diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index adcb91aa..edc51e1d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -142,5 +142,11 @@ if(GENERATE_doc_html)
             DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR})
 endif()
 
+# Configure and install desktop shortcut.
+if(UNIX)
+    include(DesktopShortcutHelpers)
+    configure_and_install_desktop_shortcut(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/templates/robotDevastation.desktop.in)
+endif()
+
 # Uninstall target.
 include(AddUninstallTarget)
diff --git a/cmake/DesktopShortcutHelpers.cmake b/cmake/DesktopShortcutHelpers.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..76883f11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/DesktopShortcutHelpers.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+if(COMMAND configure_and_install_desktop_shortcut)
+    return()
+endif()
+
+function(configure_and_install_desktop_shortcut)
+    set(_arg ${ARGV0})
+
+    if("${_arg}" STREQUAL "")
+        message(SEND_ERROR "Missing argument to configure_desktop_shortcut().")
+        return()
+    endif()
+
+    # Retrieve and sanitize file name of provided template.
+    get_filename_component(_template_name ${_arg} NAME)
+    string(REGEX REPLACE "\\.in$" "" _filename ${_template_name})
+    string(REGEX MATCH ".+\\.desktop$" _valid_filename ${_filename})
+
+    if(NOT _valid_filename)
+        message(SEND_ERROR "Invalid desktop file: \"${_filename}\".")
+        return()
+    endif()
+
+    # Configure desktop shortcut (build tree).
+    set(DESKTOP_SHORTCUT_INSTALL_PREFIX ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
+    configure_file(${_arg} ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/${_filename})
+
+    # Configure desktop shortcut (install tree).
+    set(DESKTOP_SHORTCUT_INSTALL_PREFIX ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
+    configure_file(${_arg} ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/${_filename}.install)
+
+    # Set execute permissions on shortcut (build tree).
+    file(COPY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/${_filename}
+         DESTINATION ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
+         FILE_PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ OWNER_WRITE OWNER_EXECUTE
+                          GROUP_READ GROUP_WRITE GROUP_EXECUTE
+                          WORLD_READ WORLD_EXECUTE)
+
+    # Find xdg-user-dir program.
+    find_program(XdgUserDir_EXECUTABLE xdg-user-dir)
+    set(_desktop_install_path)
+
+    # Retrieve desktop location via xdg-user-dir or env variable.
+    if(XdgUserDir_EXECUTABLE)
+        execute_process(COMMAND ${XdgUserDir_EXECUTABLE} DESKTOP
+                        OUTPUT_VARIABLE _output
+                        OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+
+        set(_desktop_install_path "${_output}")
+    else()
+        message(STATUS "xdg-user-dir not found, using $HOME environment variable.")
+        set(_desktop_install_path "$ENV{HOME}")
+    endif()
+
+    # Install desktop shortcut.
+    if(_desktop_install_path)
+        message(STATUS "Installation path of desktop shortcut: ${_desktop_install_path}.")
+
+        install(PROGRAMS ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/${_filename}.install
+                DESTINATION "${_desktop_install_path}"
+                RENAME ${_filename})
+    else()
+        message(STATUS "Not installing desktop shortcut.")
+    endif()
+endfunction()
diff --git a/cmake/templates/robotDevastation.desktop.in b/cmake/templates/robotDevastation.desktop.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..be672f4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/templates/robotDevastation.desktop.in
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=robotDevastation
+Type=Application
+MimeType=application/vnd.ms-htmlhelp;
+Exec=gnome-terminal --maximize -e ${DESKTOP_SHORTCUT_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}/robotDevastation
+NoDisplay=true
+StartupNotify=true
+Icon=${DESKTOP_SHORTCUT_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${RD_CONTEXTS_INSTALL_DIR}/images/rd-icon-64x64.png
+Path=
diff --git a/scripts/gnome/robotDevastation.desktop b/scripts/gnome/robotDevastation.desktop
deleted file mode 100755
index 80fe807f..00000000
--- a/scripts/gnome/robotDevastation.desktop
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Name=robotDevastation
-Type=Application
-MimeType=application/vnd.ms-htmlhelp;
-Exec=gnome-terminal --maximize -e robotDevastation
-NoDisplay=true
-StartupNotify=true
-Icon=/usr/local/share/rd/contexts/images/rd-icon-64x64.png
-Path=