diff --git a/src/launch/launcher.c b/src/launch/launcher.c
index a4b74604..5933f1e0 100644
--- a/src/launch/launcher.c
+++ b/src/launch/launcher.c
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ static int launcher_load_standard_session_services(Launcher *launcher, NSSCache
                 size_t n;
 
                 data_dirs = getenv("XDG_DATA_DIRS") ?:
-                            "/usr/local/share:/usr/share";
+                            "/etc:/usr/local/share:/usr/share";
 
                 while (*data_dirs) {
                         sep = strchr(data_dirs, ':');
@@ -925,6 +925,7 @@ static int launcher_load_standard_session_services(Launcher *launcher, NSSCache
 
 static int launcher_load_standard_system_services(Launcher *launcher, NSSCache *nss_cache) {
         static const char *default_data_dirs[] = {
+                "/etc",
                 "/usr/local/share",
                 "/usr/share",
                 "/lib",