diff --git a/doc/builders/special/fhs-environments.xml b/doc/builders/special/fhs-environments.xml
index e7b81e97a23f9..6adb4b03302e5 100644
--- a/doc/builders/special/fhs-environments.xml
+++ b/doc/builders/special/fhs-environments.xml
@@ -119,4 +119,8 @@
  <para>
   Running <literal>nix-shell</literal> would then drop you into a shell with these libraries and binaries available. You can use this to run closed-source applications which expect FHS structure without hassles: simply change <literal>runScript</literal> to the application path, e.g. <filename>./bin/start.sh</filename> -- relative paths are supported.
  </para>
+
+ <para>
+  Additonally, the FHS builder links all relocated gsettings-schemas (the glib setup-hook moves them to share/gsettings-schemas/${name}/glib-2.0/schemas) to their standard FHS location. This means you don't need to wrap binaries with <literal>wrapGAppsHook</literal>.
+ </para>
 </section>
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/build-fhs-userenv/env.nix b/pkgs/build-support/build-fhs-userenv/env.nix
index 8de43d5a9195d..ace4193971bc7 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/build-fhs-userenv/env.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/build-fhs-userenv/env.nix
@@ -124,6 +124,25 @@ let
     paths = [ etcPkg ] ++ basePkgs ++ targetPaths;
     extraOutputsToInstall = [ "out" "lib" "bin" ] ++ extraOutputsToInstall;
     ignoreCollisions = true;
+    postBuild = ''
+      if [[ -d  $out/share/gsettings-schemas/ ]]; then
+          # Create the standard schemas directory if needed
+          if [[ -L $out/share/glib-2.0 ]]; then
+              rm -rf $out/share/glib-2.0
+              mkdir -p $out/share/glib-2.0/schemas
+          fi
+
+          # symlink any schema files or overrides to the standard schema directory
+          for d in $out/share/gsettings-schemas/*; do
+              # Force symlink, in case there are duplicates
+              ln -fs $d/glib-2.0/schemas/*.xml $out/share/glib-2.0/schemas
+              ln -fs $d/glib-2.0/schemas/*.gschema.override $out/share/glib-2.0/schemas
+          done
+
+          # and compile them
+          ${pkgs.glib.dev}/bin/glib-compile-schemas $out/share/glib-2.0/schemas
+      fi
+    '';
   };
 
   staticUsrProfileMulti = buildEnv {