diff --git a/nixos/modules/programs/environment.nix b/nixos/modules/programs/environment.nix
index a1615c920c02..48a1e2a0a883 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/programs/environment.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/programs/environment.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ in
       { NIXPKGS_CONFIG = "/etc/nix/nixpkgs-config.nix";
         PAGER = mkDefault "less -R";
         EDITOR = mkDefault "nano";
+        XCURSOR_PATH = "$HOME/.icons";
       };
 
     environment.profiles =
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ in
         GTK_PATH = [ "/lib/gtk-2.0" "/lib/gtk-3.0" ];
         XDG_CONFIG_DIRS = [ "/etc/xdg" ];
         XDG_DATA_DIRS = [ "/share" ];
+        XCURSOR_PATH = [ "/share/icons" ];
         MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH = [ "/lib/mozilla/plugins" ];
         LIBEXEC_PATH = [ "/lib/libexec" ];
       };