diff --git a/pkgs/openscad-snapshot/default.nix b/pkgs/openscad-snapshot/default.nix
index 6d948bf..4ff8748 100644
--- a/pkgs/openscad-snapshot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/openscad-snapshot/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, fetchurl, appimageTools, openscad, makeWrapper }:
+{ lib, fetchurl, appimageTools, openscad, makeWrapper, makeDesktopItem }:
 
 let
   pname = "openscad";
@@ -7,6 +7,19 @@ let
     url = "https://files.openscad.org/snapshots/OpenSCAD-${version}-x86_64.AppImage";
     sha256 = "sha256-mEGmkL2lL7JxK0nRPLtnfg4vxtkK3URz351eyuRHZPE=";
   };
+
+  desktopItem = makeDesktopItem {
+    name = "OpenSCAD";
+    exec = "${pname}-${version} %f";
+    comment = "The Programmers Solid 3D CAD Modeller (development snapshot)";
+    icon = "openscad-nightly";
+    desktopName = "OpenSCAD";
+    genericName = "OpenSCAD";
+    mimeTypes = [ "application/x-openscad" ];
+    categories = [ "Graphics" "3DGraphics" "Engineering" ];
+    keywords = [ "3d" "solid" "geometry" "csg" "model" "stl"];
+  };
+
   appimageContents = appimageTools.extractType2 { inherit pname version src; };
 in
 appimageTools.wrapType2 {
@@ -16,6 +29,9 @@ appimageTools.wrapType2 {
     source "${makeWrapper}/nix-support/setup-hook"
     wrapProgram $out/bin/${pname}-${version} \
         --unset QT_PLUGIN_PATH
+
+    mkdir -p $out/share
+    cp -rt $out/share ${desktopItem}/share/applications ${appimageContents}/usr/share/icons
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {