diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-shell/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-shell/default.nix
index 6c26c8c4fa4..abd467d2aa4 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-shell/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-shell/default.nix
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     (substituteAll {
       src = ./fix-paths.patch;
       inherit libgnomekbd unzip;
+      gsettings = "${glib.bin}/bin/gsettings";
     })
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-shell/fix-paths.patch b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-shell/fix-paths.patch
index 9cb9655b72e..7b93475619b 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-shell/fix-paths.patch
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-shell/fix-paths.patch
@@ -19,3 +19,12 @@
 +        Util.spawn(['@libgnomekbd@/bin/gkbd-keyboard-display', '-l', description]);
      }
  });
+--- a/data/gnome-shell-disable-extensions.service
++++ b/data/gnome-shell-disable-extensions.service
+@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ Requisite=gnome-session-stable.timer
+ [Service]
+ Type=simple
+ # Disable extensions
+-ExecStart=gsettings set org.gnome.shell disable-user-extensions true
++ExecStart=@gsettings@ set org.gnome.shell disable-user-extensions true
+ Restart=no