diff --git a/misc/qubes_trigger_sync_appmenus.sh b/misc/qubes_trigger_sync_appmenus.sh
index 5390c2d..e848ea3 100755
--- a/misc/qubes_trigger_sync_appmenus.sh
+++ b/misc/qubes_trigger_sync_appmenus.sh
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 UPDATEABLE=`/usr/bin/xenstore-read qubes_vm_updateable`
 
 if [ "$UPDATEABLE" = "True" ]; then
-    /usr/lib/qubes/qrexec_client_vm dom0 qubes.SyncAppMenus /bin/grep -H = /usr/share/applications/*.desktop
+    /usr/lib/qubes/qrexec_client_vm dom0 qubes.SyncAppMenus /bin/sh /etc/qubes_rpc/qubes.GetAppmenus
 fi
diff --git a/qubes_rpc/qubes.GetAppmenus b/qubes_rpc/qubes.GetAppmenus
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cada68c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qubes_rpc/qubes.GetAppmenus
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+shopt -s nullglob
+/bin/grep -H = /usr/share/applications/*.desktop /usr/local/share/applications/*.desktop 2> /dev/null
diff --git a/rpm_spec/core-vm.spec b/rpm_spec/core-vm.spec
index e73cdb8..9509403 100644
--- a/rpm_spec/core-vm.spec
+++ b/rpm_spec/core-vm.spec
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ install -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{kde_service_dir}
 install -m 0644 qubes_rpc/{qvm-copy.desktop,qvm-dvm.desktop} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{kde_service_dir}
 install -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/qubes_rpc
 install -m 0644 qubes_rpc/{qubes.Filecopy,qubes.OpenInVM,qubes.VMShell,qubes.SyncNtpClock} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/qubes_rpc
-install -m 0644 qubes_rpc/{qubes.SuspendPre,qubes.SuspendPost} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/qubes_rpc
+install -m 0644 qubes_rpc/{qubes.SuspendPre,qubes.SuspendPost,qubes.GetAppmenus} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/qubes_rpc
 
 install qrexec/qrexec_agent $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/qubes
 install qrexec/qrexec_client_vm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/qubes
@@ -371,6 +371,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %dir /etc/qubes_rpc
 /etc/qubes_rpc/qubes.Filecopy
 /etc/qubes_rpc/qubes.OpenInVM
+/etc/qubes_rpc/qubes.GetAppmenus
 /etc/qubes_rpc/qubes.VMShell
 /etc/qubes_rpc/qubes.SyncNtpClock
 /etc/qubes_rpc/qubes.SuspendPre