diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index aaf08be2ef..359b892bab 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,8 +5,19 @@ if (NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
             "Build type options: Debug Release RelWithDebInfo MinSizeRel" FORCE)
 endif ()
 
-# obtain revision info from git
-find_package(Git)
+set(DUSK_VERSION_OVERRIDE "" CACHE STRING "Override version string (skips git detection and format validation)")
+
+if (DUSK_VERSION_OVERRIDE)
+    set(DUSK_WC_DESCRIBE "${DUSK_VERSION_OVERRIDE}")
+    set(DUSK_VERSION_STRING "0.0.0.0")
+    set(DUSK_SHORT_VERSION_STRING "0.0.0")
+    set(DUSK_WC_REVISION "")
+    set(DUSK_WC_BRANCH "")
+    set(DUSK_WC_DATE "")
+    message(STATUS "Dusklight version overridden to ${DUSK_WC_DESCRIBE}")
+else ()
+    # obtain revision info from git
+    find_package(Git)
 if (GIT_FOUND)
     # make sure version information gets re-run when the current Git HEAD changes
     execute_process(WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} rev-parse --git-path HEAD
@@ -63,6 +74,8 @@ else ()
     set(DUSK_SHORT_VERSION_STRING "0.0.0")
 endif ()
 
+endif ()
+
 # Add version information to CI environment variables
 if(DEFINED ENV{GITHUB_ENV})
     file(APPEND "$ENV{GITHUB_ENV}" "DUSK_VERSION=${DUSK_WC_DESCRIBE}\n")
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index d9d007a8bd..edba703a3d 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -50,7 +50,11 @@
 
       # Dusklight Actual (Linux x86_64 only — relies on prebuilt dawn/nod binaries)
       mkDusklight = pkgs:
-        let srcs = buildSources pkgs; in
+        let srcs = buildSources pkgs;
+          versionSuffix = if self ? shortRev && self.shortRev != null
+            then "nix-${self.shortRev}"
+            else "nix-dirty";
+        in
         pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
           name = "dusklight";
           src = ./.;
@@ -62,6 +66,7 @@
           '';
           # Remove last line to re-enable tests
           cmakeFlags = [
+            "-DDUSK_VERSION_OVERRIDE=${versionSuffix}"
             "-DFETCHCONTENT_FULLY_DISCONNECTED=ON"
             "-DFETCHCONTENT_SOURCE_DIR_CXXOPTS=${pkgs.cxxopts.src}"
             "-DFETCHCONTENT_SOURCE_DIR_JSON=${pkgs.nlohmann_json.src}"
@@ -83,6 +88,14 @@
             mkdir -p $out/bin
             cp dusklight $out/bin/dusklight
             cp -r ./res $out/bin/res
+
+            mkdir -p $out/share/applications
+            cp $src/platforms/freedesktop/dusklight.desktop $out/share/applications/dusklight.desktop
+
+            for size in 16 32 48 64 128 256 512 1024; do
+              install -Dm644 $src/platforms/freedesktop/''${size}x''${size}/apps/dusklight.png \
+                $out/share/icons/hicolor/''${size}x''${size}/apps/dusklight.png
+            done
           '';
           nativeBuildInputs = [
             pkgs.cmake
@@ -212,4 +225,4 @@
         default = mkDevShell (pkgsFor system);
       });
     };
-}
+}
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