diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop-bin/generic.nix b/pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop-bin/generic.nix
index 7c011d066578..5d3ba21321aa 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop-bin/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop-bin/generic.nix
@@ -262,6 +262,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       --replace-fail "/${bindir}/signal-desktop" ${meta.mainProgram} \
       --replace-fail "StartupWMClass=Signal" "StartupWMClass=signal"
 
+    mv $out/share/applications/signal{-desktop,}.desktop
+
     # Note: The following path contains bundled libraries:
     # $out/lib/signal-desktop/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/
     patchelf --add-needed ${libpulseaudio}/lib/libpulse.so "$out/lib/signal-desktop/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/@signalapp/ringrtc/build/linux/libringrtc-${ARCH}.node"
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop/package.nix
index 57b5baece03b..ab2be9abd16d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop/package.nix
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   desktopItems = [
     (makeDesktopItem {
-      name = finalAttrs.pname;
+      name = "signal";
       desktopName = "Signal";
       exec = "${finalAttrs.meta.mainProgram} %U";
       type = "Application";