diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 34d20c52..fe180b5f 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ def build (bld):
         obj = bld.new_task_gen ('intltool_in')
         obj.source = 'data/' + APPNAME + '.desktop.in'
         obj.install_path = appdir
-        obj.flags  = '-d'
+        obj.flags  = ['-d', '-c']
         bld.install_files (appdir, 'data/' + APPNAME + '.desktop')
     else:
         folder = os.path.abspath (blddir + '/default/data')