diff --git a/i3/.profile b/i3/.profile
index 38a6081..223bf2e 100644
--- a/i3/.profile
+++ b/i3/.profile
@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@ export PATH=~/perl5/bin:$PATH
 
 export PATH=~/.local/bin:$PATH
 export PATH=~/.config/i3/scripts:$PATH
+
+# Add desktop files from nix
+export XDG_DATA_DIRS="$HOME/.nix-profile/share:$XDG_DATA_DIRS"