diff --git a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gnome-photos/gnome-photos_40.0.bb b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gnome-photos/gnome-photos_40.0.bb
index 628b1eeea4..8a83069520 100644
--- a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gnome-photos/gnome-photos_40.0.bb
+++ b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gnome-photos/gnome-photos_40.0.bb
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "x11"
 
 SRC_URI[archive.sha256sum] = "e02d73e138af8b2868b5cad7faa1bdd278aeade3b6c3c92836511a4e6f3af1af"
 
+do_install_append() {
+    # make gnome-photos available on all desktops
+    sed -i 's:OnlyShowIn=:#OnlyShowIn=:g' ${D}${datadir}/applications/org.gnome.Photos.desktop
+}
+
 FILES_${PN} += " \
     ${datadir}/dbus-1 \
     ${datadir}/metainfo \