diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/kibi/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/kibi/default.nix
index 2020729d81c5..3d1f01f4b021 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/kibi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/kibi/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , rustPlatform
+, makeWrapper
 }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
@@ -16,6 +17,13 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-ox1qKWxJlUIFzEqeyzG2kqZix3AHnOKFrlpf6O5QM+k=";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    install -Dm644 syntax.d/* -t $out/share/kibi/syntax.d
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/kibi --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "$out/share"
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A text editor in ≤1024 lines of code, written in Rust";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ilai-deutel/kibi";