diff --git a/debian-live-config/config/hooks/normal/9999-wrolpi.hook.chroot b/debian-live-config/config/hooks/normal/9999-wrolpi.hook.chroot
index cd7d31ae..7c5534ba 100644
--- a/debian-live-config/config/hooks/normal/9999-wrolpi.hook.chroot
+++ b/debian-live-config/config/hooks/normal/9999-wrolpi.hook.chroot
@@ -206,6 +206,18 @@ autologin-user-timeout=0
 autologin-session=xfce
 EOF
 
+# Calamares launcher on the user's desktop.  XFCE shows .desktop files
+# placed in ~/Desktop; we use the upstream install-debian wrapper script
+# (pulled in by calamares-settings-debian) but rebrand the launcher entry.
+# Marked executable so XFCE will launch it without a "trusted application"
+# warning.  After install Calamares removes calamares-settings-debian, which
+# takes install-debian with it; the orphan icon is cleaned up in a
+# follow-up Calamares shellprocess (phase 3).
+mkdir -p /home/wrolpi/Desktop
+cp /usr/share/applications/install-debian.desktop /home/wrolpi/Desktop/install-wrolpi.desktop
+chmod +x /home/wrolpi/Desktop/install-wrolpi.desktop
+chown -R wrolpi:wrolpi /home/wrolpi/Desktop
+
 # Drop the default Postgres cluster created by the postgresql-* package.
 # wrolpi-bootstrap.service creates a fresh cluster on /media/wrolpi/config/postgresql
 # at first boot regardless of deployment shape; the cluster files installed
diff --git a/debian-live-config/config/includes.chroot/usr/share/applications/install-debian.desktop b/debian-live-config/config/includes.chroot/usr/share/applications/install-debian.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0049c045
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian-live-config/config/includes.chroot/usr/share/applications/install-debian.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Type=Application
+Version=1.0
+Name=Install WROLPi to disk
+GenericName=Calamares Installer
+Exec=install-debian
+Comment=Install WROLPi onto this computer's internal drive
+Keywords=calamares;system;install;wrolpi;
+Icon=install-debian
+Terminal=false
+Categories=Qt;System;
+StartupWMClass=calamares
+StartupNotify=True
diff --git a/debian-live-config/config/package-lists/wrolpi.list.chroot b/debian-live-config/config/package-lists/wrolpi.list.chroot
index 492ca923..f4b179d4 100644
--- a/debian-live-config/config/package-lists/wrolpi.list.chroot
+++ b/debian-live-config/config/package-lists/wrolpi.list.chroot
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ bind9-dnsutils
 build-essential
 bzip2
 ca-certificates
+calamares
+calamares-settings-debian
 calibre
 cargo
 catdoc