diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/spacefm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/spacefm/default.nix
index 1e4e72c4e48..d601455931c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/spacefm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/spacefm/default.nix
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ln -s /etc/spacefm/spacefm.conf $out/etc/spacefm/spacefm.conf
   '';
 
+  preFixup = ''
+    gappsWrapperArgs+=(--prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "${shared-mime-info}/share")
+  '';
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [
     gtk3 udev desktop-file-utils shared-mime-info intltool