diff --git a/pkgs/games/brogue/default.nix b/pkgs/games/brogue/default.nix
index 4cfac27451b0..5040886eaa00 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/brogue/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/brogue/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, SDL, ncurses, libtcod }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, SDL, ncurses, libtcod, makeDesktopItem }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "brogue-${version}";
@@ -19,8 +19,21 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ SDL ncurses libtcod ];
 
+  desktopItem = makeDesktopItem {
+    name = "brogue";
+    desktopName = "Brogue";
+    genericName = "Roguelike";
+    comment = "Brave the Dungeons of Doom!";
+    icon = "brogue";
+    exec = "brogue";
+    categories = "Game;AdventureGame;";
+    terminal = "false";
+  };
+
   installPhase = ''
     install -m 555 -D bin/brogue $out/bin/brogue
+    install -m 444 -D ${desktopItem}/share/applications/brogue.desktop $out/share/applications/brogue.desktop
+    install -m 444 -D bin/brogue-icon.png $out/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/brogue.png
     mkdir -p $out/share/brogue
     cp -r bin/fonts $out/share/brogue/
   '';