diff --git a/recipes-misc/recipes-multimedia/drumgizmo/drumgizmo.bb b/recipes-misc/recipes-multimedia/drumgizmo/drumgizmo.bb
index 944cff59..cc1da39f 100644
--- a/recipes-misc/recipes-multimedia/drumgizmo/drumgizmo.bb
+++ b/recipes-misc/recipes-multimedia/drumgizmo/drumgizmo.bb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require ${BPN}.inc
 
-inherit autotools-brokensep pkgconfig distro_features_check
+inherit autotools-brokensep pkgconfig distro_features_check gtk-icon-cache
 
 REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURE = "x11"
 
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ DEPENDS += " \
 SRC_URI += " \
     file://0001-automake-enable-subdir-objects.patch \
     file://0002-Use-native-rcgen.patch \
+    file://drumgizmo.desktop \
 "
 
 # --disable-editor: sigh - editor requires Qt4
@@ -28,4 +29,12 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = " \
     --disable-sse \
 "
 
+do_install_append() {
+    install -d ${D}${datadir}/pixmaps
+    install -m 0644 ${S}/plugingui/resources/logo.png ${D}${datadir}/pixmaps/drumgizmo-logo.png
+
+    install -d ${D}${datadir}/applications
+    install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/${BPN}.desktop ${D}${datadir}/applications/
+}
+
 FILES_${PN} += "${libdir}/lv2"
diff --git a/recipes-misc/recipes-multimedia/drumgizmo/files/drumgizmo.desktop b/recipes-misc/recipes-multimedia/drumgizmo/files/drumgizmo.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5066528e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-misc/recipes-multimedia/drumgizmo/files/drumgizmo.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=DrumGizmo
+Comment=DrumGizmo standalone application
+Exec=drumgizmo
+Icon=drumgizmo-logo.png
+Terminal=false
+Type=Application
+Categories=Application;Audio;Midi;Music