diff --git a/packages/meson.build b/packages/meson.build
index c114848f6..963505d10 100644
--- a/packages/meson.build
+++ b/packages/meson.build
@@ -4,10 +4,17 @@ c_pkg.set('AEGISUB_COMMAND', 'aegisub')
 if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
 elif host_machine.system() == 'darwin'
 else
-    configure_file(input: 'desktop/aegisub.desktop.template.in',
-                   output: 'aegisub.desktop',
-                   configuration: c_pkg,
-                   install_dir: get_option('datadir') / 'applications')
+    desktop_template = configure_file(input: 'desktop/aegisub.desktop.template.in',
+                                      output: 'aegisub.desktop.template',
+                                      configuration: c_pkg)
+
+    intltool_merge = find_program('intltool-merge')
+    desktop = custom_target('aegisub.desktop',
+                            input: desktop_template,
+                            output: 'aegisub.desktop',
+                            command: [intltool_merge, '--desktop-style', '--quiet', '../po', '@INPUT@', '@OUTPUT@'],
+                            install: true,
+                            install_dir: get_option('datadir') / 'applications')
 endif
 
 aegisub_logos = ['16x16.png', '22x22.png', '24x24.png', '32x32.png', '48x48.png', '64x64.png', 'scalable.svg']