diff --git a/contrib/debian/bitcoin-qt.desktop b/contrib/debian/bitcoin-qt.desktop
--- a/contrib/debian/bitcoin-qt.desktop
+++ b/contrib/debian/bitcoin-qt.desktop
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [Desktop Entry]
-Encoding=UTF-8
+Version=1.0
 Name=Bitcoin ABC
 Comment=Connect to the Bitcoin P2P Network
 Comment[de]=Verbinde mit dem Bitcoin peer-to-peer Netzwerk
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@
 Icon=bitcoin-abc128
 MimeType=x-scheme-handler/bitcoincash;
 Categories=Office;Finance;
+StartupWMClass=Bitcoin-qt