diff --git a/crates/zed/resources/zed.desktop b/crates/zed/resources/zed.desktop
index 7920e63fd7b3178643944b9b94bd201e9361a471..fe3aa1ace4a46fe45967a462b5693c6b10373613 100644
--- a/crates/zed/resources/zed.desktop
+++ b/crates/zed/resources/zed.desktop
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ Icon=zed
 Categories=TextEditor;Development;IDE;
 Keywords=zed;
 MimeType=text/plain;inode/directory;
+StartupWMClass=dev.zed.Zed