diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a41d30d513fb..175e6ea81790 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1342,7 +1342,7 @@ if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
   # .desktop file for KDE/GNOME menu
   install(
     FILES
-      "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/res/linux/mixxx.desktop"
+      "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/res/linux/org.mixxx.Mixxx.desktop"
     DESTINATION
       "${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/applications"
   )
diff --git a/res/linux/mixxx.metainfo.xml b/res/linux/mixxx.metainfo.xml
index 6b7636c463d8..859ec5753eff 100644
--- a/res/linux/mixxx.metainfo.xml
+++ b/res/linux/mixxx.metainfo.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <!-- Author 2014 Tuukka Pasanen <pasanen.tuukka@gmail.com> -->
 <component type="desktop-application">
   <id>org.mixxx.Mixxx</id>
-  <launchable type="desktop-id">mixxx.desktop</launchable>
+  <launchable type="desktop-id">org.mixxx.Mixxx.desktop</launchable>
   <metadata_license>CC-BY-SA-3.0</metadata_license>
   <project_license>GPL-2.0</project_license>
   <name>Mixxx DJ Software</name>
diff --git a/res/linux/mixxx.desktop b/res/linux/org.mixxx.Mixxx.desktop
similarity index 100%
rename from res/linux/mixxx.desktop
rename to res/linux/org.mixxx.Mixxx.desktop