diff --git a/x11-wm/awesome/awesome-4.2-r2.ebuild b/x11-wm/awesome/awesome-4.2-r2.ebuild
index 6b1db77c38798..ef80e0b801239 100644
--- a/x11-wm/awesome/awesome-4.2-r2.ebuild
+++ b/x11-wm/awesome/awesome-4.2-r2.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=6
 
-inherit cmake-utils eutils pax-utils versionator
+inherit cmake-utils desktop pax-utils versionator
 
 DESCRIPTION="A dynamic floating and tiling window manager"
 HOMEPAGE="https://awesomewm.org/"