diff --git a/srcpkgs/gtkedit/files/gtkedit.desktop b/srcpkgs/gtkedit/files/gtkedit.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..caa96d64ef1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gtkedit/files/gtkedit.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Encoding=UTF-8
+Name=Gtkedit
+Comment=Text editor
+Exec=gtkedit %f
+Icon=/usr/share/gtkwrite/img/gtkwrite.ico
+Terminal=false
+Type=Application
+MimeType=text/plain
+Categories=GTK;Utility;TextEditor;
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gtkedit/template b/srcpkgs/gtkedit/template
index d4601ca6f72..aa0da4eb781 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gtkedit/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gtkedit/template
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 # Template file for 'gtkedit'
 pkgname=gtkedit
 version=0.1.8
-revision=1
+revision=2
+wrksrc="gtkwrite-${version}"
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="gtk+-devel"
+depends="desktop-file-utils"
 maintainer="cr6git <quark6@protonmail.com>"
 short_desc="Text Editor written in C and Gtk+2"
 homepage="https://github.com/drankinatty/gtkwrite"
 license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="https://github.com/drankinatty/gtkwrite/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=bcca9e6dbdfafe9c77204ff0dee57678286fd9c5b6fd21e73d11b6652f0c076f
-wrksrc="gtkwrite-${version}"
 
 # Without GtkSourceView it will compile as 'gtkedit'
 # With GtkSourceView it compiles as 'gtkwrite'
@@ -26,6 +27,5 @@ do_install() {
 	vdoc README.md
 	vinstall img/gtkwrite.png 644 usr/share/gtkwrite/img
 	vinstall img/gtkwrite.ico 644 usr/share/gtkwrite/img
-	vinstall styles/gtkwrite.xml 644 usr/share/gtksourceview-2.0/styles
-	vinstall styles/gtkwrite_light.xml 644 usr/share/gtksourceview-2.0/styles
+	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/gtkedit.desktop 644 usr/share/applications
 }