diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/default.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/default.nix
index 43ed21c95fee..7685d8fa4ce3 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/default.nix
@@ -186,9 +186,9 @@ let
       allowSubstitutes = false;
     }
     ''
-      mkdir -p "$out"
+      mkdir -p "$out/share/xsessions"
       ${concatMapStrings (n: ''
-        cat - > "$out/${n}.desktop" << EODESKTOP
+        cat - > "$out/share/xsessions/${n}.desktop" << EODESKTOP
         [Desktop Entry]
         Version=1.0
         Type=XSession
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/gdm.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/gdm.nix
index 8b08c01ea0db..a20a5fa07492 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/gdm.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/gdm.nix
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ in
         environment = {
           GDM_X_SERVER_EXTRA_ARGS = toString
             (filter (arg: arg != "-terminate") cfg.xserverArgs);
-          GDM_SESSIONS_DIR = "${cfg.session.desktops}";
+          GDM_SESSIONS_DIR = "${cfg.session.desktops}/share/xsessions";
           # Find the mouse
           XCURSOR_PATH = "~/.icons:${pkgs.gnome3.adwaita-icon-theme}/share/icons";
         };
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/lightdm.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/lightdm.nix
index 54d4520a0c8b..387e528095e3 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/lightdm.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/lightdm.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ let
         greeter-user = ${config.users.users.lightdm.name}
         greeters-directory = ${cfg.greeter.package}
       ''}
-      sessions-directory = ${dmcfg.session.desktops}
+      sessions-directory = ${dmcfg.session.desktops}/share/xsessions
 
       [Seat:*]
       xserver-command = ${xserverWrapper}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/sddm.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/sddm.nix
index 426b899586f5..c6a150e31707 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/sddm.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/sddm.nix
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ let
     ServerPath=${xserverWrapper}
     XephyrPath=${pkgs.xorg.xorgserver.out}/bin/Xephyr
     SessionCommand=${dmcfg.session.script}
-    SessionDir=${dmcfg.session.desktops}
+    SessionDir=${dmcfg.session.desktops}/share/xsessions
     XauthPath=${pkgs.xorg.xauth}/bin/xauth
     DisplayCommand=${Xsetup}
     DisplayStopCommand=${Xstop}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/slim.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/slim.nix
index f645a5c2f078..395b5165fe4e 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/slim.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/slim.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ let
       xauth_path ${dmcfg.xauthBin}
       default_xserver ${dmcfg.xserverBin}
       xserver_arguments ${toString dmcfg.xserverArgs}
-      sessiondir ${dmcfg.session.desktops}
+      sessiondir ${dmcfg.session.desktops}/share/xsessions
       login_cmd exec ${pkgs.runtimeShell} ${dmcfg.session.script} "%session"
       halt_cmd ${config.systemd.package}/sbin/shutdown -h now
       reboot_cmd ${config.systemd.package}/sbin/shutdown -r now