diff --git a/src/build/Config.zig b/src/build/Config.zig
index 3a8a4e0..6f2d5d3 100644
--- a/src/build/Config.zig
+++ b/src/build/Config.zig
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ wasm_shared: bool = true,
 /// Ghostty exe properties
 exe_entrypoint: ExeEntrypoint = .ghostty,
 version: std.SemanticVersion = .{ .major = 0, .minor = 0, .patch = 0 },
+app_runtime_path: ?[]const u8 = null,

 /// Binary properties
 pie: bool = false,
@@ -273,6 +274,15 @@ pub fn init(b: *std.Build, appVersion: []const u8) !Config {
         };
     };

+    config.app_runtime_path = b.option(
+        []const u8,
+        "app-runtime-path",
+        "Override the path to the Ghostty binary embedded in Linux desktop integration files " ++
+            "(desktop entry, D-Bus and systemd services). Useful for distro packaging " ++
+            "where the install prefix differs from the runtime path. " ++
+            "Defaults to {prefix}/bin/ghostty.",
+    );
+
     //---------------------------------------------------------------
     // Binary Properties

diff --git a/src/build/GhosttyResources.zig b/src/build/GhosttyResources.zig
index 6f85765..9dc28cd 100644
--- a/src/build/GhosttyResources.zig
+++ b/src/build/GhosttyResources.zig
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ fn addLinuxAppResources(
         },
     });

-    const exe_abs_path = b.fmt(
+    const exe_abs_path = cfg.app_runtime_path orelse b.fmt(
         "{s}/bin/ghostty",
         .{b.install_prefix},
     );