diff --git a/src/gui/nvim-qt.desktop b/src/gui/nvim-qt.desktop
index c14ce2e2a..7795fd64f 100644
--- a/src/gui/nvim-qt.desktop
+++ b/src/gui/nvim-qt.desktop
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Name=Neovim-Qt
 Comment=Qt GUI for Neovim text editor
 MimeType=text/english;text/plain;text/x-makefile;text/x-c++hdr;text/x-c++src;text/x-chdr;text/x-csrc;text/x-java;text/x-moc;text/x-pascal;text/x-tcl;text/x-tex;application/x-shellscript;text/x-c;text/x-c++;
-Exec=nvim-qt %F
+Exec=nvim-qt -- %F
 Icon=nvim-qt
 Type=Application
 Terminal=false