diff --git a/packages/desktop/aegisub.desktop.template.in b/packages/desktop/aegisub.desktop.in.in
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/desktop/aegisub.desktop.template.in
rename to packages/desktop/aegisub.desktop.in.in
diff --git a/packages/meson.build b/packages/meson.build
index db933b5e3..82976fbb2 100644
--- a/packages/meson.build
+++ b/packages/meson.build
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ elif host_machine.system() == 'darwin'
 else
     conf_pkg.set('AEGISUB_COMMAND', 'aegisub')
 
-    desktop_template = configure_file(input: 'desktop/aegisub.desktop.template.in',
-                                      output: 'aegisub.desktop.template',
+    desktop_template = configure_file(input: 'desktop/aegisub.desktop.in.in',
+                                      output: 'aegisub.desktop.in',
                                       configuration: conf_pkg)
 
     i18n = import('i18n')
diff --git a/po/POTFILES b/po/POTFILES
index 233f76faf..10f071b25 100644
--- a/po/POTFILES
+++ b/po/POTFILES
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+packages/desktop/aegisub.desktop.in.in
+
 src/ass_style.cpp
 src/audio_box.cpp
 src/audio_karaoke.cpp
diff --git a/po/make_pot.sh b/po/make_pot.sh
index 15102b8e9..dd4f01cfb 100755
--- a/po/make_pot.sh
+++ b/po/make_pot.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ find ../automation -name *.lua \
 
 for i in 'Name' 'GenericName' 'Comment' 'Keywords'
 do
-  grep ^$i -n ../packages/desktop/aegisub.desktop.template.in \
+  grep ^$i -n ../packages/desktop/aegisub.desktop.in.in \
     | sed 's/\([0-9]\+\):[^=]\+=\(.*\)$/aegisub.desktop|\1|"\2"/' \
     | maybe_append
 done