diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/engineering/jflap/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/engineering/jflap/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0559f8922787
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/engineering/jflap/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenvNoCC
+, fetchurl
+, jre8
+, makeWrapper
+, makeDesktopItem
+, copyDesktopItems
+}:
+
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "jflap";
+  version = "7.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://www.jflap.org/jflaptmp/july27-18/JFLAP${version}.jar";
+    sha256 = "oiwJXdxWsYFj6Ovu7xZbOgTLVw8160a5YQUWbgbJlAY=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    makeWrapper
+    copyDesktopItems
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    jre8
+  ];
+
+  dontUnpack = true;
+
+  desktopItems = [
+    (makeDesktopItem {
+      name = "jflap";
+      desktopName = "jflap";
+      genericName = "Formal language application";
+      exec = "jflap";
+      icon = fetchurl {
+        url = "https://www.jflap.org/jflapLogo2.jpg";
+        sha256 = "sha256-IiworHI+GT6Fm6B0E+FXnKe+hN8nZYPrxHGZFAcsWDw=";
+      };
+      comment = meta.description;
+      categories = [
+        "Development"
+        "Education"
+        "ComputerScience"
+        "DataVisualization"
+        "Engineering"
+        "Java"
+      ];
+    })
+  ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+    mkdir -p $out/share/java
+    cp -s $src $out/share/java/jflap.jar
+    makeWrapper ${jre8}/bin/java $out/bin/jflap \
+      --prefix _JAVA_OPTIONS : "-Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=on" \
+      --add-flags "-jar $out/share/java/jflap.jar"
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "GUI tool for experimenting with formal languages topics";
+    homepage = "https://www.jflap.org/";
+    license = licenses.unfree;
+    sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryBytecode ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ grnnja yuu ];
+    platforms = jre8.meta.platforms;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/programming/jflap/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/programming/jflap/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a6193f1acb7..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/programming/jflap/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, jre, makeWrapper }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "jflap";
-  version = "7.1";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://www.jflap.org/jflaptmp/july27-18/JFLAP7.1.jar";
-    sha256 = "oiwJXdxWsYFj6Ovu7xZbOgTLVw8160a5YQUWbgbJlAY=";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
-
-  dontUnpack = true;
-  dontBuild = true;
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    runHook preInstall
-    mkdir -p $out/share/java
-    cp -s $src $out/share/java/jflap.jar
-    makeWrapper ${jre}/bin/java $out/bin/jflap --add-flags "-jar $out/share/java/jflap.jar"
-    runHook postInstall
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "GUI tool for experimenting with formal languages topics";
-    homepage = "https://www.jflap.org/";
-    license = licenses.unfree;
-    sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryBytecode ];
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.grnnja ];
-    platforms = platforms.all;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7aea1af9491f..b7eae7c4dd5b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -33766,8 +33766,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   groove = callPackage ../applications/science/programming/groove { };
 
-  jflap = callPackage ../applications/science/programming/jflap { };
-
   plm = callPackage ../applications/science/programming/plm { };
 
   ### SCIENCE/LOGIC
@@ -34026,6 +34024,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   brmodelo = callPackage ../applications/science/engineering/brmodelo { };
 
+  jflap = callPackage ../applications/science/engineering/jflap { };
+
   ### SCIENCE / ELECTRONICS
 
   adms = callPackage ../applications/science/electronics/adms { };