diff --git a/desktop/drspine.desktop b/desktop/drspine.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..dd12987079b454ff89fec5da54b8209425799d7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/drspine.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
+[Desktop Entry]
+Version=1.0
+Type=Application
+Terminal=true
+Name=drspine
+Comment=Dr. Spine The Latest Spine Treatments & Surgical Techniques
+Exec=/usr/bin/drspine
+TryExec=drspine
+Icon=drspine
diff --git a/desktop/drspine.png b/desktop/drspine.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8cc3b6dbd99d0d679b289cde9758cb1e3de4d857
Binary files /dev/null and b/desktop/drspine.png differ
diff --git a/drspine.spec b/drspine.spec
index 0504f539bc59c4f9d1a56a294e97a5361fccb260..e09656c9e50a5822c1828e28d21e0e44403e1e63 100644
--- a/drspine.spec
+++ b/drspine.spec
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Summary:        %{summary}
 Group:          Development/Libraries
 
 License:        MIT
-URL:            https://code.ornl.gov/zp1/drspine/ 
+URL:            https://code.ornl.gov/zp1/drspine/
 Source0:        %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:        appendix.zip
 Source2:        cprotect.zip
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Source3:        draftwatermark.zip
 Source4:        relsize.zip
 
 BuildRequires:  gcc, gcc-gfortran, libgfortran%{?_isa}, compat-libgfortran-48%{?_isa}, make, python%{python3_pkgversion}, python%{python3_pkgversion}-build, python%{python3_pkgversion}-pip, gr, python%{python3_pkgversion}-gr, texlive-collection-latex, texlive-bigfoot, texlive-mathtools, texlive-cm-super, texlive-epstopdf, texlive-kpathsea
-Requires:       libgfortran%{?_isa}, compat-libgfortran-48%{?_isa}, python%{python3_pkgversion}, python%{python3_pkgversion}-build, python%{python3_pkgversion}-pip, gr, python%{python3_pkgversion}-gr, texlive-collection-latex, texlive-bigfoot, texlive-mathtools, texlive-cm-super, texlive-epstopdf, texlive-kpathsea,texlive-pgfplots, python%{python3_pkgversion}-ipython, python%{python3_pkgversion}-scipy, python%{python3_pkgversion}-numpy, python%{python3_pkgversion}-matplotlib  
+Requires:       libgfortran%{?_isa}, compat-libgfortran-48%{?_isa}, python%{python3_pkgversion}, python%{python3_pkgversion}-build, python%{python3_pkgversion}-pip, gr, python%{python3_pkgversion}-gr, texlive-collection-latex, texlive-bigfoot, texlive-mathtools, texlive-cm-super, texlive-epstopdf, texlive-kpathsea,texlive-pgfplots, python%{python3_pkgversion}-ipython, python%{python3_pkgversion}-scipy, python%{python3_pkgversion}-numpy, python%{python3_pkgversion}-matplotlib
 
 
 %description
@@ -71,6 +71,12 @@ popd
 %{__install} -d -m 0755 %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/texmf/tex/latex/contrib
 %{__copydir} %{_builddir}%{_datadir}/texmf/tex/latex/contrib/* %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/texmf/tex/latex/contrib/
 %make_install DESTDIR=%{buildroot}%{_prefix}
+# put icons in the right place
+%{__mkdir} -p %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/pixmaps/
+%{__install} -m 644 desktop/drspine.png        %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/pixmaps/
+# put desktop files in the right place
+%{__mkdir} -p %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/
+%{__install} -m 644 desktop/drspine.desktop    %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/
 
 %check
 #test after install step
@@ -93,7 +99,9 @@ mktexlsr %{_datadir}/texmf > /dev/null || :
 %{_libdir}/python/drspine/*
 %{_libdir}/python/drspine-*.egg-info
 %{_libdir}/libdrspine.a
+%{_datadir}/applications/drspine.desktop
 %{_datadir}/drspine/*
+%{_datadir}/pixmaps/drspine.png
 %{_datadir}/texmf/tex/latex/contrib/*
 
 %clean