diff --git a/recipes-emulators/dosbox/dosbox-x.bb b/recipes-emulators/dosbox/dosbox-x.bb
index 4b28849..3ca4327 100644
--- a/recipes-emulators/dosbox/dosbox-x.bb
+++ b/recipes-emulators/dosbox/dosbox-x.bb
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "x11 opengl"
 SRC_URI = " \
     git://github.com/joncampbell123/dosbox-x.git \
     file://0001-use-pkgconfig-to-find-sdl2.patch \
+    file://dosbox-x.desktop \
 "
 SRCREV = "0f1435e18d06ac955f26211541a9556bac759ae2"
 PV = "0.83.6"
@@ -34,4 +35,9 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = " \
     --disable-alsatest \
 "
 
+do_install_append() {
+	install -d ${D}/${datadir}/applications
+	install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/*.desktop ${D}/${datadir}/applications
+}
+
 FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/metainfo"
diff --git a/recipes-emulators/dosbox/dosbox-x/dosbox-x.desktop b/recipes-emulators/dosbox/dosbox-x/dosbox-x.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..853de92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-emulators/dosbox/dosbox-x/dosbox-x.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=DOSBox-X
+Comment=An x86/DOS emulator capable of running DOS based Windows
+Exec=dosbox-x
+Icon=dosbox-x
+Terminal=false
+Type=Application
+Categories=Emulator;Game;