diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 38819adb..33d7dc71 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-include LICENSE pylintrc *.rst *.txt
+include LICENSE pylintrc *.rst *.txt data/mopidy.desktop
 include mopidy/backends/libspotify/spotify_appkey.key
 recursive-include docs *
 prune docs/_build
diff --git a/data/mopidy.desktop b/data/mopidy.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f5ca43bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/mopidy.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Type=Application
+Version=1.0
+Name=Mopidy Music Server
+Comment=MPD music server with Spotify support
+Icon=audio-x-generic
+TryExec=mopidy
+Exec=mopidy
+Terminal=true
+Categories=AudioVideo;Audio;Player;ConsoleOnly
diff --git a/docs/changes.rst b/docs/changes.rst
index cb34993e..aef0055c 100644
--- a/docs/changes.rst
+++ b/docs/changes.rst
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ No description yet.
 
 **Changes**
 
-- None so far.
+- Install ``mopidy.desktop`` file that makes Mopidy available from e.g. Gnome
+  application menus.
 
 
 0.2.0 (2010-10-24)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fabc8353..246b41ca 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(project_dir):
         data_files.append([dirpath,
             [os.path.join(dirpath, f) for f in filenames]])
 
+data_files.append(('/usr/local/share/applications', ['data/mopidy.desktop']))
+
 setup(
     name='Mopidy',
     version=get_version(),