diff --git a/pkgs/tools/X11/xdg-utils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/X11/xdg-utils/default.nix
index f54ef825fa0f..53a43dde3030 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/X11/xdg-utils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/X11/xdg-utils/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 , file, libxslt, docbook_xml_dtd_412, docbook_xsl, xmlto
 , w3m, gnugrep, gnused, coreutils, xset, perlPackages
 , mimiSupport ? false, gawk
+, glib
 , withXdgOpenUsePortalPatch ? true }:
 
 let
@@ -56,13 +57,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     &#' -i "$out"/bin/*
 
     substituteInPlace $out/bin/xdg-open \
-      --replace "/usr/bin/printf" "${coreutils}/bin/printf"
+      --replace "/usr/bin/printf" "${coreutils}/bin/printf" \
+      --replace "gdbus" "${glib}/bin/gdbus"
 
     substituteInPlace $out/bin/xdg-mime \
       --replace "/usr/bin/file" "${file}/bin/file"
 
     substituteInPlace $out/bin/xdg-email \
-      --replace "/bin/echo" "${coreutils}/bin/echo"
+      --replace "/bin/echo" "${coreutils}/bin/echo" \
+      --replace "gdbus" "${glib}/bin/gdbus"
 
     sed 's|\bwhich\b|type -P|g' -i "$out"/bin/*
   '';