diff --git a/awesome.desktop b/awesome.desktop
index 8a7f354c..1f7878c4 100644
--- a/awesome.desktop
+++ b/awesome.desktop
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Encoding=UTF-8
 Name=awesome
 Comment=Highly configurable framework window manager
+NoDisplay=true
 TryExec=awesome
 Exec=awesome
 Type=Application