diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi/default.nix
index 94381d4f6f96..eabf77f0e951 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, makeWrapper
 , autoreconfHook, pkgconfig, libxkbcommon, pango, which, git
 , cairo, libxcb, xcbutil, xcbutilwm, xcbutilxrm, libstartup_notification
 , bison, flex, librsvg, check
@@ -19,11 +19,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sed -i 's/~root/~nobody/g' test/helper-expand.c
   '';
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig makeWrapper ];
   buildInputs = [ libxkbcommon pango cairo git bison flex librsvg check
     libstartup_notification libxcb xcbutil xcbutilwm xcbutilxrm which
   ];
 
+  postInstall = ''
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/rofi-theme-selector \
+      --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : $out/share
+  '';
+
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {