diff --git a/pkgs/games/heroic/default.nix b/pkgs/games/heroic/default.nix
index 05455ae7c7d6..ca9d5799596e 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/heroic/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/heroic/default.nix
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       --inherit-argv0 \
       --add-flags --disable-gpu-compositing \
       --add-flags $out/share/${appName} \
-      --add-flags "\''${NIXOS_OZONE_WL:+\''${WAYLAND_DISPLAY:+--ozone-platform-hint=auto --enable-features=WaylandWindowDecorations}}"
+      --add-flags "\''${NIXOS_OZONE_WL:+\''${WAYLAND_DISPLAY:+--ozone-platform-hint=auto --enable-features=WaylandWindowDecorations --enable-wayland-ime}}"
 
     substituteInPlace "$out/share/${appName}/flatpak/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl.desktop" \
       --replace "Exec=heroic-run" "Exec=heroic"
diff --git a/pkgs/games/heroic/fhsenv.nix b/pkgs/games/heroic/fhsenv.nix
index 40a8ea37efae..3979b2823926 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/heroic/fhsenv.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/heroic/fhsenv.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ buildFHSEnv {
   # Many Wine and native games need 32-bit libraries.
   multiArch = true;
 
+  # required by Electron
+  unshareIpc = false;
+
   targetPkgs = pkgs: with pkgs; [
     heroic-unwrapped
     gamemode