diff --git a/src/projectM-jack/CMakeLists.txt b/src/projectM-jack/CMakeLists.txt
index b6ae6918e..3c96a0d0b 100644
--- a/src/projectM-jack/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/projectM-jack/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -123,5 +123,6 @@ LINK_DIRECTORIES(${PROJECTM_LINK} ${JACK_LDFLAGS})
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(projectM-jack projectM jack  ${SDL_LIBRARY} ${GTK_LIBRARIES})
 
 INSTALL(TARGETS projectM-jack DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin )
+install(FILES "projectM-jack.desktop" DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/applications)
 endif(QT_JACK_SUPPORT)