diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ecfa5be..2f04ec7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,3 +10,5 @@ build:
 .PHONY: install
 install:
 	$(PYTHON) setup.py install -O1 $(PYTHON_PREFIX_ARG) --root $(DESTDIR)
+	install -d $(DESTDIR)/etc/xdg/autostart
+	install -m 0644 etc/qvm-start-gui.desktop $(DESTDIR)/etc/xdg/autostart/
diff --git a/etc/qvm-start-gui.desktop b/etc/qvm-start-gui.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3966fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/qvm-start-gui.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=Qubes Guid
+Comment=Starts Dom0 GUI daemon for Qubes VMs
+Icon=qubes
+Exec=qvm-start-gui
+Terminal=false
+Type=Application
+NotShowIn=X-QUBES
diff --git a/rpm_spec/qubes-core-mgmt-client.spec b/rpm_spec/qubes-core-mgmt-client.spec
index 7884a14..26d93d6 100644
--- a/rpm_spec/qubes-core-mgmt-client.spec
+++ b/rpm_spec/qubes-core-mgmt-client.spec
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ rm -rf build
 
 %files
 %doc LICENSE
+%config /etc/xdg/autostart/qvm-start-gui.desktop
 
 %files -n python2-qubesmgmt
 %{python_sitelib}/qubesmgmt-*egg-info