diff --git a/bin/bundle-appimage.sh b/bin/bundle-appimage.sh
index 082f0c8..f63a125 100755
--- a/bin/bundle-appimage.sh
+++ b/bin/bundle-appimage.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ export OUTNAME="Ghostty-${GHOSTTY_VERSION}-${ARCH}.AppImage"
 export DESKTOP="./ghostty-${GHOSTTY_VERSION}/zig-out/share/applications/com.mitchellh.ghostty.desktop"
 export ICON="./ghostty-${GHOSTTY_VERSION}/zig-out/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/com.mitchellh.ghostty.png"
 
+# Fix Exec and TryExec paths: the build produces absolute paths from the build
+# environment, which breaks desktop integration tools like appimaged that extract
+# the .desktop file and use it as-is. Using just the binary name lets the AppImage
+# runtime resolve it correctly.
+sed -i 's|^TryExec=.*|TryExec=ghostty|' "$DESKTOP"
+sed -i 's|^Exec=.*ghostty\(.*\)|Exec=ghostty\1|' "$DESKTOP"
+
 ./quick-sharun ./ghostty-${GHOSTTY_VERSION}/zig-out/bin/ghostty
 cp -rf ./ghostty-${GHOSTTY_VERSION}/zig-out/share/* ./AppDir/share/
 ./quick-sharun --make-appimage