diff --git a/gnu-system.am b/gnu-system.am
index b2ddbf5972..04e93452ba 100644
--- a/gnu-system.am
+++ b/gnu-system.am
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES =				\
   gnu/packages/fltk.scm				\
   gnu/packages/fonts.scm			\
   gnu/packages/fontutils.scm			\
+  gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm			\
   gnu/packages/freeipmi.scm			\
   gnu/packages/ftp.scm				\
   gnu/packages/fribidi.scm			\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm b/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0ee639d20a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2015 Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+(define-module (gnu packages freedesktop)
+  #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:select (expat))
+  #:use-module (guix packages)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
+  #:use-module (guix build-system gnu))
+
+(define-public xdg-utils
+  (package
+    (name "xdg-utils")
+    (version "1.0.2")
+    (source
+      (origin
+        (method url-fetch)
+          (uri (string-append
+                 "http://portland.freedesktop.org/download/xdg-utils-"
+                 version ".tgz"))
+          (sha256
+            (base32
+             "1b019d3r1379b60p33d6z44kx589xjgga62ijz9vha95dg8vgbi1"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     `(#:tests? #f)) ; no check target
+    (home-page "http://portland.freedesktop.org/")
+    (synopsis "Freedesktop.org scripts for desktop integration")
+    (description "The xdg-utils package is a set of simple scripts that
+provide basic desktop integration functions in the framework of the
+freedesktop.org project.")
+    (license expat)))
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