diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/eaglemode/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/eaglemode/default.nix
index 056f3a4606ba..02455cf8f20e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/eaglemode/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/eaglemode/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, perl, libX11, libXinerama, libjpeg, libpng, libtiff, libwebp, pkg-config,
-librsvg, glib, gtk2, libXext, libXxf86vm, poppler, vlc, ghostscript, makeWrapper, tzdata }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, perl, libX11, libXinerama, libjpeg, libpng, libtiff
+, libwebp, pkg-config, librsvg, glib, gtk2, libXext, libXxf86vm, poppler, vlc
+, ghostscript, makeWrapper, tzdata, makeDesktopItem, copyDesktopItems }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "eaglemode";
@@ -15,15 +16,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     substituteInPlace src/emClock/emTimeZonesModel.cpp --replace "/usr/share/zoneinfo" "${tzdata}/share/zoneinfo"
   '';
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config makeWrapper ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config makeWrapper copyDesktopItems ];
   buildInputs = [ perl libX11 libXinerama libjpeg libpng libtiff libwebp
     librsvg glib gtk2 libXxf86vm libXext poppler vlc ghostscript ];
 
   # The program tries to dlopen Xxf86vm, Xext and Xinerama, so we use the
   # trick on NIX_LDFLAGS and dontPatchELF to make it find them.
   buildPhase = ''
+    runHook preBuild
     export NIX_LDFLAGS="$NIX_LDFLAGS -lXxf86vm -lXext -lXinerama"
     perl make.pl build
+    runHook postBuild
   '';
 
   dontPatchELF = true;
@@ -31,16 +34,33 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   forceShare = [ "man" "info" ];
 
   installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
     perl make.pl install dir=$out
     wrapProgram $out/bin/eaglemode --set EM_DIR "$out" --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : "$out/lib" --prefix PATH : "${ghostscript}/bin"
+    for i in 32 48 96; do
+      mkdir -p $out/share/icons/hicolor/''${i}x''${i}/apps
+      ln -s $out/res/icons/${pname}$i.png $out/share/icons/hicolor/''${i}x''${i}/apps/${pname}.png
+    done
+    runHook postInstall
   '';
 
+  desktopItems = [
+    (makeDesktopItem {
+      name = pname;
+      exec = pname;
+      icon = pname;
+      desktopName = "Eagle Mode";
+      genericName = meta.description;
+      categories = [ "Game" "Graphics" "System" "Utility" ];
+    })
+  ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://eaglemode.sourceforge.net";
     description = "Zoomable User Interface";
     changelog = "https://eaglemode.sourceforge.net/ChangeLog.html";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ chuangzhu ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ chuangzhu ehmry ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }