diff --git a/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintUpdate/mintUpdate.py b/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintUpdate/mintUpdate.py
index f256f942..ada47971 100755
--- a/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintUpdate/mintUpdate.py
+++ b/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintUpdate/mintUpdate.py
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
     print(sys.exc_info()[0])
 
 setproctitle.setproctitle("mintUpdate")
+GLib.set_prgname("mintupdate")
 
 # i18n
 APP = 'mintupdate'
diff --git a/usr/share/applications/mintupdate.desktop b/usr/share/applications/mintupdate.desktop
index d377c384..b9897c34 100644
--- a/usr/share/applications/mintupdate.desktop
+++ b/usr/share/applications/mintupdate.desktop
@@ -188,3 +188,4 @@ Encoding=UTF-8
 Categories=Application;System;Settings;XFCE;X-XFCE-SettingsDialog;X-XFCE-SystemSettings;
 StartupNotify=false
 NotShowIn=KDE;
+StartupWMClass=mintupdate