diff --git a/SparkleShare/Makefile.am b/SparkleShare/Makefile.am
index 28cd4390..367a2e37 100755
--- a/SparkleShare/Makefile.am
+++ b/SparkleShare/Makefile.am
@@ -39,4 +39,5 @@ include $(top_srcdir)/build/build.mk
 bin_SCRIPTS = sparkleshare
 
 Applicationsdir = $(datadir)/applications
-dist_Applications_DATA = sparkleshare.desktop
+dist_Applications_DATA = sparkleshare.desktop \
+	sparkleshare-invite-opener.desktop
diff --git a/SparkleShare/sparkleshare-invite-opener.desktop b/SparkleShare/sparkleshare-invite-opener.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d0e993dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SparkleShare/sparkleshare-invite-opener.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Type=Application
+Name=SparkleShareInviteOpener
+Exec=sparkleshare open %U
+Terminal=false
+MimeType=application/x-sparkleshare;x-scheme-handler/sparkleshare;