diff --git a/Documentation/Developers/PKG-BUILD-VARS b/Documentation/Developers/PKG-BUILD-VARS
index 76906183c..909299ad9 100644
--- a/Documentation/Developers/PKG-BUILD-VARS
+++ b/Documentation/Developers/PKG-BUILD-VARS
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ includedir .... where the header files should be installed
 autoextract ... '0' = skip automatic untar
 autopatch ..... '0' = skip automatic patching
 chownsrcdir ... '0' = don't make a chown to root after extracting the $srctar
+desktopfiles .. filenames of the desktop files to install ($confdir/*.desktop)
+		set to an empty string to deactivate desktop file installation
 nocvsinsrcdir . '0' = don't remove CVS and .svn directories in $srcdir
 srctar ........ filename of source tar file ('auto' = autodetect)
 srcdir ........ directory in source tar file ('auto' = autodetect)
diff --git a/scripts/Build-Pkg b/scripts/Build-Pkg
index c3d40a0ec..6b1013284 100755
--- a/scripts/Build-Pkg
+++ b/scripts/Build-Pkg
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ debug=0
 chroot=0
 root=""
 id=''
+desktopfiles=''
 
 stagelevel=9
 this_is_the_2nd_run=0
@@ -178,6 +179,9 @@ builddir="$base/src.$xpkg.$id"
 # get real pkg name for mapped packages
 . build/$ROCKCFG_ID/ROCK/$toolsdir/lib/pkgmapper
 
+# set desktop file name
+desktopfiles="$( echo ${base}/package/*/${pkg} )/*.desktop"
+
 export ROCK_PKG=$pkg
 export ROCK_XPKG=$xpkg
 
diff --git a/scripts/functions b/scripts/functions
index 724c95702..f78b9e886 100644
--- a/scripts/functions
+++ b/scripts/functions
@@ -758,8 +758,8 @@ build_this_package() {
 			fi
 			[ -z "$createdocs" ] && createdocs="$ROCKCFG_CREATE_DOCS"
 		fi
-
-		for file in $confdir/*.desktop ; do 
+		
+		[ -n "${desktopfiles}" ] && for file in ${desktopfiles} ; do
 			[ -f $file ] || continue
 	
 			echo -n "Install desktop file '$file': "