diff --git a/modules/config/fonts.nix b/modules/config/fonts.nix
index 3516ed75ab61..4174a889a1d7 100644
--- a/modules/config/fonts.nix
+++ b/modules/config/fonts.nix
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ in
   environment.shellInit =
     ''
       export FONTCONFIG_FILE=/etc/fonts/fonts.conf
+      export GDFONTPATH=${concatStringsSep ":" config.fonts.fonts}
     '';
 
   environment.systemPackages =