diff --git a/src/gui/osutils/nixutils/NixUtils.cpp b/src/gui/osutils/nixutils/NixUtils.cpp
index 1fcde60ef..db39b1ace 100644
--- a/src/gui/osutils/nixutils/NixUtils.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/osutils/nixutils/NixUtils.cpp
@@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ void NixUtils::setLaunchAtStartup(bool enable)
                << QStringLiteral("MimeType=application/x-keepass2;") << '\n'
                << QStringLiteral("X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true") << '\n'
                << QStringLiteral("X-GNOME-Autostart-Delay=2") << '\n'
-               << QStringLiteral("X-KDE-autostart-after=panel") << endl;
+               << QStringLiteral("X-KDE-autostart-after=panel") << '\n'
+               << QStringLiteral("X-LXQt-Need-Tray=true") << endl;
         desktopFile.close();
     } else if (isLaunchAtStartupEnabled()) {
         QFile::remove(getAutostartDesktopFilename());