diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/desktop/elementary-session-settings/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/desktop/elementary-session-settings/default.nix
index fddd4143616e..e12ed98cb46e 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/desktop/elementary-session-settings/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/desktop/elementary-session-settings/default.nix
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   dontBuild = true;
 
   installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/share
-    cp -avr applications $out/share/
+    mkdir -p $out/share/applications
+    cp -av ${./pantheon-mimeapps.list} $out/share/applications/pantheon-mimeapps.list
 
     mkdir -p $out/etc/xdg/autostart
     cp -av ${gnome-keyring}/etc/xdg/autostart/* $out/etc/xdg/autostart
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/desktop/elementary-session-settings/pantheon-mimeapps.list b/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/desktop/elementary-session-settings/pantheon-mimeapps.list
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3b5e3b0e77a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/desktop/elementary-session-settings/pantheon-mimeapps.list
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+[Default Applications]
+application/ogg=io.elementary.music.desktop
+application/oxps=org.gnome.Evince.desktop
+application/pdf=org.gnome.Evince.desktop
+application/postscript=org.gnome.Evince.desktop
+application/vnd.ms-xpsdocument=org.gnome.Evince.desktop
+application/vnd.rn-realmedia=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+application/x-ar=org.gnome.FileRoller.desktop
+application/x-arj=org.gnome.FileRoller.desktop
+application/x-bzdvi=org.gnome.Evince.desktop
+application/x-bzip-compressed-tar=org.gnome.FileRoller.desktop
+application/x-bzip=org.gnome.FileRoller.desktop
+application/x-bzpdf=org.gnome.Evince.desktop
+application/x-bzpostscript=org.gnome.Evince.desktop
+application/x-cbr=org.gnome.Evince.desktop
+application/x-cbt=org.gnome.Evince.desktop
+application/x-cbz=org.gnome.Evince.desktop
+application/x-compress=org.gnome.FileRoller.desktop
+application/x-compressed-tar=org.gnome.FileRoller.desktop
+application/x-dvi=org.gnome.Evince.desktop
+application/x-ear=org.gnome.FileRoller.desktop
+application/x-extension-m4a=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+application/x-extension-mp4=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+application/x-flac=io.elementary.music.desktop
+application/x-gtar=org.gnome.FileRoller.desktop
+application/x-gzdvi=org.gnome.Evince.desktop
+application/x-gzip=org.gnome.FileRoller.desktop
+application/x-gzpdf=org.gnome.Evince.desktop
+application/x-gzpostscript=org.gnome.Evince.desktop
+application/x-lha=org.gnome.FileRoller.desktop
+application/x-lhz=org.gnome.FileRoller.desktop
+application/x-lzop=org.gnome.FileRoller.desktop
+application/x-matroska=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+application/x-ogg=io.elementary.music.desktop
+application/x-perl=io.elementary.code.desktop
+application/x-rar-compressed=org.gnome.FileRoller.desktop
+application/x-rar=org.gnome.FileRoller.desktop
+application/x-rpm=org.gnome.FileRoller.desktop
+application/x-tar=org.gnome.FileRoller.desktop
+application/x-war=org.gnome.FileRoller.desktop
+application/x-xz-compressed-tar=org.gnome.FileRoller.desktop
+application/x-xz=org.gnome.FileRoller.desktop
+application/x-xzpdf=org.gnome.Evince.desktop
+application/x-zip-compressed=org.gnome.FileRoller.desktop
+application/x-zip=org.gnome.FileRoller.desktop
+application/x-zoo=org.gnome.FileRoller.desktop
+application/xhtml+xml=org.gnome.Epiphany.desktop
+application/zip=org.gnome.FileRoller.desktop
+audio/3gpp=io.elementary.music.desktop
+audio/ac3=io.elementary.music.desktop
+audio/AMR-WB=io.elementary.music.desktop
+audio/AMR=io.elementary.music.desktop
+audio/basic=io.elementary.music.desktop
+audio/flac=io.elementary.music.desktop
+audio/midi=io.elementary.music.desktop
+audio/mp4=io.elementary.music.desktop
+audio/mpeg=io.elementary.music.desktop
+audio/mpegurl=io.elementary.music.desktop
+audio/ogg=io.elementary.music.desktop
+audio/prs.sid=io.elementary.music.desktop
+audio/vnd.rn-realaudio=io.elementary.music.desktop
+audio/x-ape=io.elementary.music.desktop
+audio/x-flac=io.elementary.music.desktop
+audio/x-gsm=io.elementary.music.desktop
+audio/x-it=io.elementary.music.desktop
+audio/x-m4a=io.elementary.music.desktop
+audio/x-matroska=io.elementary.music.desktop
+audio/x-mod=io.elementary.music.desktop
+audio/x-mp3=io.elementary.music.desktop
+audio/x-mpeg=io.elementary.music.desktop
+audio/x-mpegurl=io.elementary.music.desktop
+audio/x-ms-asf=io.elementary.music.desktop
+audio/x-ms-asx=io.elementary.music.desktop
+audio/x-ms-wax=io.elementary.music.desktop
+audio/x-ms-wma=io.elementary.music.desktop
+audio/x-musepack=io.elementary.music.desktop
+audio/x-pn-aiff=io.elementary.music.desktop
+audio/x-pn-au=io.elementary.music.desktop
+audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin=io.elementary.music.desktop
+audio/x-pn-realaudio=io.elementary.music.desktop
+audio/x-pn-wav=io.elementary.music.desktop
+audio/x-pn-windows-acm=io.elementary.music.desktop
+audio/x-real-audio=io.elementary.music.desktop
+audio/x-realaudio=io.elementary.music.desktop
+audio/x-sbc=io.elementary.music.desktop
+audio/x-scpls=io.elementary.music.desktop
+audio/x-speex=io.elementary.music.desktop
+audio/x-tta=io.elementary.music.desktop
+audio/x-vorbis+ogg=io.elementary.music.desktop
+audio/x-vorbis=io.elementary.music.desktop
+audio/x-wav=io.elementary.music.desktop
+audio/x-wavpack=io.elementary.music.desktop
+audio/x-xm=io.elementary.music.desktop
+image/bmp=io.elementary.photos-viewer.desktop
+image/gif=io.elementary.photos-viewer.desktop
+image/jpeg=io.elementary.photos-viewer.desktop
+image/jpg=io.elementary.photos-viewer.desktop
+image/pjpeg=io.elementary.photos-viewer.desktop
+image/png=io.elementary.photos-viewer.desktop
+image/tiff=io.elementary.photos-viewer.desktop
+image/vnd.djvu=org.gnome.Evince.desktop
+image/vnd.rn-realpix=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+image/webp=io.elementary.photos-viewer.desktop
+image/x-bmp=io.elementary.photos-viewer.desktop
+image/x-bzeps=org.gnome.Evince.desktop
+image/x-eps=org.gnome.Evince.desktop
+image/x-gzeps=org.gnome.Evince.desktop
+image/x-png=io.elementary.photos-viewer.desktop
+inode/directory=io.elementary.files.desktop
+misc/ultravox=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+multipart/x-zip=org.gnome.FileRoller.desktop
+text/calendar=io.elementary.calendar.desktop
+text/html=org.gnome.Epiphany.desktop
+text/mathml=io.elementary.code.desktop
+text/plain=io.elementary.code.desktop
+text/x-chdr=io.elementary.code.desktop
+text/x-csrc=io.elementary.code.desktop
+text/x-dtd=io.elementary.code.desktop
+text/x-java=io.elementary.code.desktop
+text/x-python=io.elementary.code.desktop
+text/x-sql=io.elementary.code.desktop
+text/xml=io.elementary.code.desktop
+video/3gpp=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+video/dv=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+video/fli=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+video/flv=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+video/mp2t=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+video/mp4=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+video/mp4v-es=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+video/mpeg=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+video/msvideo=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+video/ogg=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+video/quicktime=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+video/vivo=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+video/vnd.divx=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+video/vnd.rn-realvideo=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+video/vnd.vivo=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+video/webm=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+video/x-anim=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+video/x-avi=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+video/x-flc=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+video/x-fli=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+video/x-flic=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+video/x-flv=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+video/x-m4v=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+video/x-matroska=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+video/x-mpeg=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+video/x-ms-asf=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+video/x-ms-asx=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+video/x-ms-wm=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+video/x-ms-wmv=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+video/x-ms-wmx=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+video/x-ms-wvx=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+video/x-msvideo=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+video/x-nsv=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+video/x-ogm+ogg=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+video/x-theora+ogg=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+video/x-totem-stream=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+x-content/image-dcf=io.elementary.photos.desktop
+x-content/image-picturecd=io.elementary.photos.desktop
+x-content/video-dvd=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+x-content/video-svcd=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+x-content/video-vcd=io.elementary.videos.desktop
+x-scheme-handler/http=org.gnome.Epiphany.desktop
+x-scheme-handler/https=org.gnome.Epiphany.desktop
+x-scheme-handler/mailto=org.gnome.Evolution.desktop
+x-scheme-handler/trash=io.elementary.files.desktop
+