diff --git a/contrib/gnome-software.spec.in b/contrib/gnome-software.spec.in
index c54b7fb1e53e76ee07597b91c2e6ea64e690bea3..6266107bc92634c6b3640280d0f092f13536292a 100644
--- a/contrib/gnome-software.spec.in
+++ b/contrib/gnome-software.spec.in
@@ -132,7 +132,9 @@ desktop-file-validate %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/*.desktop
 %doc AUTHORS README.md
 %license COPYING
 %{_bindir}/gnome-software
-%{_datadir}/applications/gnome-software-local-file.desktop
+%{_datadir}/applications/gnome-software-local-file-flatpak.desktop
+%{_datadir}/applications/gnome-software-local-file-fwupd.desktop
+%{_datadir}/applications/gnome-software-local-file-packagekit.desktop
 %{_datadir}/applications/org.gnome.Software.desktop
 %dir %{_datadir}/gnome-software
 %{_datadir}/gnome-software/*.png
diff --git a/po/POTFILES.in b/po/POTFILES.in
index 80f52fe439813f489b4735c4b7b5bb82caa744d0..02574dda0e6c302aee3daa27152d9cb9afa0f554 100644
--- a/po/POTFILES.in
+++ b/po/POTFILES.in
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ data/metainfo/org.gnome.Software.metainfo.xml.in
 data/org.gnome.software.external-appstream.policy.in.in
 data/org.gnome.software.gschema.xml
 gs-install-appstream/gs-install-appstream.c
-src/gnome-software-local-file.desktop.in
+src/gnome-software-local-file-flatpak.desktop.in
+src/gnome-software-local-file-fwupd.desktop.in
+src/gnome-software-local-file-packagekit.desktop.in
+src/gnome-software-local-file-snap.desktop.in
 src/gs-age-rating-context-dialog.c
 src/gs-age-rating-context-dialog.ui
 lib/gs-app.c
diff --git a/src/gnome-software-local-file-flatpak.desktop.in b/src/gnome-software-local-file-flatpak.desktop.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..803a5819c5bd06cacb68a290ffc9fcea7ac794be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gnome-software-local-file-flatpak.desktop.in
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=Software Install
+Comment=Install selected software on the system
+Categories=System;
+Exec=gnome-software --local-filename %f
+Terminal=false
+Type=Application
+Icon=system-software-install
+StartupNotify=true
+NoDisplay=true
+MimeType=application/vnd.flatpak;application/vnd.flatpak.repo;application/vnd.flatpak.ref;
diff --git a/src/gnome-software-local-file-fwupd.desktop.in b/src/gnome-software-local-file-fwupd.desktop.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..01a1d8639a1c21c21aca33396313ee7d19f07485
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gnome-software-local-file-fwupd.desktop.in
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=Software Install
+Comment=Install selected software on the system
+Categories=System;
+Exec=gnome-software --local-filename %f
+Terminal=false
+Type=Application
+Icon=system-software-install
+StartupNotify=true
+NoDisplay=true
+MimeType=application/vnd.ms-cab-compressed;
diff --git a/src/gnome-software-local-file.desktop.in b/src/gnome-software-local-file-packagekit.desktop.in
similarity index 53%
rename from src/gnome-software-local-file.desktop.in
rename to src/gnome-software-local-file-packagekit.desktop.in
index 1c4cb0f9ee93956cae6d99dd57bca74b8d8af022..1dd0d56ccb81f670d96e33df6c3cfa687b8d9c0a 100644
--- a/src/gnome-software-local-file.desktop.in
+++ b/src/gnome-software-local-file-packagekit.desktop.in
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ Categories=System;
 Exec=gnome-software --local-filename %f
 Terminal=false
 Type=Application
-# Translators: Do NOT translate or transliterate this text (this is an icon file name)!
 Icon=system-software-install
 StartupNotify=true
 NoDisplay=true
-MimeType=application/x-rpm;application/x-redhat-package-manager;application/x-deb;application/x-app-package;application/vnd.ms-cab-compressed;application/vnd.flatpak;application/vnd.flatpak.repo;application/vnd.flatpak.ref;application/vnd.snap;
+MimeType=application/x-rpm;application/x-redhat-package-manager;application/x-deb;application/x-app-package;
diff --git a/src/gnome-software-local-file-snap.desktop.in b/src/gnome-software-local-file-snap.desktop.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d2ab5f64d2c09926d357f9cf8976344ee3c3cd72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gnome-software-local-file-snap.desktop.in
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=Software Install
+Comment=Install selected software on the system
+Categories=System;
+Exec=gnome-software --local-filename %f
+Terminal=false
+Type=Application
+Icon=system-software-install
+StartupNotify=true
+NoDisplay=true
+MimeType=application/vnd.snap;
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 967159405051a2bdfd9ee50d97c72d2f4a73f672..e7f5c48aeb693821b78ce5f40634b3f7dd5fd7fc 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -201,14 +201,49 @@ i18n.merge_file(
   install_dir: join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'applications')
 )
 
-i18n.merge_file(
-  input: 'gnome-software-local-file.desktop.in',
-  output: 'gnome-software-local-file.desktop',
-  type: 'desktop',
-  po_dir: join_paths(meson.project_source_root(), 'po'),
-  install: true,
-  install_dir: join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'applications')
-)
+if get_option('flatpak')
+  i18n.merge_file(
+    input: 'gnome-software-local-file-flatpak.desktop.in',
+    output: 'gnome-software-local-file-flatpak.desktop',
+    type: 'desktop',
+    po_dir: join_paths(meson.project_source_root(), 'po'),
+    install: true,
+    install_dir: join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'applications')
+  )
+endif
+
+if get_option('fwupd')
+  i18n.merge_file(
+    input: 'gnome-software-local-file-fwupd.desktop.in',
+    output: 'gnome-software-local-file-fwupd.desktop',
+    type: 'desktop',
+    po_dir: join_paths(meson.project_source_root(), 'po'),
+    install: true,
+    install_dir: join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'applications')
+  )
+endif
+
+if get_option('packagekit') or get_option('rpm_ostree')
+  i18n.merge_file(
+    input: 'gnome-software-local-file-packagekit.desktop.in',
+    output: 'gnome-software-local-file-packagekit.desktop',
+    type: 'desktop',
+    po_dir: join_paths(meson.project_source_root(), 'po'),
+    install: true,
+    install_dir: join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'applications')
+  )
+endif
+
+if get_option('snap')
+  i18n.merge_file(
+    input: 'gnome-software-local-file-snap.desktop.in',
+    output: 'gnome-software-local-file-snap.desktop',
+    type: 'desktop',
+    po_dir: join_paths(meson.project_source_root(), 'po'),
+    install: true,
+    install_dir: join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'applications')
+  )
+endif
 
 install_data('org.gnome.Software-search-provider.ini',
              install_dir : 'share/gnome-shell/search-providers')