diff --git a/modules/gui/phosh.nix b/modules/gui/phosh.nix
index b4a5f196..1cf145a5 100644
--- a/modules/gui/phosh.nix
+++ b/modules/gui/phosh.nix
@@ -77,9 +77,10 @@ in
     }
     (mkIf cfg.useGreeter {
       services.xserver.enable = true;
+      services.xserver.displayManager.lightdm.greeters.gtk.enable = false;  # gtk greeter overrides our own?
       services.xserver.displayManager.lightdm.greeter = {
         enable = true;
-        package = pkgs.lightdm-mobile-greeter;
+        package = pkgs.lightdm-mobile-greeter.xgreeters;
         name = "lightdm-mobile-greeter";
       };
       # services.xserver.displayManager.lightdm.enable = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/lightdm-mobile-greeter/default.nix b/pkgs/lightdm-mobile-greeter/default.nix
index b42dbd12..3fae29e3 100644
--- a/pkgs/lightdm-mobile-greeter/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/lightdm-mobile-greeter/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 , gtk3
 , libhandy_0
 , lightdm
+, pkgs
+, linkFarm
 , pkg-config
 , rustPlatform
 }:
@@ -36,6 +38,11 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
       --replace lightdm-mobile-greeter $out/bin/lightdm-mobile-greeter
   '';
 
+  passthru.xgreeters = linkFarm "lightdm-mobile-greeter-xgreeters" [{
+    path = "${pkgs.lightdm-mobile-greeter}/share/applications/lightdm-mobile-greeter.desktop";
+    name = "lightdm-mobile-greeter.desktop";
+  }];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A simple log in screen for use on touch screens.";
     homepage = "https://git.uninsane.org/colin/lightdm-mobile-greeter";
diff --git a/pkgs/overlay.nix b/pkgs/overlay.nix
index 67a6796b..6f1f9e2c 100644
--- a/pkgs/overlay.nix
+++ b/pkgs/overlay.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
   #### TEMPORARY: PACKAGES WAITING TO BE UPSTREAMED
   kaiteki = prev.callPackage ./kaiteki { };
-  lightdm-mobile-greeter = prev.callPackage ./lightdm-mobile-greeter { };
+  lightdm-mobile-greeter = prev.callPackage ./lightdm-mobile-greeter { pkgs = next; };
   # kaiteki = prev.kaiteki;
   # TODO: upstream, or delete nabla
   nabla = prev.callPackage ./nabla { };