diff --git a/palette-editor/MANIFEST.in b/palette-editor/MANIFEST.in
index 12f1e6c..e652a12 100644
--- a/palette-editor/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/palette-editor/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-include LICENSE INSTALL CHANGES.txt
+include LICENSE INSTALL CHANGES.txt *.desktop
 recursive-include share/icons *.png
 recursive-include share/palettes *.xml *.gpl *.css
 recursive-include share/templates *.svg
diff --git a/palette-editor.desktop b/palette-editor/palette-editor.desktop
similarity index 100%
rename from palette-editor.desktop
rename to palette-editor/palette-editor.desktop
diff --git a/palette-editor/setup.py b/palette-editor/setup.py
index 6f8d284..88f7eef 100644
--- a/palette-editor/setup.py
+++ b/palette-editor/setup.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ def locate_locales():
                     ('share/palette-editor/icons', glob('share/icons/*.png')),
                     ('share/palette-editor/palettes', glob('share/palettes/*')),
                     ('share/palette-editor/templates', glob('share/templates/*.svg')),
+                    ('share/applications', ['palette-editor.desktop']),
                 ] + locate_locales()
 )
 
diff --git a/palette-editor/stdeb.cfg b/palette-editor/stdeb.cfg
index 284d740..2b7e2e0 100644
--- a/palette-editor/stdeb.cfg
+++ b/palette-editor/stdeb.cfg
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 [DEFAULT]
 Depends: python-qt4
 Recommends: pyton-pillow, python-colourlovers, python-tinycss
+MIME-Desktop-File: palette-editor.desktop
+