diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 0d63a62..bc96e26 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -23,3 +23,8 @@ add_project_arguments(['-Wno-unused-parameter'], language: 'cpp')
 
 subdir('proto')
 subdir('src')
+
+install_data(
+  'wf-osk.desktop',
+  install_dir: '@0@/share/applications'.format(get_option('prefix'))
+  )
diff --git a/wf-osk.desktop b/wf-osk.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14a8024
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wf-osk.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=wf-osk
+GenericName=Virtual Keyboard
+Comment=A very, very simple virtual keyboard using gtkmm, virtual-keyboard-v1 and layer-shell
+Keywords=screen;keyboard;virtual
+Exec=wf-osk
+StartupNotify=true
+Terminal=false
+Type=Application
+Icon=input-keyboard