diff --git a/app/Slate.desktop b/app/Slate.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..798c801b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Slate.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=Slate
+GenericName=Pixel Art Editor
+Comment=Edit pixel art
+TryExec=Slate
+Terminal=false
+Type=Application
+Icon=slate
+Categories=Qt;Graphics;2DGraphics;RasterGraphics;
+X-Desktop-File-Install-Version=0.1
diff --git a/app/app.qbs b/app/app.qbs
index 7f6f5f44..991eecaf 100644
--- a/app/app.qbs
+++ b/app/app.qbs
@@ -88,5 +88,38 @@ QtGuiApplication {
         name: "RC file (Windows)"
         files: ["slate.rc"]
     }
-}
 
+    // Linux desktop + icon stuff.
+    Group {
+        name: "Desktop file (Linux)"
+        condition: qbs.targetOS.contains("linux")
+        qbs.install: true
+        qbs.installDir: "share/applications"
+        files: ["Slate.desktop"]
+    }
+
+    Group {
+        name: "Icon 16x16 (Linux)"
+        condition: qbs.targetOS.contains("linux")
+        qbs.install: true
+        qbs.installDir: "share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps"
+        // Just reuse the macOS files for simplicity.
+        files: [ "images/logo/slate.xcassets/slate-icon-mac.appiconset/slate-icon-16.png" ]
+    }
+
+    Group {
+        name: "Icon 32x32 (Linux)"
+        condition: qbs.targetOS.contains("linux")
+        qbs.install: true
+        qbs.installDir: "share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps"
+        files: [ "images/logo/slate.xcassets/slate-icon-mac.appiconset/slate-icon-32.png" ]
+    }
+
+    Group {
+         name: "Icon scalable (Linux)"
+         condition: qbs.targetOS.contains("linux")
+         qbs.install: true
+         qbs.installDir: "share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps"
+         files: [ "images/logo/slate-icon-web.svg" ]
+     }
+}