diff --git a/git-gui.desktop b/git-gui.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..faea356
--- /dev/null
+++ b/git-gui.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=Git Gui
+GenericName=Version Control GUI
+Comment=Git GUI
+Exec=git gui
+Icon=git-gui
+StartupNotify=false
+Terminal=false
+Type=Application
+Categories=Development;RevisionControl;
+X-KDE-SubstituteUID=false
diff --git a/git-gui.png b/git-gui.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f28fc0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/git-gui.png
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:0e7ed3c7de04dea5a6471d46ed9f403dfc30ec7b65d406f2a72a74385ec9008b
+size 273
diff --git a/git.changes b/git.changes
index 8f27777..1831fa3 100644
--- a/git.changes
+++ b/git.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Apr 18 18:58:06 UTC 2016 - termim@gmail.com
+
+- add desktop entry for the git gui
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Apr  3 19:51:56 UTC 2016 - astieger@suse.com
 
diff --git a/git.spec b/git.spec
index 906e8e2..1e92cdb 100644
--- a/git.spec
+++ b/git.spec
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ Source4:        git.xinetd
 Source5:        usr.share.git-web.gitweb.cgi
 Source6:        susefirewall-git-daemon
 Source8:        %name.keyring
+Source9:        %{name}-gui.desktop
+Source10:       %{name}-gui.png
 Patch3:         completion-wordbreaks.diff
 # CVE-2011-2186, bnc#698456
 Patch4:         git-prevent_xss-default.diff
@@ -68,6 +70,7 @@ BuildRequires:  perl-Error
 BuildRequires:  python
 BuildRequires:  sgml-skel
 BuildRequires:  tcsh
+BuildRequires:  update-desktop-files
 BuildRequires:  xmlto
 BuildRequires:  xz
 Requires:       git-core = %{version}
@@ -338,6 +341,12 @@ mkdir -p "%buildroot/%_docdir/git"
 cp -a README.md COPYING Documentation/*.txt "%buildroot/%_docdir/git/"
 %{!?_without_docs: cp -a Documentation/*.html "%buildroot/%_docdir/git/"}
 
+install -d -m 755 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/applications
+install -m 644 %{SOURCE9} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/applications
+install -d -m 755 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/pixmaps
+install -m 644 %{SOURCE10} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/pixmaps
+%suse_update_desktop_file $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/applications/%{name}-gui.desktop
+
 %find_lang %{name}
 cat %{name}.lang >>bin-man-doc-files
 # use symlinks instead of hardlinks in sub-commands
@@ -434,6 +443,8 @@ fi
 /usr/share/git-gui
 %{!?_without_docs: %{_mandir}/man1/*gui*.1*}
 %{!?_without_docs: %doc Documentation/*gui*.html }
+%{_datadir}/applications/%{name}-gui.desktop
+%{_datadir}/pixmaps/%{name}-gui.png
 
 %files web
 %defattr(-,root,root)