diff --git a/fltk-1.1.8-fluid_desktop.patch b/fltk-1.1.8-fluid_desktop.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d3788ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fltk-1.1.8-fluid_desktop.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff -up fltk-1.1.8/fluid/fluid.desktop.dt fltk-1.1.8/fluid/fluid.desktop
+--- fltk-1.1.8/fluid/fluid.desktop.dt	2008-03-16 07:07:41.000000000 -0500
++++ fltk-1.1.8/fluid/fluid.desktop	2008-03-29 17:07:49.000000000 -0500
+@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
+ Name=FLUID
+ Comment=FLTK GUI Designer
+ TryExec=fluid
+-Exec=cd %D && fluid %F
++Exec=fluid %F
+ Icon=fluid
+ Terminal=false
+ Type=Application
+-MimeType=application/x-fluid
++MimeType=application/x-fluid;
+ Categories=Development;GUIDesigner;
diff --git a/fltk.spec b/fltk.spec
index 8b4ae4f..1b18462 100644
--- a/fltk.spec
+++ b/fltk.spec
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Patch2:         fltk-1.1.7-test.patch
 Patch3: 	fltk-1.1.x-r5750-undefined.patch
 # nuke --rpath (#238284)
 Patch4: 	fltk-1.1.x-r5750-rpath.patch
+Patch5: 	fltk-1.1.8-fluid_desktop.patch
 
 %if 0%{?rhel} > 4 || 0%{?fedora} > 4
 BuildRequires:  libICE-devel libSM-devel
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ Requires:	%{name}-devel = %{version}-%{release}
 %patch2 -p1 -b .test
 %patch3 -p1 -b .undefined
 %patch4 -p1 -b .rpath
+%patch5 -p1 -b .fluid_desktop
 
 
 %build
@@ -115,14 +117,18 @@ popd
 
 make install install-desktop DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT 
 
+# omit examples/games: 
+make -C test uninstall-linux DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+rm -f  $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mandir}/man?/{blocks,checkers,sudoku}*
+
 # Makefile hack for 64bitness
 %if "%{_lib}" != "lib"
 rm -f  $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/../lib
 %endif
 
-desktop-file-install --vendor="" \
+desktop-file-install --vendor="%{name}" \
   --dir $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/applications \
-    $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/applications/*.desktop
+    $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/applications/fluid.desktop
 
 # docs
 rm -rf __docs
@@ -135,9 +141,6 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mandir}/cat*
 %if "%{?_disable_static:1}" == "1"
 rm -f  $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/lib*.a
 %endif
-# omit examples/games: 
-make -C test uninstall-linux DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-rm -f  $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mandir}/man?/{blocks,checkers,sudoku}*
 
 
 %check