diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/cinnamon.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/cinnamon.nix
index 738aaa000a79..2da09e9cb9bc 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/cinnamon.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/cinnamon.nix
@@ -123,6 +123,15 @@ in
         nemo-with-extensions
         xapp
       ];
+      systemd.packages =
+        with pkgs;
+        [
+          cinnamon-session
+        ]
+        ++ utils.removePackagesByName [
+          xdg-user-dirs # Update user dirs as described in https://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xdg-user-dirs/
+          xdg-user-dirs-gtk
+        ] config.environment.cinnamon.excludePackages;
       services.cinnamon.apps.enable = mkDefault true;
       services.gnome.evolution-data-server.enable = true;
       services.gnome.glib-networking.enable = true;
@@ -218,6 +227,7 @@ in
             mint-y-icons
             xapp # provides some xapp-* icons
             xapp-symbolic-icons
+            xdg-user-dirs-gtk
           ] config.environment.cinnamon.excludePackages
         );