diff --git a/roles/desktop/tasks/main.yml b/roles/desktop/tasks/main.yml
index 9baf853..c3e9844 100644
--- a/roles/desktop/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/desktop/tasks/main.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
       - { src: "hosts", dest: "/etc/hosts", mode: "0644" }
       - { src: "nomouseaccel.conf", dest: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/90-mouse-acceleration.conf", mode: "0644" }
       - { src: "i3.desktop", dest: "/usr/share/xsessions/i3-custom.desktop", mode: "0644" }
+      - { src: "startx.desktop", dest: "/usr/share/xsessions/startx-custom.desktop", mode: "0644" }
   - name: Copy udev rules
     template:
       src: "{{ item.src }}"
diff --git a/roles/desktop/templates/startx.desktop b/roles/desktop/templates/startx.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a21f40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/desktop/templates/startx.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=startx
+Comment=Start a user's X session with startx
+Exec=startx
+TryExec=startx
+Type=Application
+X-LightDM-DesktopName=startx
+DesktopNames=startx