diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index dd49a1b..1fb8df7 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ mutt (1.5.21-5) unstable; urgency=low
   * debian/extra/samples/sidebar.muttrc: documented the options that
     the sidebar-{sorted,dotted} patches are introducing; documentation 
     submitted by Julien Valroff (Closes: 603186)
+  * added mutt.desktop and to debian/extra and installed through mutt.install, 
+    it contains a MimeType handler for mailto (Closes: 613781)
 
  -- Antonio Radici <antonio@dyne.org>  Thu, 05 May 2011 15:00:56 +0000
 
diff --git a/debian/extra/mutt.desktop b/debian/extra/mutt.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c232e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/extra/mutt.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Categories=Office;Network;Email
+Comment=Simple text-based Mail User Agent
+Exec=mutt
+Icon=mutt
+Name=mutt
+MimeType=x-scheme-handler/mailto
+NoDisplay=true
+Terminal=true
+Type=Application
diff --git a/debian/mutt.install b/debian/mutt.install
index 6986c81..ad5b1b9 100644
--- a/debian/mutt.install
+++ b/debian/mutt.install
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@ debian/tmp/gpg.rc			etc/Muttrc.d
 contrib/smime.rc			etc/Muttrc.d
 debian/extra/rc/*.rc			etc/Muttrc.d
 debian/extra/mutt.xpm			usr/share/pixmaps
+debian/extra/mutt.desktop       usr/share/applications
 debian/tmp/usr/share/doc/*.html		usr/share/doc/mutt/html