--- a/scripts/xdg-email.in
+++ b/scripts/xdg-email.in
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ open_generic()
         run_thunderbird "$client" "$1"
     fi
 
-    xdg-open "$1"
+    xdg-utils-xdg-open "$1"
     local ret=$?
 
     # 3 means exit_failure_operation_impossible