diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/yourkit-java/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/yourkit-java/default.nix
index d39fa86d9409..22b446afb948 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/yourkit-java/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/yourkit-java/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { fetchzip
 , lib
 , stdenv
-, jdk17
+, copyDesktopItems
+, makeDesktopItem
+, jre
 }:
 let
-  jre = jdk17;
-
   vPath = v: lib.elemAt (lib.splitString "-" v) 0;
 
   arch = if stdenv.targetPlatform.system == "x86_64-linux"
@@ -13,31 +13,59 @@ let
          else if stdenv.targetPlatform.system == "aarch64-linux"
          then "arm64"
          else throw "Unsupported system";
+
+  desktopItem = makeDesktopItem {
+    name = "Yourkit JavaProfiler";
+    exec = "yourkit-java-profiler";
+    comment = "Award winning, fully featured low overhead profiler for Java EE and Java SE platforms";
+    desktopName = "YourKit JavaProfiler";
+    type = "Application";
+    icon = "yourkit-java-profiler";
+    terminal = false;
+    categories = [ "Development" ];
+    startupWMClass = "yourkit-java-profiler";
+    startupNotify = false;
+  };
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "YourKit-JavaProfiler";
+  pname = "yourkit-java";
+
   version = "2023.9-b103";
+
   src = fetchzip {
-    url = "https://download.yourkit.com/yjp/${vPath version}/${pname}-${version}-${arch}.zip";
+    url = "https://download.yourkit.com/yjp/${vPath version}/YourKit-JavaProfiler-${version}-${arch}.zip";
     hash = "sha256-fJk39cQEU924FViCwTcISIyhiwJEviVeqxLiNQifRis=";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ jre ];
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ copyDesktopItems ];
+
+  desktopItems = [ desktopItem ];
+
   installPhase = ''
     runHook preInstall
+
     mkdir -p $out
-    sed -i -e 's|JAVA_EXE="$YD/jre64/bin/java"|JAVA_EXE=${jdk17}/bin/java|' bin/profiler.sh
     cp -pr bin lib license.html license-redist.txt probes samples $out
+    for i in attach integrate profiler; do
+        mv $out/bin/$i.sh $out/bin/yourkit-java-$i
+    done
+    mv $out/bin/profiler.ico $out/bin/yourkit-java-profiler.ico
+    sed -i -e 's|JAVA_EXE="$YD/jre64/bin/java"|JAVA_EXE=${jre}/bin/java|' \
+        $out/bin/yourkit-java-profiler
+
     runHook postInstall
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://www.yourkit.com";
     description = "Award winning, fully featured low overhead profiler for Java EE and Java SE platforms";
+    homepage = "https://www.yourkit.com";
+    changelog = "https://www.yourkit.com/changes/";
     license = licenses.unfree;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ herberteuler ];
+    mainProgram = "yourkit-java-profiler";
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryBytecode ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ herberteuler ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0a6afea9d1fd..b2f78f44448b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -20451,7 +20451,9 @@ with pkgs;
 
   yodl = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/yodl { };
 
-  yourkit-java = callPackage ../development/tools/yourkit-java { };
+  yourkit-java = callPackage ../development/tools/yourkit-java {
+    jre = jdk17;
+  };
 
   yq = python3.pkgs.toPythonApplication python3.pkgs.yq;