diff --git a/modules/TDEL10n.cmake b/modules/TDEL10n.cmake
index 9a6053f..1f7df76 100644
--- a/modules/TDEL10n.cmake
+++ b/modules/TDEL10n.cmake
@@ -1253,9 +1253,9 @@ function( tde_l10n_prepare_desktop )
     math( EXPR _desktop_pos "${_desktop_pos}+1" )
 
     # process line
-    if( "${_desktop_line}" MATCHES "^${_keywords_match}=" )
+    if( "${_desktop_line}" MATCHES "^${_keywords_match}[ ]*=" )
       string( REGEX REPLACE "\\\"" "\\\\\"" _desktop_line "${_desktop_line}" )
-      string( REGEX REPLACE "^${_keywords_match}=([^\n]*)" "/*\\1*/i18n(\"\\2\");" _desktop_line "${_desktop_line}" )
+      string( REGEX REPLACE "^${_keywords_match}[ ]*=[ ]*([^\n]*)" "/*\\1*/i18n(\"\\2\");" _desktop_line "${_desktop_line}" )
     else( )
       set( _desktop_line "" )
     endif( )
diff --git a/modules/TDEMacros.cmake b/modules/TDEMacros.cmake
index 92e54c3..fc82267 100644
--- a/modules/TDEMacros.cmake
+++ b/modules/TDEMacros.cmake
@@ -1735,7 +1735,7 @@ macro( tde_create_translated_desktop )
       # create template for intltool-merge
       file( READ ${_src} _src_data )
       string( REPLACE ";" "|" _keywords_match "(${_keywords_desktop})" )
-      string( REGEX REPLACE "(^|\n)${_keywords_match}=" "\\1_\\2=" _src_data "${_src_data}" )
+      string( REGEX REPLACE "(^|\n)${_keywords_match}[ ]*=[ ]*" "\\1_\\2=" _src_data "${_src_data}" )
       file( WRITE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_out_name}.in "${_src_data}" )
 
       # merge translations command
@@ -1749,19 +1749,18 @@ macro( tde_create_translated_desktop )
 
     # merge translations target
     add_custom_target( "${_target}" ALL DEPENDS ${_out_name} )
-    install( FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_out_name} DESTINATION ${_dest} )
 
   else( )
 
-    # just install the original file without translations
-    install(
-      FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${_src}
-      RENAME ${_out_name}
-      DESTINATION ${_dest}
-    )
+    # just write the original file without translations
+    file( READ ${_src} _src_data )
+    file( WRITE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_out_name} "${_src_data}" )
 
   endif( )
 
+  # install traslated desktop file
+  install( FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_out_name} DESTINATION ${_dest} )
+
 endmacro( )