diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/plank/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/plank/default.nix
index f9291117ed4c..626e400eac4b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/plank/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/plank/default.nix
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "INTROSPECTION_TYPELIBDIR=$(out)/lib/girepository-1.0"
   ];
 
+  # Make plank's application launcher hidden in Pantheon
+  patches = [ ./hide-in-pantheon.patch ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace ./configure \
       --replace "/usr/bin/file" "${file}/bin/file"
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/plank/hide-in-pantheon.patch b/pkgs/applications/misc/plank/hide-in-pantheon.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ab8a4c723897
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/plank/hide-in-pantheon.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+diff --git a/data/plank.desktop.in b/data/plank.desktop.in
+index 330c3a4..e1bdf5f 100644
+--- a/data/plank.desktop.in
++++ b/data/plank.desktop.in
+@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ Exec=plank
+ Icon=plank
+ Terminal=false
+ NoDisplay=false
++NotShowIn=Pantheon;