diff --git a/pkgs/games/crawl/default.nix b/pkgs/games/crawl/default.nix
index 01d1202658c..ac58a43aecb 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/crawl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/crawl/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, which, sqlite, lua5_1, perl, python3, zlib, pkgconfig, ncurses
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, which, sqlite, lua5_1, perl, python3, zlib, pkgconfig, ncurses
 , dejavu_fonts, libpng, SDL2, SDL2_image, SDL2_mixer, libGLU_combined, freetype, pngcrush, advancecomp
 , tileMode ? false, enableSound ? tileMode
 }:
@@ -14,8 +14,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1d6mip4rvp81839yf2xm63hf34aza5wg4g5z5hi5275j94szaacs";
   };
 
-  # Patch hard-coded paths in the makefile
-  patches = [ ./crawl_purify.patch ];
+  patches = [
+    ./crawl_purify.patch  # Patch hard-coded paths
+    (fetchpatch {         # Use a nice high-res app icon
+      url = "https://github.com/crawl/crawl/commit/2aa1166087e44e6585b26cedf1fe81b3f3ba547f.patch";
+      sha256 = "1jqrdv4wy18shg1fdabdb421232hg5micphkixcyzxd1lrmvadg0";
+    })
+  ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig which perl pngcrush advancecomp ];
 
@@ -40,7 +45,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
               ] ++ lib.optional tileMode "TILES=y"
                 ++ lib.optional enableSound "SOUND=y";
 
-  postInstall = lib.optionalString tileMode "mv $out/bin/crawl $out/bin/crawl-tiles";
+  postInstall = ''
+    ${lib.optionalString tileMode "mv $out/bin/crawl $out/bin/crawl-tiles"}
+    sed -i 's#/usr/games/##' debian/crawl${lib.optionalString tileMode "-tiles"}.desktop
+    install -m 444 -D debian/crawl${lib.optionalString tileMode "-tiles"}.desktop \
+      $out/share/applications/crawl${lib.optionalString tileMode "-tiles"}.desktop
+    install -m 444 -D dat/tiles/stone_soup_icon-512x512.png $out/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/crawl.png
+  '';
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;