diff --git a/pkgs/tools/audio/pasystray/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/audio/pasystray/default.nix
index 500c8add4c63..42a2c9c3a12c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/audio/pasystray/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/audio/pasystray/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, unzip, autoconf, automake, pkgconfig, gnome_icon_theme, avahi, gtk3, libnotify, pulseaudio, x11}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, unzip, autoconf, automake, makeWrapper, pkgconfig, gnome_icon_theme, avahi, gtk3, libnotify, pulseaudio, x11}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "pasystray-0.4.0";
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1gpb7yqcxqglv50iqbkg2lg3r0z07jm4ir2zqmvns6sgddks590w";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ unzip autoconf automake pkgconfig gnome_icon_theme avahi gtk3 libnotify pulseaudio x11 ];
+  buildInputs = [ unzip autoconf automake makeWrapper pkgconfig gnome_icon_theme avahi gtk3 libnotify pulseaudio x11 ];
 
   preConfigure = ''
     aclocal
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     automake --add-missing
   '';
 
+  preFixup = ''
+    wrapProgram "$out/bin/pasystray" \
+      --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "${gnome_icon_theme}/share:$GSETTINGS_SCHEMAS_PATH"
+  '';
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "PulseAudio system tray";
     homepage = "https://github.com/christophgysin/pasystray";