diff --git a/dist_assets/linux/AppImageBuilder.yml b/dist_assets/linux/AppImageBuilder.yml
index 06583a673..fe78202d3 100644
--- a/dist_assets/linux/AppImageBuilder.yml
+++ b/dist_assets/linux/AppImageBuilder.yml
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ AppDir:
       PYTHONHOME: '${APPDIR}/usr'
       PYTHONPATH: '${APPDIR}/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages'
       SSL_CERT_FILE: '${APPDIR}/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/certifi/cacert.pem'
+      # Sets variable to default value in case system doesn't provide any
+      # Seems like ubuntu GTK doesn't use defaults and relies just on the variable
+      XDG_DATA_DIRS: '${XDG_DATA_DIRS:-/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/}'
 
 AppImage:
   sign-key: None