diff --git a/client/CMakeLists.txt b/client/CMakeLists.txt
index eeeb3eb0..e0e1cbcd 100644
--- a/client/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/client/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ add_subdirectory("${PROJECT_TOP}/repos/cimgui"    "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/cimgui" E
 add_subdirectory(displayservers)
 add_subdirectory(renderers)
 
+configure_file("${PROJECT_TOP}/resources/looking-glass-client.desktop.in" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/resources/looking-glass-client.desktop" @ONLY)
 add_executable(looking-glass-client ${SOURCES})
 
 target_compile_definitions(looking-glass-client PRIVATE CIMGUI_DEFINE_ENUMS_AND_STRUCTS=1)
@@ -177,4 +178,10 @@ install(TARGETS looking-glass-client
   RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
   COMPONENT binary)
 
+install(FILES "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/resources/looking-glass-client.desktop"
+    DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/applications")
+install(FILES "${PROJECT_TOP}/resources/lg-logo.svg"
+        DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps"
+        RENAME "looking-glass.svg")
+
 feature_summary(WHAT ENABLED_FEATURES DISABLED_FEATURES)
diff --git a/resources/looking-glass-client.desktop.in b/resources/looking-glass-client.desktop.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b88c548d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/looking-glass-client.desktop.in
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Type=Application
+Version=1.0
+Name=Looking Glass Client
+Comment=Clent for Looking Glass KVMFR
+Icon=looking-glass
+Exec=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/bin/looking-glass-client
+Terminal=false
+Keywords=KVM
+Categories=System;
+StartupWMClass=looking-glass-client
+SingleMainWindow=true