diff --git a/startlxde.in b/startlxde.in

index fd20816..692965c 100755

--- a/startlxde.in

+++ b/startlxde.in

@@ -41,6 +41,16 @@ if which dbus-launch >/dev/null && test -z "$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS"; then

 fi

 export XDG_MENU_PREFIX="lxde-"

+

+# Since shared-mime-info-0.90-alt3 XDG_DATA_DIRS not exported. We need to define

+# the set of base directories explicitly.

+if [ -n "$XDG_DATA_DIRS" ]; then

+	XDG_DATA_DIRS="/usr/share/lxde:$XDG_DATA_DIRS"

+else

+	XDG_DATA_DIRS="/usr/share/lxde:/usr/share:/usr/local/share"

+fi

+export XDG_DATA_DIRS

+

 export XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP="LXDE"

 # Start the LXDE session