diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix
index f2b6df3c855a..22023fdded49 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # Add support for the GNOME’s default terminal emulator.
     # https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2618
     ./gnome-console-support.patch
+    # Do the same for Pantheon’s terminal emulator.
+    ./elementary-terminal-support.patch
 
     # GLib contains many binaries used for different purposes;
     # we will install them to different outputs:
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/elementary-terminal-support.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/elementary-terminal-support.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0b8c8a70871c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/elementary-terminal-support.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+diff --git a/gio/gdesktopappinfo.c b/gio/gdesktopappinfo.c
+index a441bfec9..6bcd3e690 100644
+--- a/gio/gdesktopappinfo.c
++++ b/gio/gdesktopappinfo.c
+@@ -2678,6 +2678,11 @@ prepend_terminal_to_vector (int    *argc,
+             if (check != NULL)
+               pass_cmd_as_single_arg = TRUE;
+           }
++          if (check == NULL) {
++            check = g_find_program_in_path ("io.elementary.terminal");
++            if (check != NULL)
++              pass_cmd_as_single_arg = TRUE;
++          }
+           if (check == NULL)
+             check = g_find_program_in_path ("tilix");
+           if (check == NULL)