diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/src-fresh/primary.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/src-fresh/primary.nix
index ec7f9e52bbb..fb21d1292d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/src-fresh/primary.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/src-fresh/primary.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ rec {
     sha256 = "0a7arjlxxy7hjm1brxwd124bf1gkbl92bgygi3sbbhbsv07pjdcr";
   };
 
-  # TODO: dictionaries
+  # the "dictionaries" archive is not used for LO build because we already build hunspellDicts packages from
+  # it and LibreOffice can use these by pointing DICPATH environment variable at the hunspell directory
 
   help = fetchSrc {
     name = "help";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/src-still/primary.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/src-still/primary.nix
index d3da7d09b70..36deae53670 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/src-still/primary.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/src-still/primary.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ rec {
     sha256 = "01g09bbn1ixrsfj4l0x6x8p06dz9hnlrhnr3f3xb42drmi9ipvjv";
   };
 
-  # TODO: dictionaries
+  # the "dictionaries" archive is not used for LO build because we already build hunspellDicts packages from
+  # it and LibreOffice can use these by pointing DICPATH environment variable at the hunspell directory
 
   help = fetchSrc {
     name = "help";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/wrapper.sh b/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/wrapper.sh
index 62569734745..806dd0806ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/wrapper.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/wrapper.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ if uname | grep Linux > /dev/null &&
     export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS="unix:path=$dbus_socket_dir/session"
 fi
 
+for PROFILE in $NIX_PROFILES; do
+    HDIR="$PROFILE/share/hunspell"
+    if [ -d "$HDIR" ]; then
+        export DICPATH=$DICPATH''${DICPATH:+:}$HDIR
+    fi
+done
+
 "@libreoffice@/bin/$(basename "$0")" "$@"
 code="$?"