diff --git a/hw/xwayland/meson.build b/hw/xwayland/meson.build
index 9b1e5b6ce..bca6a899a 100644
--- a/hw/xwayland/meson.build
+++ b/hw/xwayland/meson.build
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ xwayland_manpage = configure_file(
 install_man(xwayland_manpage)
 
 desktop_data = configuration_data()
-desktop_data.set('XWAYLAND', xwayland_server.full_path())
+desktop_data.set('XWAYLAND', xwayland_path + '/Xwayland'))
 desktop_data.set('DECORATE', have_libdecor ? '-decorate' : '')
 desktop_file = configure_file(
     input: 'desktop/org.freedesktop.Xwayland.desktop.in',