1diff --git a/src/libgpaste/gpaste/gpaste-settings.c b/src/libgpaste/gpaste/gpaste-settings.c
2index 830f5e0b..c8df0e11 100644
3--- a/src/libgpaste/gpaste/gpaste-settings.c
4+++ b/src/libgpaste/gpaste/gpaste-settings.c
5@@ -1039,7 +1039,10 @@ create_g_settings (void)
6 }
7 else
8 {
9- return g_settings_new (G_PASTE_SETTINGS_NAME);
10+ // library used by introspection requires schemas but we cannot set XDG_DATA_DIRS for the library
11+ g_autoptr (GSettingsSchemaSource) schema_source = g_settings_schema_source_new_from_directory ("@gschemasCompiled@", NULL, FALSE, NULL);
12+ g_autoptr (GSettingsSchema) schema = g_settings_schema_source_lookup (schema_source, G_PASTE_SETTINGS_NAME, FALSE);
13+ return g_settings_new_full (schema, NULL, NULL);
14 }
15 }
16