diff --git a/recipes-emulators/vice/files/vice_64.desktop b/recipes-emulators/vice/files/vice_64.desktop
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+[Desktop Entry]
+Type=Application
+Name=Vice C64 Emulator
+Exec=x64
+Terminal=false
+StartupNotify=false
+Categories=Game
diff --git a/recipes-emulators/vice/vice_2.4.bb b/recipes-emulators/vice/vice_2.4.bb
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+SUMMARY = "Versatile Commodore Emulator"
+HOMEPAGE = "http://vice-emu.sourceforge.net"
+LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://doc/html/plain/COPYING;md5=c93c0550bd3173f4504b2cbd8991e50b"
+
+# Sources for c64 software:
+# [1] ftp://arnold.c64.org/pub/games/
+
+SRC_URI = " \
+    ${SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR}/project/vice-emu/releases/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.gz \
+    file://vice_64.desktop \
+"
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "b017647a0c159bbe43cdb81762d1c577"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "ff8b8d5f0f497d1f8e75b95bbc4204993a789284a08a8a59ba727ad81dcace10"
+
+inherit autotools pkgconfig
+
+DEPENDS = "libxt libxmu libxaw libxpm libxv pulseaudio libav libsdl libpng jpeg giflib"
+
+# some options autotools.bbclass adds by default cause configure to complain
+# so (hack): copy from autotools.bbclass and remove unwanted
+CONFIGUREOPTS = " \
+    --build=${BUILD_SYS} \
+    --host=${HOST_SYS} \
+    --target=${TARGET_SYS} \
+    --prefix=${prefix} \
+    --exec_prefix=${exec_prefix} \
+    --bindir=${bindir} \
+    --sbindir=${sbindir} \
+    --libexecdir=${libexecdir} \
+    --datadir=${datadir} \
+    --sysconfdir=${sysconfdir} \
+    --sharedstatedir=${sharedstatedir} \
+    --localstatedir=${localstatedir} \
+    --libdir=${libdir} \
+    --includedir=${includedir} \
+    --oldincludedir=${oldincludedir} \
+    --infodir=${infodir} \
+    --mandir=${mandir} \
+    ${CONFIGUREOPT_DEPTRACK} \
+"
+
+EXTRA_OECONF = "--disable-ffmpeg"
+
+do_install_append() {
+    install -d ${D}/${datadir}/applications
+    install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/vice_64.desktop ${D}/${datadir}/applications
+}
+
+FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/icons"