diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9e24158..cd4c2a0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Minimum Rust version has been bumped to 1.37.0
 - Added Rust features `x11` and `wayland` to pick backends, with both enabled by default
+- Capitalized the default Alacritty.desktop file
+- Capitalized the Alacritty.desktop file
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index 5e2ad16..e50cab2 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ system menus. To install the desktop entry for Alacritty, run
 ```sh
 sudo cp target/release/alacritty /usr/local/bin # or anywhere else in $PATH
 sudo cp extra/logo/alacritty-term.svg /usr/share/pixmaps/Alacritty.svg
-sudo desktop-file-install extra/linux/alacritty.desktop
+sudo desktop-file-install extra/linux/Alacritty.desktop
 sudo update-desktop-database
 ```
 
diff --git a/alacritty/Cargo.toml b/alacritty/Cargo.toml
index 0557436..bfa36c2 100644
--- a/alacritty/Cargo.toml
+++ b/alacritty/Cargo.toml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ section = "rust"
 priority = "optional"
 assets = [
     ["../target/release/alacritty", "usr/bin/", "755"],
-    ["../extra/linux/alacritty.desktop", "usr/share/applications/", "644"],
+    ["../extra/linux/Alacritty.desktop", "usr/share/applications/", "644"],
     ["../extra/logo/alacritty-term.svg", "usr/share/pixmaps/Alacritty.svg", "644"],
     ["../extra/completions/alacritty.bash", "usr/share/bash-completion/completions/alacritty", "644"],
     ["../extra/completions/alacritty.fish", "usr/share/fish/completions/alacritty.fish", "644"],
diff --git a/ci/before_deploy.sh b/ci/before_deploy.sh
index 8d508ba..23112e9 100755
--- a/ci/before_deploy.sh
+++ b/ci/before_deploy.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 aux_files=("extra/completions/alacritty.bash"
            "extra/completions/alacritty.fish"
            "extra/completions/_alacritty"
-           "extra/linux/alacritty.desktop"
+           "extra/linux/Alacritty.desktop"
            "extra/alacritty.info"
            "alacritty.yml")
 
diff --git a/extra/linux/alacritty.desktop b/extra/linux/Alacritty.desktop
similarity index 100%
rename from extra/linux/alacritty.desktop
rename to extra/linux/Alacritty.desktop
diff --git a/extra/linux/redhat/alacritty.spec b/extra/linux/redhat/alacritty.spec
index c098309..75c0028 100644
--- a/extra/linux/redhat/alacritty.spec
+++ b/extra/linux/redhat/alacritty.spec
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ cargo build --release
 
 %install
 install -p -D -m755 target/release/alacritty         %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/alacritty
-install -p -D -m644 extra/linux/alacritty.desktop    %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/alacritty.desktop
+install -p -D -m644 extra/linux/Alacritty.desktop    %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/Alacritty.desktop
 install -p -D -m644 extra/logo/alacritty-term.svg    %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/pixmaps/Alacritty.svg
 install -p -D -m644 alacritty.yml                    %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/alacritty/alacritty.yml
 tic     -xe alacritty,alacritty-direct \
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ install -p -D -m644 extra/completions/alacritty.fish %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/fis
 install -p -D -m644 extra/alacritty.man              %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/alacritty.1
 
 %check
-desktop-file-validate %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/alacritty.desktop
+desktop-file-validate %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/Alacritty.desktop
 
 %files
 %{_bindir}/alacritty
-%{_datadir}/applications/alacritty.desktop
+%{_datadir}/applications/Alacritty.desktop
 %{_datadir}/pixmaps/Alacritty.svg
 %{_datadir}/alacritty/alacritty.yml
 %{_datadir}/terminfo/a/alacritty*
diff --git a/extra/linux/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/extra/linux/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index cce691d..5b9394a 100644
--- a/extra/linux/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/extra/linux/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ parts:
     plugin: dump
     source: .
     stage:
-      - extra/linux/alacritty.desktop
+      - extra/linux/Alacritty.desktop
 apps:
   alacritty:
     command: env XDG_RUNTIME_DIR= XDG_CONFIG_HOME=$SNAP_USER_DATA XDG_DATA_DIRS=$SNAP_DATA PATH=$SNAP/bin:$PATH SNAP= alacritty
-    desktop: alacritty.desktop
+    desktop: Alacritty.desktop