diff --git a/x11-themes/terminology-themes/terminology-themes-0_p20180106.ebuild b/x11-themes/terminology-themes/terminology-themes-0_p20180106.ebuild
index 442d1b1157856..bfae9f6cb9f1f 100644
--- a/x11-themes/terminology-themes/terminology-themes-0_p20180106.ebuild
+++ b/x11-themes/terminology-themes/terminology-themes-0_p20180106.ebuild
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 EAPI=6
 
+inherit xdg-utils
+
 EGIT_COMMIT_HASH="ba7b71ffd290cbce4bf87d47276fa516c6563345"
 
 DESCRIPTION="Color schemes for the Terminology terminal emulator"
@@ -19,6 +21,11 @@ RDEPEND="x11-terms/terminology"
 
 S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${EGIT_COMMIT_HASH}"
 
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+	xdg_environment_reset
+}
+
 src_compile() {
 	emake -j1
 }
diff --git a/x11-themes/terminology-themes/terminology-themes-9999.ebuild b/x11-themes/terminology-themes/terminology-themes-9999.ebuild
index 7641fd7f72a7a..316ef7845b87b 100644
--- a/x11-themes/terminology-themes/terminology-themes-9999.ebuild
+++ b/x11-themes/terminology-themes/terminology-themes-9999.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=6
 
-inherit git-r3
+inherit git-r3 xdg-utils
 
 DESCRIPTION="Color schemes for the Terminology terminal emulator"
 HOMEPAGE="https://charlesmilette.net/terminology-themes/"
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ IUSE=""
 DEPEND="dev-libs/efl"
 RDEPEND="x11-terms/terminology"
 
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+	xdg_environment_reset
+}
+
 src_compile() {
 	emake -j1
 }