diff --git a/development/neovim/doinst.sh b/development/neovim/doinst.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5fb28930db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/development/neovim/doinst.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+if [ -x /usr/bin/update-desktop-database ]; then
+  /usr/bin/update-desktop-database -q usr/share/applications >/dev/null 2>&1
+fi
diff --git a/development/neovim/neovim.SlackBuild b/development/neovim/neovim.SlackBuild
index df924463a9..36bed8a09c 100644
--- a/development/neovim/neovim.SlackBuild
+++ b/development/neovim/neovim.SlackBuild
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/install
 cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
+cat $CWD/doinst.sh > $PKG/install/doinst.sh
 
 cd $PKG
 /sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.${PKGTYPE:-tgz}