diff --git a/org.gajim.Gajim.json b/org.gajim.Gajim.json
index 2da380b8d..7f7ddadf1 100644
--- a/org.gajim.Gajim.json
+++ b/org.gajim.Gajim.json
@@ -346,7 +346,8 @@
             "name": "gajim",
             "buildsystem": "simple",
             "build-commands": [
-                "pip3 install --prefix=/app ."
+                "pip3 install --prefix=/app .",
+                "touch /app/share/run-as-flatpak"
             ],
             "sources": [
                 {