diff --git a/app/data/scrcpy-console.desktop b/app/data/scrcpy-console.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..47a63ec99e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/data/scrcpy-console.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=scrcpy (console)
+GenericName=Android Remote Control
+Comment=Display and control your Android device
+# For some users, the PATH or ADB environment variables are set from the shell
+# startup file, like .bashrc or .zshrc… Run an interactive shell to get
+# environment correctly initialized.
+Exec=/bin/bash --norc --noprofile -i -c '"$SHELL" -i -c scrcpy || read -p "Press any key to quit..."'
+Icon=scrcpy
+Terminal=true
+Type=Application
+Categories=Utility;RemoteAccess;
+StartupNotify=false
diff --git a/app/data/scrcpy.desktop b/app/data/scrcpy.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..082b75e0f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/data/scrcpy.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=scrcpy
+GenericName=Android Remote Control
+Comment=Display and control your Android device
+# For some users, the PATH or ADB environment variables are set from the shell
+# startup file, like .bashrc or .zshrc… Run an interactive shell to get
+# environment correctly initialized.
+Exec=/bin/sh -c '"$SHELL" -i -c scrcpy'
+Icon=scrcpy
+Terminal=false
+Type=Application
+Categories=Utility;RemoteAccess;
+StartupNotify=false
diff --git a/app/meson.build b/app/meson.build
index f5d76c61dd..a7ba4009e4 100644
--- a/app/meson.build
+++ b/app/meson.build
@@ -223,14 +223,26 @@ executable('scrcpy', src,
            install: true,
            c_args: [])
 
+# <https://mesonbuild.com/Builtin-options.html#directories>
+datadir = get_option('datadir') # by default 'share'
+
 install_man('scrcpy.1')
 install_data('data/icon.png',
              rename: 'scrcpy.png',
-             install_dir: 'share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps')
+             install_dir: join_paths(datadir, 'icons/hicolor/256x256/apps'))
 install_data('data/zsh-completion/_scrcpy',
-             install_dir: 'share/zsh/site-functions')
+             install_dir: join_paths(datadir, 'zsh/site-functions'))
 install_data('data/bash-completion/scrcpy',
-             install_dir: 'share/bash-completion/completions')
+             install_dir: join_paths(datadir, 'bash-completion/completions'))
+
+# Desktop entry file for application launchers
+if host_machine.system() == 'linux'
+    # Install a launcher (ex: /usr/local/share/applications/scrcpy.desktop)
+    install_data('data/scrcpy.desktop',
+                 install_dir: join_paths(datadir, 'applications'))
+    install_data('data/scrcpy-console.desktop',
+                 install_dir: join_paths(datadir, 'applications'))
+endif
 
 
 ### TESTS