diff --git a/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/input-remapper/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/input-remapper/default.nix
index cded6d4b9af4..8431baa1526b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/input-remapper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/input-remapper/default.nix
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ in
       --replace-fail 'RUN+="/bin/input-remapper-control' "RUN+=\"$out/bin/input-remapper-control"
     substituteInPlace data/input-remapper.service \
       --replace-fail 'ExecStart=/usr/bin/input-remapper-service' "ExecStart=$out/bin/input-remapper-service"
+    substituteInPlace data/input-remapper-*.desktop \
+      --replace-fail 'Icon=/usr/share/input-remapper/input-remapper.svg' 'Icon=input-remapper.svg'
 
     install -m644 -D -t $out/share/applications/ data/*.desktop
     install -m644 -D -t $out/share/polkit-1/actions/ data/input-remapper.policy
@@ -128,6 +130,7 @@ in
     install -m644 -D data/input-remapper.service $out/lib/systemd/system/input-remapper.service
     install -m644 -D data/input-remapper.policy $out/share/polkit-1/actions/input-remapper.policy
     install -m644 -D data/inputremapper.Control.conf $out/etc/dbus-1/system.d/inputremapper.Control.conf
+    install -m644 -D data/input-remapper.svg $out/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/input-remapper.svg
     install -m644 -D -t $out/usr/share/input-remapper/ data/*
 
     # Only install input-remapper prefixed binaries, we don't care about deprecated key-mapper ones