diff --git a/misc/desktop/parse-config b/misc/desktop/parse-config
index 294e02ee2..61f5bd84e 100644
--- a/misc/desktop/parse-config
+++ b/misc/desktop/parse-config
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ postflist_desktop_process_desktop() {
 postflist_desktop() {
 	tmp=`mktemp`
 
-	grep \.desktop\$ ${builddir}/flist.txt | while read desktop ; do
+	grep \\.desktop\$ ${builddir}/flist.txt | while read desktop ; do
 		[ ! -f "${desktop}" ] && continue
 		[ "${desktop/opt?kde/}" != "${desktop}" ] && continue