diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix
index 75bfeaac1fa3..a3cb622362c2 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix
@@ -625,6 +625,8 @@ in
       ]
       ++ optional (elem "virtualbox" cfg.videoDrivers) xorg.xrefresh;
 
+    environment.pathsToLink = [ "/share/X11" ];
+
     xdg = { 
       autostart.enable = true;
       menus.enable = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/shells/zsh/default.nix b/pkgs/shells/zsh/default.nix
index 100657312da0..e593d5cb5df1 100644
--- a/pkgs/shells/zsh/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/shells/zsh/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses, pcre }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses, pcre, fetchpatch }:
 
 let
   version = "5.6";
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "1vik7s3q5hvazvgw4jm4b90qlk6zcry0s314xw1liarspkd721g3";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "search-xdg-data-dirs.patch";
+      url = https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh/commit/624219e0e4cbfdfb286e707bd2853f2d7b6a4a7d.patch;
+      sha256 = "0i0g7dc0px57vpklm1f4w20vyc92nv15y09r5clvib2kjkxjy2cf";
+      excludes = [ "ChangeLog" ];
+    })
+  ];
+
   buildInputs = [ ncurses pcre ];
 
   configureFlags = [