diff --git a/gui/CMakeLists.txt b/gui/CMakeLists.txt
index 774f42267..7ceb9c60f 100644
--- a/gui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ if (BUILD_GUI)
     else()
         add_definitions(-DQT_DEBUG)
     endif()
-    
+
     include_directories(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/)
     include_directories(SYSTEM ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/externals/tinyxml/)
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ if (BUILD_GUI)
     QT4_WRAP_UI(uis_hdrs ${uis})
     QT4_ADD_RESOURCES(resources "gui.qrc")
     QT4_ADD_TRANSLATION(qms ${tss})
-    
+
     add_executable(cppcheck-gui ${hdrs} ${srcs} ${uis_hdrs} ${resources} ${qms} $<TARGET_OBJECTS:lib_objs> $<TARGET_OBJECTS:tinyxml_objs> $<TARGET_OBJECTS:simplecpp_objs>)
     target_link_libraries(cppcheck-gui ${QT_LIBRARIES})
     if (HAVE_RULES)
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ if (BUILD_GUI)
     install(TARGETS cppcheck-gui RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_BINDIR} COMPONENT applications)
     install(FILES ${qms} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_BINDIR} COMPONENT applications)
 
+    install(FILES cppcheck-gui.desktop DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/applications)
+
+    # icons
+    install(FILES icon.svg DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps)
+    install(FILES icon.png DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps)
+
     set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC OFF)
 
 endif()
diff --git a/gui/cppcheck-gui.desktop b/gui/cppcheck-gui.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..844d5153f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/cppcheck-gui.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Version=1.0
+Type=Application
+Name=Cppcheck
+Comment=A tool for static C/C++ code analysis
+Exec=cppcheck-gui
+Icon=icon
+Categories=Development;Debugger;Qt;