diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 4d0e34cf09..50d47234c9 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
 # Copyright © 2022 jgart <jgart@dismail.de>
 # Copyright © 2023 Zheng Junjie <873216071@qq.com>
 # Copyright © 2023 Ivana Drazovic <iv.dra@hotmail.com>
+# Copyright © 2023 Bruno Victal <mirai@makinata.eu>
 #
 # This file is part of GNU Guix.
 #
@@ -1911,6 +1912,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/libsequoia-remove-store.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/serf-python3.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/shakespeare-spl-fix-grammar.patch		\
+  %D%/packages/patches/shared-mime-info-xdgmime-path.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/sharutils-CVE-2018-1000097.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/slim-session.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/slim-config.patch			\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm b/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
index b6b9f5d4ee..b16fa5d387 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
@@ -512,29 +512,44 @@ (define xdgmime
       (description "This module is used for shared-mime-info package tests.")
       (license (list license:lgpl2.1+ license:artistic2.0)))))
 
+;; Note: when updating shared-mime-info, don't forget to update xdgmime's commit
+;; to the one used in the release.
 (define-public shared-mime-info
   (package
     (name "shared-mime-info")
-    (version "1.15")
+    (version "2.2")
     (source (origin
-             (method url-fetch)
-             (uri (string-append
-                   "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/shared-mime-info/uploads/"
-                   "b27eb88e4155d8fccb8bb3cd12025d5b/shared-mime-info-" version
-                   ".tar.xz"))
+             (method git-fetch)
+             (uri (git-reference
+                   (url "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/shared-mime-info.git")
+                   (commit version)))
+             (file-name (git-file-name name version))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "146vynj78wcwdq0ms52jzm1r4m6dzi1rhyh3h4xyb6bw8ckv10pl"))))
-    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+               "04dfnnflspprxg7qia3whz1754lfvgi4ihvmihg379936zy5xd22"))
+             (patches (search-patches "shared-mime-info-xdgmime-path.patch"))))
+    (build-system meson-build-system)
     (arguments
-     ;; The build system appears not to be parallel-safe.
-     '(#:parallel-build? #f))
+     (list
+      #:configure-flags
+      #~(list #$(format #f "-Dxdgmime-path=~a/bin"
+                        (this-package-native-input "xdgmime"))
+              "-Dupdate-mimedb=true")
+      #:phases
+      #~(modify-phases %standard-phases
+          ;; Don't patch shebangs for the test files.
+          (replace 'patch-source-shebangs
+            (lambda _
+              (let ((pred (lambda (file stat)
+                            (and (eq? 'regular (stat:type stat))
+                                 (not (string-prefix? "./tests/mime-detection"
+                                                      file))))))
+                (for-each patch-shebang
+                          (find-files "." pred #:stat lstat))))))))
     (inputs
      (list glib libxml2))
     (native-inputs
-     `(("gettext" ,gettext-minimal)
-       ("itstool" ,itstool)
-       ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
+     (list gettext-minimal pkg-config python xdgmime))
     (home-page "https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/shared-mime-info")
     (synopsis "Database of common MIME types")
     (description
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/shared-mime-info-xdgmime-path.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/shared-mime-info-xdgmime-path.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..27c578f3fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/shared-mime-info-xdgmime-path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+Adapted from <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/shared-mime-info/-/merge_requests/182>.
+
+diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
+index 3c75424..7058562 100644
+--- a/meson.build
++++ b/meson.build
+@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ xmlto   = find_program('xmlto', required: false)
+ ###############################################################################
+ # Find xdgmime
+ 
+-xdgmime = get_option('xdgmime-path') / 'src'
++xdgmime = get_option('xdgmime-path')
+ 
+-xdgmime_print_mime_data = find_program(xdgmime/'print-mime-data', required: false)
+-xdgmime_test_mime_data  = find_program(xdgmime/'test-mime-data', required: false)
+-xdgmime_test_mime       = find_program(xdgmime/'test-mime', required: false)
++xdgmime_print_mime_data = find_program('print-mime-data', xdgmime/'print-mime-data', required: false)
++xdgmime_test_mime_data  = find_program('test-mime-data', xdgmime/'test-mime-data', required: false)
++xdgmime_test_mime       = find_program('test-mime', xdgmime/'test-mime', required: false)
+ xdgmime_found = (
+     xdgmime_print_mime_data.found() and
+     xdgmime_test_mime_data.found()  and
