diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/wrapper.nix
index 7f0b826f905e..a9888c3c47be 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/wrapper.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, lib, makeDesktopItem, makeWrapper, lndir, config
-, replace, fetchurl, zip, unzip, jq
+, replace, fetchurl, zip, unzip, jq, xdg_utils
 
 ## various stuff that can be plugged in
 , flashplayer, hal-flash
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ let
             --suffix LD_LIBRARY_PATH ':' "$libs" \
             --suffix-each GTK_PATH ':' "$gtk_modules" \
             --suffix-each LD_PRELOAD ':' "$(cat $(filterExisting $(addSuffix /extra-ld-preload $plugins)))" \
+            --prefix PATH ':' "${xdg_utils}/bin" \
             --prefix-contents PATH ':' "$(filterExisting $(addSuffix /extra-bin-path $plugins))" \
             --suffix PATH ':' "$out${browser.execdir or "/bin"}" \
             --set MOZ_APP_LAUNCHER "${browserName}${nameSuffix}" \