diff --git a/kdcop/CMakeL10n.txt b/kdcop/CMakeL10n.txt
index 5ec992d03..0320cfdf2 100644
--- a/kdcop/CMakeL10n.txt
+++ b/kdcop/CMakeL10n.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
 ##### create translation templates ##############
 
 tde_l10n_create_template( "kdcop" )
+
+tde_l10n_create_template(
+    CATALOG "desktop_files/kdcop.desktop/"
+    SOURCES kdcop.desktop
+    DESTINATION "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/translations"
+)
diff --git a/kdcop/CMakeLists.txt b/kdcop/CMakeLists.txt
index 70f19988b..5e2add8a7 100644
--- a/kdcop/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kdcop/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ link_directories(
 ##### other data ################################
 
 install( FILES kdcopui.rc DESTINATION ${DATA_INSTALL_DIR}/kdcop )
+tde_create_translated_desktop( kdcop.desktop )
 
 
 ##### kdcop (executable) ########################
diff --git a/kdcop/kdcop.desktop b/kdcop/kdcop.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5dbb1ab7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kdcop/kdcop.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Type=Application
+Exec=kdcop
+Icon=enhanced_browsing
+Terminal=false
+X-DocPath=kdcop/index.html
+X-TDE-StartupNotify=true
+X-DCOP-ServiceType=Multi
+Categories=Qt;TDE;System;
+
+Name=KDCOP
+
+GenericName=DCOP browser