diff --git a/dom0/aux-tools/create_apps_for_appvm.sh b/dom0/aux-tools/create_apps_for_appvm.sh
index eb5410ba..f5659f6b 100755
--- a/dom0/aux-tools/create_apps_for_appvm.sh
+++ b/dom0/aux-tools/create_apps_for_appvm.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ if [ "$SRCDIR" != "none" ]; then
     else
         find $SRCDIR -name "*.desktop" $CHECK_WHITELISTED -exec /usr/lib/qubes/convert_apptemplate2vm.sh {} $APPSDIR $VMNAME $VMDIR \;
     fi
-    /usr/lib/qubes/convert_apptemplate2vm.sh /usr/share/qubes/qubes-appmenu-select.template $APPSDIR $VMNAME $VMDIR
+    /usr/lib/qubes/convert_apptemplate2vm.sh /usr/share/qubes/qubes-appmenu-select.desktop $APPSDIR $VMNAME $VMDIR
 
     if [ "$VMTYPE" = "vm-templates" ]; then
         /usr/lib/qubes/convert_dirtemplate2vm.sh /usr/share/qubes/qubes-templatevm.directory.template $APPSDIR/$VMNAME-vm.directory $VMNAME $VMDIR
diff --git a/dom0/misc/qubes-appmenu-select.template b/dom0/misc/qubes-appmenu-select.desktop
similarity index 100%
rename from dom0/misc/qubes-appmenu-select.template
rename to dom0/misc/qubes-appmenu-select.desktop
diff --git a/rpm_spec/core-dom0.spec b/rpm_spec/core-dom0.spec
index 3d693856..d93c3cba 100644
--- a/rpm_spec/core-dom0.spec
+++ b/rpm_spec/core-dom0.spec
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/share/qubes/icons
 cp icons/*.png $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/share/qubes/icons
 cp misc/qubes-vm.directory.template $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/share/qubes/
 cp misc/qubes-templatevm.directory.template $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/share/qubes/
-cp misc/qubes-appmenu-select.template $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/share/qubes/
+cp misc/qubes-appmenu-select.desktop $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/share/qubes/
 cp misc/vm-template.conf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/share/qubes/
 
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/bin
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ fi
 %dir /usr/share/qubes/icons/*.png
 /usr/share/qubes/qubes-vm.directory.template
 /usr/share/qubes/qubes-templatevm.directory.template
-/usr/share/qubes/qubes-appmenu-select.template
+/usr/share/qubes/qubes-appmenu-select.desktop
 /usr/share/qubes/vm-template.conf
 /usr/lib/qubes/qubes_setup_dnat_to_ns
 /usr/lib/qubes/qubes_fix_nm_conf.sh