diff --git a/pkgs/games/dhewm3/default.nix b/pkgs/games/dhewm3/default.nix
index b5caa603eaf..beb037dc240 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/dhewm3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/dhewm3/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, SDL2, libGLU, libGL, zlib, libjpeg, libogg, libvorbis
-, openal, curl }:
+, openal, curl, copyDesktopItems, makeDesktopItem }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "dhewm3";
@@ -21,9 +21,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     cd "$(ls -d dhewm3-*.src)"/neo
   '';
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake copyDesktopItems ];
   buildInputs = [ SDL2 libGLU libGL zlib libjpeg libogg libvorbis openal curl ];
 
+  desktopItems = [
+    (makeDesktopItem {
+      name = "dhewm3";
+      exec = "dhewm3";
+      desktopName = "Doom 3";
+      categories = "Game;";
+    })
+  ];
+
   hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {