diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/si/simple64/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/si/simple64/package.nix
index 4c00f6b806dd..3f6a46c6e15a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/si/simple64/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/si/simple64/package.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
   hidapi,
   qt6,
   vulkan-loader,
+  makeDesktopItem,
+  copyDesktopItems,
 }:
 
 let
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     ninja
     pkg-config
     makeWrapper
+    copyDesktopItems
     # fake git command for version info generator
     (writeShellScriptBin "git" "echo ${finalAttrs.src.rev}")
   ];
@@ -84,6 +87,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     mkdir -p $out/share/simple64 $out/bin
     cp -r simple64/* $out/share/simple64
 
+    install -Dm644 ./simple64-gui/icons/simple64.svg -t $out/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/
+
     makeWrapper $out/share/simple64/simple64-gui $out/bin/simple64-gui \
         --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${lib.makeLibraryPath [ vulkan-loader ]} \
         "''${qtWrapperArgs[@]}"
@@ -91,6 +96,22 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     runHook postInstall
   '';
 
+  desktopItems = [
+    (makeDesktopItem {
+      name = "simple64";
+      desktopName = "simple64";
+      genericName = "Nintendo 64 Emulator";
+      exec = "simple64-gui";
+      mimeTypes = [ "application/x-n64-rom" ];
+      icon = "simple64";
+      terminal = false;
+      categories = [
+        "Game"
+        "Emulator"
+      ];
+    })
+  ];
+
   meta = {
     description = "Easy to use N64 emulator";
     homepage = "https://simple64.github.io";