diff --git a/base/.profile b/base/.profile
index eef832e..d12f590 100644
--- a/base/.profile
+++ b/base/.profile
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ export XDG_CACHE_HOME=${XDG_CACHE_HOME:="$HOME/.cache"}
 export XDG_CONFIG_HOME=${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:="$HOME/.config"}
 export XDG_DATA_HOME=${XDG_DATA_HOME:="$HOME/.local/share"}
 export XDG_STATE_HOME=${XDG_STATE_HOME:="$HOME/.local/state"}
+export XDG_CONFIG_DIRS="${XDG_DATA_DIRS:="/etc/xdg"}"
+export XDG_DATA_DIRS="${XDG_DATA_DIRS:="/usr/local/share:/usr/share"}"
 
 if [ "${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}" = "" ]; then
     __TMPDIR__=