diff --git a/ham/xwxapt/doinst.sh b/ham/xwxapt/doinst.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5fb28930db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ham/xwxapt/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/ham/xwxapt/xwxapt.SlackBuild b/ham/xwxapt/xwxapt.SlackBuild
index d8815c4cca..75ebd834d7 100644
--- a/ham/xwxapt/xwxapt.SlackBuild
+++ b/ham/xwxapt/xwxapt.SlackBuild
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 PRGNAM=xwxapt
 VERSION=${VERSION:-2.3}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ mkdir -p $PKG/usr/share/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/xwxapt/images
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/share/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/xwxapt/record
 install -m 644 xwxapt/xwxaptrc $PKG/usr/share/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/xwxapt/
 
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/share/applications/
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/share/pixmaps
+install -m 644 $CWD/xwxapt.desktop $PKG/usr/share/applications
+install -m 644 $CWD/xwxapt.png $PKG/usr/share/pixmaps
+
 find $PKG -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
   | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
 
@@ -98,6 +103,7 @@ find $PKG/usr/doc -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
 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}
diff --git a/ham/xwxapt/xwxapt.desktop b/ham/xwxapt/xwxapt.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..43d312e16d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ham/xwxapt/xwxapt.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Encoding=UTF-8
+Name=xwxapt
+GenericName=xwxapt
+Comment=GTK+ graphical application for decoding and saving weather images
+Exec=xwxapt
+Icon=xwxapt.png
+Terminal=false
+Type=Application
+Categories=Network;HamRadio;
+Version=1.0
+X-Desktop-File-Install-Version=0.15
diff --git a/ham/xwxapt/xwxapt.png b/ham/xwxapt/xwxapt.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..91574d68cc
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