diff --git a/pkgs/games/speed-dreams/default.nix b/pkgs/games/speed-dreams/default.nix
index d32edc7d182a..bdfc68f837d1 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/speed-dreams/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/speed-dreams/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { fetchurl, lib, stdenv, libGLU, libGL, freeglut, libX11, plib, openal, freealut, libXrandr, xorgproto,
 libXext, libSM, libICE, libXi, libXt, libXrender, libXxf86vm, openscenegraph, expat,
-libpng, zlib, bash, SDL2, SDL2_mixer, enet, libjpeg, cmake, pkg-config, libvorbis, runtimeShell, curl }:
+libpng, zlib, bash, SDL2, SDL2_mixer, enet, libjpeg, cmake, pkg-config, libvorbis, runtimeShell, curl, copyDesktopItems, makeDesktopItem }:
 
 let
   version = "2.3.0-r8786";
@@ -54,12 +54,26 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       echo "$i"' "$@"' >> "$out/bin/$(basename "$i")"
       chmod a+x "$out/bin/$(basename "$i")"
     done
+
+    mkdir -p $out/share/pixmaps/
+    ln -s "$out/share/games/speed-dreams-2/data/icons/icon.png" "$out/share/pixmaps/speed-dreams-2.png"
   '';
 
+  desktopItems = [
+    (makeDesktopItem {
+      name = "Speed Dreams 2";
+      exec = "speed-dreams-2";
+      icon = "speed-dreams-2.png";
+      desktopName = "speed-dreams-2";
+      comment = "The Open Racing Car Simulator Fork";
+      categories = [ "Application" "Game" ];
+    })
+  ];
+
   # RPATH of binary /nix/store/.../lib64/games/speed-dreams-2/drivers/shadow_sc/shadow_sc.so contains a forbidden reference to /build/
   cmakeFlags = [ "-DCMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH=ON" ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config cmake ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config cmake copyDesktopItems ];
 
   buildInputs = [ libpng libGLU libGL freeglut libX11 plib openal freealut libXrandr xorgproto
     libXext libSM libICE libXi libXt libXrender libXxf86vm zlib bash expat