diff --git a/metacity.spec b/metacity.spec
index b05ae26..0f18035 100644
--- a/metacity.spec
+++ b/metacity.spec
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ unset GCONF_DISABLE_MAKEFILE_SCHEMA_INSTALL
 rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/*.la
 rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/*.a
 
+desktop-file-install --vendor "" --delete-original \
+	--dir $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/applications \
+	$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/applications/metacity.desktop
+
 %find_lang %{name}
 
 %clean
@@ -137,6 +141,7 @@ fi
 %{_datadir}/gnome-control-center/keybindings/*
 %{_libdir}/lib*.so.*
 %{_mandir}/man1/metacity.1.gz
+%{_datadir}/applications/metacity.desktop
 
 %files devel
 %defattr(-,root,root)