diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/youtube-music/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/youtube-music/default.nix
index 8c7f97d1ff09..cb6b4b16bcf2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/youtube-music/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/youtube-music/default.nix
@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       --inherit-argv0
   '';
 
+  patches = [
+    # MPRIS's DesktopEntry property needs to match the desktop entry basename
+    ./fix-mpris-desktop-entry.patch
+  ];
+
   desktopItems = [
     (makeDesktopItem {
       name = "com.github.th_ch.youtube_music";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/youtube-music/fix-mpris-desktop-entry.patch b/pkgs/applications/audio/youtube-music/fix-mpris-desktop-entry.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..acbd952069eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/youtube-music/fix-mpris-desktop-entry.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/src/plugins/shortcuts/mpris.ts b/src/plugins/shortcuts/mpris.ts
+index 93cb40f9..ad0bede3 100644
+--- a/src/plugins/shortcuts/mpris.ts
++++ b/src/plugins/shortcuts/mpris.ts
+@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ function setupMPRIS() {
+   instance.canQuit = false;
+   instance.canUsePlayerControls = true;
+   instance.supportedUriSchemes = ['http', 'https'];
+-  instance.desktopEntry = 'youtube-music';
++  instance.desktopEntry = 'com.github.th_ch.youtube_music';
+   return instance;
+ }
+