diff --git a/src/appimaged/appimaged.go b/src/appimaged/appimaged.go
index 281c89ea..df899d2d 100644
--- a/src/appimaged/appimaged.go
+++ b/src/appimaged/appimaged.go
@@ -258,8 +258,15 @@ func moveDesktopFiles(ai *AppImage) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if *verbosePtr {
-		log.Println("main: Moved ", desktopcachedir+"/appimagekit_"+ai.md5+".desktop to", xdg.DataHome+"/applications/")
+	for _, file := range files {
+		if *verbosePtr == true {
+			log.Println("main: Moving", file.Name(), "to", xdg.DataHome+"/applications/")
+		}
+
+		// Call external mv because os.Rename() may fail with EXDEV error "invalid cross-device link"
+		cmd := exec.Command("mv", desktopcachedir+"/"+file.Name(), xdg.DataHome+"/applications/")
+		err := cmd.Run()
+		helpers.LogError("main", err)
 	}
 
 	if !ai.startup {