diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/fonts/fontdir.nix b/nixos/modules/config/fonts/fontdir.nix
index 098038fa6d2..52fd2677d13 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/config/fonts/fontdir.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/fonts/fontdir.nix
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ with lib;
 let
 
   x11Fonts = pkgs.runCommand "X11-fonts" { preferLocalBuild = true; } ''
-    mkdir -p "$out/share/X11-fonts"
+    mkdir -p "$out/share/X11/fonts"
     font_regexp='.*\.\(ttf\|otf\|pcf\|pfa\|pfb\|bdf\)\(\.gz\)?'
     find ${toString config.fonts.fonts} -regex "$font_regexp" \
-      -exec ln -sf -t "$out/share/X11-fonts" '{}' \;
-    cd "$out/share/X11-fonts"
+      -exec ln -sf -t "$out/share/X11/fonts" '{}' \;
+    cd "$out/share/X11/fonts"
     ${pkgs.xorg.mkfontscale}/bin/mkfontscale
     ${pkgs.xorg.mkfontdir}/bin/mkfontdir
     cat $(find ${pkgs.xorg.fontalias}/ -name fonts.alias) >fonts.alias
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ in
         default = false;
         description = ''
           Whether to create a directory with links to all fonts in
-          <filename>/run/current-system/sw/share/X11-fonts</filename>.
+          <filename>/run/current-system/sw/share/X11/fonts</filename>.
         '';
       };
 
@@ -38,9 +38,13 @@ in
 
   config = mkIf config.fonts.enableFontDir {
 
+    # This is enough to make a symlink because the xserver
+    # module already links all /share/X11 paths.
     environment.systemPackages = [ x11Fonts ];
 
-    environment.pathsToLink = [ "/share/X11-fonts" ];
+    services.xserver.filesSection = ''
+      FontPath "${x11Fonts}/share/X11/fonts"
+    '';
 
   };
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix
index c8335b69769..8223c1f1e67 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ in
         type = types.lines;
         default = "";
         example = ''FontPath "/path/to/my/fonts"'';
-        description = "Contents of the first Files section of the X server configuration file.";
+        description = "Contents of the first <literal>Files</literal> section of the X server configuration file.";
       };
 
       deviceSection = mkOption {