diff --git a/neovim.nix b/neovim.nix
index 7398b62..c93961d 100644
--- a/neovim.nix
+++ b/neovim.nix
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@
 
       require("dot013")
     '';
-in
-  symlinkJoin {
+
+  nvim-derivation = symlinkJoin {
     name = "neovim-custom";
     pname = "nvim";
 
@@ -160,4 +160,22 @@ in
     meta = {
       mainProgram = "nvim";
     };
+  };
+in
+  pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+    name = "Neovim";
+    pname = "nvim";
+    buildCommand = let
+      desktopEntry = pkgs.makeDesktopItem {
+        name = pname;
+        desktopName = name;
+        exec = "${lib.getExe nvim-derivation}";
+        terminal = true;
+      };
+    in ''
+         mkdir -p $out/bin
+      cp ${lib.getExe nvim-derivation} $out/bin
+      mkdir -p $out/share/applications
+      cp ${desktopEntry}/share/applications/${pname}.desktop $out/share/applications/${pname}.desktop
+    '';
   }