diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/adobe-reader/builder.sh b/pkgs/applications/misc/adobe-reader/builder.sh
index 1f4844a22c46..174dd70ab04d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/adobe-reader/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/adobe-reader/builder.sh
@@ -26,3 +26,12 @@ substituteInPlace $out/Adobe/Reader*/bin/acroread \
 
 mkdir -p $out/bin
 ln -s $out/Adobe/Reader*/bin/acroread $out/bin/acroread
+
+mkdir -p $out/share/applications
+mv $out/Adobe/Reader9/Resource/Support/AdobeReader.desktop $out/share/applications/
+sed -i $out/share/applications/AdobeReader.desktop \
+    -e "s|Icon=.*|Icon=$out/Adobe/Reader9/Resource/Icons/128x128/AdobeReader9.png|"
+
+# Not sure if this works.
+mkdir -p $out/share/mimelnk/application
+mv $out/Adobe/Reader9/Resource/Support/vnd*.desktop $out/share/mimelnk/application