diff --git a/js/ui/main.js b/js/ui/main.js
index 2cfe941be..d86cf9e81 100644
--- a/js/ui/main.js
+++ b/js/ui/main.js
@@ -256,6 +256,14 @@ function _getStylesheet(name) {
     if (stylesheet.query_exists(null))
         return stylesheet;
 
+    let dataDirs = GLib.get_system_data_dirs();
+    for (let i = 0; i < dataDirs.length; i++) {
+        let path = GLib.build_filenamev([dataDirs[i], 'gnome-shell', 'theme', name]);
+        let stylesheet = Gio.file_new_for_path(path);
+        if (stylesheet.query_exists(null))
+            return stylesheet;
+    }
+
     stylesheet = Gio.File.new_for_path(global.datadir + '/theme/' + name);
     if (stylesheet.query_exists(null))
         return stylesheet;