diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9c18dc4..a8832ad 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 PACKAGE	= Camera
 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/camera.desktop \
+		$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)/data/project.conf \
 		$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)/src/camera.c \
 		$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)/src/main.c \
 		$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)/src/Makefile \
diff --git a/data/Makefile b/data/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9242426
--- /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:
+	$(MKDIR) $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/applications
+	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 -- camera.desktop $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/applications/camera.desktop
+
+uninstall:
+	$(RM) -- $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/applications/camera.desktop
+
+.PHONY: all clean distclean install uninstall
diff --git a/data/camera.desktop b/data/camera.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d385a8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/camera.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=Video camera
+Comment=Take pictures using a video camera
+Exec=camera
+Icon=camera-video
+Type=Application
+Categories=AudioVideo;Video;GTK;
+StartupNotify=true
diff --git a/data/project.conf b/data/project.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..346c859
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/project.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+dist=Makefile,camera.desktop
+
+[camera.desktop]
+install=$(PREFIX)/share/applications
diff --git a/project.conf b/project.conf
index 9021aa9..5262b94 100644
--- a/project.conf
+++ b/project.conf
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package=Camera
 version=0.0.0
 
-subdirs=src
+subdirs=data,src
 config=h
 dist=Makefile,config.h