diff --git a/moo/mooedit/syntax/Makefile.am b/moo/mooedit/syntax/Makefile.am
index a2929f56..8b25bce2 100644
--- a/moo/mooedit/syntax/Makefile.am
+++ b/moo/mooedit/syntax/Makefile.am
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ mooedit_syntaxdir = ${MOO_TEXT_LANG_FILES_DIR}
 mooedit_syntax_DATA =           \
 	c.lang                  \
 	changelog.lang          \
+	desktop.lang            \
 	diff.lang               \
 	gap.lang                \
 	gnuplot.lang            \
diff --git a/moo/mooedit/syntax/check.sh b/moo/mooedit/syntax/check.sh
index 1067ce03..fcc798e3 100755
--- a/moo/mooedit/syntax/check.sh
+++ b/moo/mooedit/syntax/check.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-langs="c.lang diff.lang latex.lang perl.lang \
-misc.lang make.lang ms.lang python.lang \
+langs="c.lang desktop.lang diff.lang latex.lang \
+perl.lang misc.lang make.lang ms.lang python.lang \
 po.lang python-console.lang sh.lang xml.lang \
 sci.lang gap.lang scheme.lang texinfo.lang \
 changelog.lang diff.lang gnuplot.lang"
diff --git a/moo/mooedit/syntax/desktop.lang b/moo/mooedit/syntax/desktop.lang
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fa4e6ccf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/moo/mooedit/syntax/desktop.lang
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE language SYSTEM "language.dtd">
+<language name=".desktop" section="Configuration" extensions="*.desktop;*.kdelnk;*.ini" mimetypes="application/x-desktop">
+  <syntax>
+    <context style="Key" name="Normal">
+      <Regex pattern="\[.*\]$" style="Section" bol-only="0"/>
+      <Regex pattern="\[.*\]" style="Language" context="Value"/>
+      <Char char="#" style="Comment" context="Comment" first-non-blank-only="true"/>
+      <Char char="=" style="Normal Text" context="Value"/>
+    </context>
+    <context style="Normal Text" eol-context="#pop" name="Value"/>
+    <context style="Comment"     eol-context="#pop" name="Comment"/>
+  </syntax>
+  <styles>
+    <style name="Normal Text" default-style="Normal"/>
+    <style name="Section"     default-style="Keyword"/>
+    <style name="Key"         default-style="DataType"/>
+    <style name="Language"    default-style="Decimal" bold="1"/>
+    <style name="Comment"     default-style="Comment"/>
+  </styles>
+  <general>
+    <comments>
+      <single-line start="#"/>
+    </comments>
+  </general>
+</language>
diff --git a/moo/mooedit/syntax/language.dtd b/moo/mooedit/syntax/language.dtd
index 5fea8eb4..ed8eb140 100644
--- a/moo/mooedit/syntax/language.dtd
+++ b/moo/mooedit/syntax/language.dtd
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "FALSE", "NO", "0" mean false.
 -->
 <!ENTITY % boolean "true|false|TRUE|FALSE|True|False|0|1">
-<!ENTITY % section "Others|Sources|Markup|Scripts|Scientific">
+<!ENTITY % section "Others|Sources|Markup|Scripts|Scientific|Configuration">
 <!ENTITY % def_styles "Normal|Keyword|DataType|Decimal|BaseN|Float|Char|String|Comment|Others|Alert|Function|RegionMarker|Error">
 
 <!-- rule_type -->