diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index c89a906..f79f9e0 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ install: all
 	install ${PROG} ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
 	@echo installing xsession file to ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/share/xsessions
 	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/share/xsessions
+	install -m 444 wmfs.desktop ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/share/xsessions
 	@echo installing default config file to ${DESTDIR}${XDG_CONFIG_DIR}/wmfs/
 	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}${XDG_CONFIG_DIR}/wmfs/
 	install -m 444 wmfsrc ${DESTDIR}${XDG_CONFIG_DIR}/wmfs/
diff --git a/wmfs.desktop b/wmfs.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42ea416
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wmfs.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Encoding=UTF-8
+Type=Application
+Name=wmfs
+Comment=Window Manager From Scratch
+TryExec=wmfs
+Exec=wmfs