diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/wrapper.nix
index 1e8240d6800e..8c0dcb81019b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/wrapper.nix
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ let
           "''${executablePath}${nameSuffix}" \
             --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH ':' "$libs" \
             --suffix-each GTK_PATH ':' "$gtk_modules" \
-            --suffix PATH ':' "${xdg-utils}/bin" \
+            ${lib.optionalString (!xdg-utils.meta.broken) "--suffix PATH ':' \"${xdg-utils}/bin\""} \
             --suffix PATH ':' "$out/bin" \
             --set MOZ_APP_LAUNCHER "${launcherName}" \
             --set MOZ_SYSTEM_DIR "$out/lib/mozilla" \