diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6339134..7af6e81 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 PACKAGE	= Todo
 VERSION	= 0.0.0
-SUBDIRS	= src
+SUBDIRS	= data src
 RM	= rm -f
 LN	= ln -f
 TAR	= tar -czvf
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ dist:
 	$(RM) -r $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)
 	$(LN) -s . $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)
 	@$(TAR) $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION).tar.gz \
+		$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)/data/Makefile \
+		$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)/data/todo.desktop \
+		$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)/data/project.conf \
 		$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)/src/todo.c \
 		$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)/src/callbacks.c \
 		$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)/src/main.c \
diff --git a/data/Makefile b/data/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8380e45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+PREFIX	= /usr/local
+DESTDIR	= 
+MKDIR	= mkdir -p
+INSTALL	= install
+RM	= rm -f
+
+
+all:
+
+clean:
+
+distclean: clean
+
+install: all
+	$(MKDIR) $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/applications
+	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 todo.desktop $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/applications/todo.desktop
+
+uninstall:
+	$(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/applications/todo.desktop
+
+.PHONY: all clean distclean install uninstall
diff --git a/data/project.conf b/data/project.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02f557e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/project.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+dist=Makefile,todo.desktop
+
+[todo.desktop]
+install=$(PREFIX)/share/applications
diff --git a/data/todo.desktop b/data/todo.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..539adb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/todo.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=Todo
+Comment=Remember what you have to do
+Exec=todo
+Icon=stock_todo
+Type=Application
+Categories=Office;GTK;
+StartupNotify=true
diff --git a/project.conf b/project.conf
index b7ea0e5..b52f34f 100644
--- a/project.conf
+++ b/project.conf
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ package=Todo
 version=0.0.0
 config=h
 
-subdirs=src
+subdirs=data,src
 dist=Makefile,COPYING,config.h