diff --git a/linphone-desktop/CMakeLists.txt b/linphone-desktop/CMakeLists.txt
index 878759896..2bafe01f2 100644
--- a/linphone-desktop/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/linphone-desktop/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -336,6 +336,10 @@ install(TARGETS ${TARGET_NAME}
   PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ OWNER_WRITE OWNER_EXECUTE GROUP_READ GROUP_EXECUTE WORLD_READ WORLD_EXECUTE
 )
 
+install(FILES "linphone.desktop"
+  DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/applications"
+)
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Install rc files.
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/linphone-desktop/linphone.desktop b/linphone-desktop/linphone.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb1ddd2a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/linphone-desktop/linphone.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=Linphone
+GenericName=Web-phone
+Comment=Linphone is a web-phone
+Type=Application
+Exec=linphone %u
+Icon=linphone
+Terminal=false
+Categories=Network;Telephony;
+
+
+# Translations
+Name[de]=Linphone
+Name[he]=Linphone
+Name[ar]=لِنْفُونْ
+Name[hu]=Linphone
+Name[ru]=Linphone
+Name[nb_NO]=Linphone
+Name[it]=Linphone
+Name[ja]=Linphone
+Name[cs]=Linphone
+Name[sr]=Линфон
+Name[sv]=Linphone
+Name[zh_CN]=Linphone
+Name[fr]=Linphone
+Name[zh_TW]=Linphone