diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 34d6cf6fd..52d5f1ef5 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ recursive-include scripts *.py *.sh
 include qutebrowser/utils/testfile
 include qutebrowser/git-commit-id
 include doc/*
-include qutebrowser.desktop
+include misc/qutebrowser.desktop
 include requirements.txt
 include tox.ini
 include qutebrowser.py
diff --git a/qutebrowser.desktop b/misc/qutebrowser.desktop
similarity index 100%
rename from qutebrowser.desktop
rename to misc/qutebrowser.desktop