diff --git a/Source/ui_qt/CMakeLists.txt b/Source/ui_qt/CMakeLists.txt
index 34ee9222..f9ec22bd 100644
--- a/Source/ui_qt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Source/ui_qt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -221,6 +221,13 @@ elseif(TARGET_PLATFORM_WIN32)
 		win32/InputProviderDirectInput.h
 	)
 	add_executable(Play WIN32 ${QT_SOURCES} ${QT_MOC_SRCS} ${QT_RES_SOURCES} ${QT_UI_HEADERS})
+elseif(TARGET_PLATFORM_UNIX)
+	add_executable(Play ${QT_SOURCES} ${QT_MOC_SRCS} ${QT_RES_SOURCES} ${QT_UI_HEADERS})
+
+	install(TARGETS Play DESTINATION bin RENAME Play PERMISSIONS OWNER_EXECUTE OWNER_WRITE OWNER_READ GROUP_EXECUTE GROUP_READ WORLD_EXECUTE WORLD_READ)
+
+	install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../installer_unix/Play.desktop DESTINATION share/applications)
+	install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../icons/icon_base.png DESTINATION share/icons RENAME Play.png)
 else()
 	add_executable(Play ${QT_SOURCES} ${QT_MOC_SRCS} ${QT_RES_SOURCES} ${QT_UI_HEADERS})
 endif()
diff --git a/installer_unix/Play.desktop b/installer_unix/Play.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..baaa11fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/installer_unix/Play.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=Play!
+TryExec=/usr/bin/Play
+Exec=/usr/bin/Play
+Icon=Play
+Version=1.0
+Terminal=false
+Type=Application
+Categories=Game;Emulator;
+