diff --git a/pkgs/tools/X11/xdg-utils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/X11/xdg-utils/default.nix
index 52ecdc267340..28839891aa55 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/X11/xdg-utils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/X11/xdg-utils/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, fetchFromGitHub
 , file, libxslt, docbook_xml_dtd_412, docbook_xsl, xmlto
-, w3m, which, gnugrep, gnused, coreutils
+, w3m, which, gnugrep, gnused, coreutils, xset
 , mimiSupport ? false, gawk ? null }:
 
 assert mimiSupport -> gawk != null;
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     file()  { ${file}/bin/file      "$@"; }\
     awk()   { ${gawk}/bin/awk       "$@"; }\
     sort()  { ${coreutils}/bin/sort "$@"; }\
+    xset()  { ${xset}/bin/xset      "$@"; }\
     &#' -i "$out"/bin/*
 
     substituteInPlace $out/bin/xdg-open \