandboxExecutableName = chromium.browser.passthru.sandboxExecutableName;
 
-in stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "chromium${suffix}-${chromium.browser.version}";
+  version = chromium.browser.version;
 
-  buildInputs = [ makeWrapper ed ];
+  inherit (stdenv.lib) versionAtLeast;
+
+  gtk = if (versionAtLeast version "59.0.0.0") then gtk3 else gtk2;
+  gnome = if (versionAtLeast version "59.0.0.0") then gnome3 else gnome2;
+
+in stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "chromium${suffix}-${version}";
+  inherit version;
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    makeWrapper ed
+
+    # needed for GSETTINGS_SCHEMAS_PATH
+    gsettings_desktop_schemas glib gtk
+
+    # needed for XDG_ICON_DIRS
+    gnome.defaultIconTheme
+  ];
 
   outputs = ["out" "sandbox"];
 
@@ -92,6 +109,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
     # libredirect causes chromium to deadlock on startup
     export LD_PRELOAD="\$(echo -n "\$LD_PRELOAD" | tr ':' '\n' | grep -v /lib/libredirect\\\\.so$ | tr '\n' ':')"
 
+    export XDG_DATA_DIRS=$XDG_ICON_DIRS:$GSETTINGS_SCHEMAS_PATH\''${XDG_DATA_DIRS:+:}\$XDG_DATA_DIRS
+
     .
     w
     EOF
@@ -107,7 +126,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
     cp -v "${desktopItem}/share/applications/"* "$out/share/applications"
   '';
 
-  inherit (chromium.browser) meta packageName version;
+  inherit (chromium.browser) meta packageName;
 
   passthru = {
     inherit (chromium) upstream-info browser;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/google-chrome/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/google-chrome/default.nix
index e7b74562bd5..9a4d90701b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/google-chrome/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/google-chrome/default.nix
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
 
 # Only needed for getting information about upstream binaries
 , chromium
+
+, gsettings_desktop_schemas
+, gnome2, gnome3
 }:
 
 with stdenv.lib;
@@ -42,6 +45,9 @@ let
     withCustomModes = true;
   };
 
+  gtk = if (versionAtLeast version "59.0.0.0") then gtk3 else gtk2;
+  gnome = if (versionAtLeast version "59.0.0.0") then gnome3 else gnome2;
+
   deps = [
     glib fontconfig freetype pango cairo libX11 libXi atk gconf nss nspr
     libXcursor libXext libXfixes libXrender libXScrnSaver libXcomposite libxcb
@@ -53,7 +59,7 @@ let
     flac harfbuzz icu libpng opusWithCustomModes snappy speechd
     bzip2 libcap
   ] ++ optional pulseSupport libpulseaudio
-    ++ (if (versionAtLeast version "59.0.0.0") then [gtk3] else [gtk2]);
+    ++ [ gtk ];
 
   suffix = if channel != "stable" then "-" + channel else "";
 
@@ -64,7 +70,15 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   src = binary;
 
-  buildInputs = [ patchelf ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    patchelf
+
+    # needed for GSETTINGS_SCHEMAS_PATH
+    gsettings_desktop_schemas glib gtk
+
+    # needed for XDG_ICON_DIRS
+    gnome.defaultIconTheme
+  ];
 
   unpackPhase = ''
     ar x $src
@@ -109,6 +123,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     #!${bash}/bin/sh
     export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$rpath\''${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:\$LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
     export PATH=$binpath\''${PATH:+:\$PATH}
+    export XDG_DATA_DIRS=$XDG_ICON_DIRS:$GSETTINGS_SCHEMAS_PATH\''${XDG_DATA_DIRS:+:}\$XDG_DATA_DIRS
     $out/share/google/$appname/google-$appname ${commandLineArgs} "\$@"
     EOF
     chmod +x $exe