diff --git a/data/Makefile.am b/data/Makefile.am
index 7e096829e40753c3e9b5e4af4decddf674b3510a..fe43a2ab43c60f3903366641871a9407bad70945 100644
--- a/data/Makefile.am
+++ b/data/Makefile.am
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 SUBDIRS = icons themes keyboards
-EXTRA_DIST = eekboard.desktop
+
+desktopdir = $(datadir)/applications
+desktop_in_files = eekboard.desktop.in
+dist_desktop_DATA = $(desktop_in_files:.desktop.in=.desktop)
+@INTLTOOL_DESKTOP_RULE@
diff --git a/data/eekboard.desktop b/data/eekboard.desktop.in
similarity index 100%
rename from data/eekboard.desktop
rename to data/eekboard.desktop.in