diff --git a/desktop/lxqt/libqtxdg/actions.py b/desktop/lxqt/libqtxdg/actions.py
index c88e4c95c1..40539c9da9 100644
--- a/desktop/lxqt/libqtxdg/actions.py
+++ b/desktop/lxqt/libqtxdg/actions.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ def setup():
     shelltools.makedirs("build")
     shelltools.cd("build")
     cmaketools.configure("-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
+                          -DQTXDG_DEFAPPS_CONF_INSTALL_DIR:PATH=/etc/xdg \
                           -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=/usr/lib", sourceDir="..")
 
 def build():
diff --git a/desktop/lxqt/libqtxdg/pspec.xml b/desktop/lxqt/libqtxdg/pspec.xml
index 2e698e64a5..2102cb6a56 100644
--- a/desktop/lxqt/libqtxdg/pspec.xml
+++ b/desktop/lxqt/libqtxdg/pspec.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
             <Dependency>qt5-base</Dependency>
         </RuntimeDependencies>
         <Files>
+            <Path fileType="config">/etc/xdg</Path>
             <Path fileType="executable">/usr/bin</Path>
             <Path fileType="library">/usr/lib</Path>
             <Path fileType="data">/usr/share/</Path>