diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/geany/with-vte.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/geany/with-vte.nix
index ffffed1b853..679125b5ec4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/geany/with-vte.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/geany/with-vte.nix
@@ -2,5 +2,7 @@
 let name = builtins.replaceStrings ["geany-"] ["geany-with-vte-"] geany.name;
 in
 runCommand "${name}" { nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ]; } "
+   mkdir -p $out
+   ln -s ${geany}/share $out
    makeWrapper ${geany}/bin/geany $out/bin/geany --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${gnome.vte}/lib
 "