diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/accountsservice.nix b/nixos/modules/services/desktops/accountsservice.nix
index a19ac2a50c2d..933b9da2c83c 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/accountsservice.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/desktops/accountsservice.nix
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ with lib;
 
     environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.accountsservice ];
 
+    # Accounts daemon looks for dbus interfaces in $XDG_DATA_DIRS/accountsservice
+    environment.pathsToLink = [ "/share/accountsservice" ];
+
     services.dbus.packages = [ pkgs.accountsservice ];
 
     systemd.packages = [ pkgs.accountsservice ];
@@ -40,6 +43,9 @@ with lib;
 
       wantedBy = [ "graphical.target" ];
 
+      # Accounts daemon looks for dbus interfaces in $XDG_DATA_DIRS/accountsservice
+      environment.XDG_DATA_DIRS = "${config.system.path}/share";
+
     } // (optionalAttrs (!config.users.mutableUsers) {
       environment.NIXOS_USERS_PURE = "true";
     });
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/lightdm.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/lightdm.nix
index 06f017e9bf47..dc82f7086c82 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/lightdm.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/lightdm.nix
@@ -212,6 +212,9 @@ in
     # lightdm uses the accounts daemon to remember language/window-manager per user
     services.accounts-daemon.enable = true;
 
+    # Enable the accounts daemon to find lightdm's dbus interface
+    environment.systemPackages = [ lightdm ];
+
     security.pam.services.lightdm = {
       allowNullPassword = true;
       startSession = true;