diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2311.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2311.section.md
index 2c5f47c67962..ef4465d9ddfd 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2311.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2311.section.md
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 ## Other Notable Changes {#sec-release-23.11-notable-changes}
 
+- The Cinnamon module now enables XDG desktop integration by default. If you are experiencing collisions related to xdg-desktop-portal-gtk you can safely remove `xdg.portal.extraPortals = [ pkgs.xdg-desktop-portal-gtk ];` from your NixOS configuration.
+
 - A new option was added to the virtualisation module that enables specifying explicitly named network interfaces in QEMU VMs. The existing `virtualisation.vlans` is still supported for cases where the name of the network interface is irrelevant.
 
 - `services.nginx` gained a `defaultListen` option at server-level with support for PROXY protocol listeners, also `proxyProtocol` is now exposed in `services.nginx.virtualHosts.<name>.listen` option. It is now possible to run PROXY listeners and non-PROXY listeners at a server-level, see [#213510](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/213510/) for more details.
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/cinnamon.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/cinnamon.nix
index 2d8addb0f10e..9adbcec7f2f0 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/cinnamon.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/cinnamon.nix
@@ -187,6 +187,15 @@ in
       xdg.mime.enable = true;
       xdg.icons.enable = true;
 
+      xdg.portal.enable = true;
+      xdg.portal.extraPortals = [
+        pkgs.xdg-desktop-portal-xapp
+        (pkgs.xdg-desktop-portal-gtk.override {
+          # Do not build portals that we already have.
+          buildPortalsInGnome = false;
+        })
+      ];
+
       # Override GSettings schemas
       environment.sessionVariables.NIX_GSETTINGS_OVERRIDES_DIR = "${nixos-gsettings-overrides}/share/gsettings-schemas/nixos-gsettings-overrides/glib-2.0/schemas";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/xdg-desktop-portal-xapp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/xdg-desktop-portal-xapp/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..80d409c080cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/xdg-desktop-portal-xapp/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+{ stdenv
+, lib
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, meson
+, ninja
+, pkg-config
+, python3
+, wrapGAppsHook
+, cinnamon
+, glib
+, gsettings-desktop-schemas
+, gtk3
+, mate
+, xdg-desktop-portal
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "xdg-desktop-portal-xapp";
+  version = "1.0.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "linuxmint";
+    repo = "xdg-desktop-portal-xapp";
+    rev = version;
+    hash = "sha256-oXV4u/w4MWhKHf5vNbUNcyEJpKVFWcyEs1HEqo6eCyU=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    meson
+    ninja
+    pkg-config
+    python3
+    wrapGAppsHook
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    cinnamon.cinnamon-desktop # org.cinnamon.desktop.background
+    glib
+    gsettings-desktop-schemas # org.gnome.system.location
+    gtk3
+    mate.mate-desktop # org.mate.background
+    xdg-desktop-portal
+  ];
+
+  mesonFlags = [
+    "-Dsystemduserunitdir=${placeholder "out"}/lib/systemd/user"
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    chmod +x data/meson_install_schemas.py
+    patchShebangs data/meson_install_schemas.py
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Backend implementation for xdg-desktop-portal for Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/linuxmint/xdg-desktop-portal-xapp";
+    maintainers = teams.cinnamon.members;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1855f5e93915..09fb4c56823a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -35426,6 +35426,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   xdg-desktop-portal-wlr = callPackage ../development/libraries/xdg-desktop-portal-wlr { };
 
+  xdg-desktop-portal-xapp = callPackage ../development/libraries/xdg-desktop-portal-xapp { };
+
   xdg-user-dirs = callPackage ../tools/X11/xdg-user-dirs { };
 
   xdg-utils = callPackage ../tools/X11/xdg-utils {