diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnome-shell/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnome-shell/package.nix
index a19b05d19a05..f6a1ecd6770c 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnome-shell/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnome-shell/package.nix
@@ -190,6 +190,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     rm data/theme/gnome-shell-{light,dark}.css
   '';
 
+  preInstall = ''
+    # gnome-shell contains GSettings schema overrides for Mutter.
+    schemadir="$out/share/glib-2.0/schemas"
+    mkdir -p "$schemadir"
+    cp "${glib.getSchemaPath mutter}/org.gnome.mutter.gschema.xml" "$schemadir"
+  '';
+
   postInstall = ''
     # Pull in WebP and JXL support for gnome-backgrounds.
     # In postInstall to run before gappsWrapperArgsHook.