diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cd88c52..3da9a07 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -152,6 +152,12 @@ version = "0.4.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "88d7ed2934d741c6b37e33e3832298e8850b53fd2d2bea03873375596c7cea4e"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "either"
+version = "1.6.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e78d4f1cc4ae33bbfc157ed5d5a5ef3bc29227303d595861deb238fcec4e9457"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fake-simd"
 version = "0.1.2"
@@ -185,6 +191,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "typenum",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "itertools"
+version = "0.10.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a9a9d19fa1e79b6215ff29b9d6880b706147f16e9b1dbb1e4e5947b5b02bc5e3"
+dependencies = [
+ "either",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itoa"
 version = "0.4.7"
@@ -791,6 +806,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "dlib",
  "fontconfig",
  "fuzzy-matcher",
+ "itertools",
  "lazy_static",
  "libpulse-binding",
  "memmap",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 352e88d..e2d8710 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ rust-ini = "0.14"
 shlex = "0.1"
 timerfd = "1.0.0"
 walkdir = "2.3.2"
+itertools = "0.10.3"
 
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
diff --git a/src/desktop.rs b/src/desktop.rs
index 22bda1f..af2c36e 100644
--- a/src/desktop.rs
+++ b/src/desktop.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 extern crate ini;
 use ini::{Ini, ParseOption};
+use itertools::Itertools;
 use std::cmp::Ordering;
 use std::env;
 use std::error::Error;
@@ -107,5 +108,6 @@ pub fn load_desktop_files() -> Vec<Desktop> {
         .filter(|d| {
             !d.hidden && !d.no_display && (d.entry_type == "Application" || d.entry_type == "Link")
         })
+        .unique_by(|x| x.name.clone())
         .collect()
 }