diff --git a/onboard/setup.py b/onboard/setup.py
index ff5bd71..5272bca 100755
--- a/onboard/setup.py
+++ b/onboard/setup.py
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ DistUtilsExtra.auto.setup(
     packages = ['Onboard'],
 
     data_files = [('share/glib-2.0/schemas', glob.glob('data/*.gschema.xml')),
+                  ('share/applications', glob.glob('build/share/applications/*.desktop')),
                   ('share/GConf/gsettings', glob.glob('data/*.convert')),
                   ('share/onboard', glob.glob('AUTHORS')),
                   ('share/onboard', glob.glob('CHANGELOG')),