diff --git a/atom.be0 b/atom.be0
index b15cd14ee..72c1093d4 100755
--- a/atom.be0
+++ b/atom.be0
@@ -64,8 +64,10 @@ mee_build() {
 
     start_cmd source /package/node/profile
 
+    start_cmd mkdir -p ${D}${DATADIR}/applications
+    start_cmd mkdir -p ${D}${DATADIR}/icons/hicolor
     unset SUDO_USER SUDO_UID SUDO_COMMAND SUDO_GID
-    HOME=${S} start_cmd script/build --install ${D}${PREFIX}
+    XDG_DATA_DIRS=${D}${DATADIR} HOME=${S} start_cmd script/build --install ${D}${PREFIX}
 }
 
 mee_install() {