diff --git a/kdcop/CMakeLists.txt b/kdcop/CMakeLists.txt
index 70f19988b..3ac8a1e54 100644
--- a/kdcop/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kdcop/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ link_directories(
 ##### other data ################################
 
 install( FILES kdcopui.rc DESTINATION ${DATA_INSTALL_DIR}/kdcop )
+install( FILES kdcop.desktop DESTINATION ${XDG_APPS_INSTALL_DIR} )
 
 
 ##### kdcop (executable) ########################
diff --git a/kdcop/kdcop.desktop b/kdcop/kdcop.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..76e4fdfe8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kdcop/kdcop.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Type=Application
+Exec=kdcop
+Icon=kdcop
+Terminal=false
+X-DocPath=kdcop/index.html
+X-TDE-StartupNotify=true
+X-DCOP-ServiceType=Multi
+Categories=Qt;TDE;System;
+
+Name=KDCOP
+GenericName=DCOP browser