diff --git a/installer/launch-linux.sh b/installer/launch-linux.sh
index 118b229f0..9a3bd47b1 100755
--- a/installer/launch-linux.sh
+++ b/installer/launch-linux.sh
@@ -12,5 +12,8 @@ export QT_PLUGIN_PATH="${HERE}"
 # https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=918727 
 export OPENSSL_CONF="/dev/null"
 
+# Fix XDG_DATA_DIRS to include system paths
+export XDG_DATA_DIRS="${HERE}/usr/share:${HOME}/.local/share:/usr/local/share:/usr/share:${XDG_DATA_DIRS}"
+
 # Launch application
 exec "${HERE}"/openshot-qt "$@"