diff --git a/system/vinterm/doinst.sh b/system/vinterm/doinst.sh
index 5fb28930db..3e5691a052 100644
--- a/system/vinterm/doinst.sh
+++ b/system/vinterm/doinst.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
 if [ -x /usr/bin/update-desktop-database ]; then
   /usr/bin/update-desktop-database -q usr/share/applications >/dev/null 2>&1
 fi
+
+if [ -e usr/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache ]; then
+  if [ -x /usr/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache ]; then
+    /usr/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache usr/share/icons/hicolor >/dev/null 2>&1
+  fi
+fi
diff --git a/system/vinterm/fix_destdir.diff b/system/vinterm/fix_destdir.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..97168fdd03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/vinterm/fix_destdir.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+diff -Naur vinterm-0.5.0/Makefile vinterm-0.5.0.patched/Makefile
+--- vinterm-0.5.0/Makefile	2013-08-19 12:34:06.000000000 -0400
++++ vinterm-0.5.0.patched/Makefile	2017-03-04 03:15:33.786462685 -0500
+@@ -86,14 +86,22 @@
+ 	@echo compiling terminfo data
+ 	@tic -s data/vinterm.info
+ 	@echo installing icons
+-	@cp -f icon/icon_16.png  /usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/vinterm.png
+-	@cp -f icon/icon_22.png  /usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/vinterm.png
+-	@cp -f icon/icon_32.png  /usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/vinterm.png
+-	@cp -f icon/icon_48.png  /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/vinterm.png
+-	@cp -f icon/icon_64.png  /usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/vinterm.png
+-	@cp -f icon/icon_128.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/vinterm.png
+-	@cp -f icon/icon.svg     /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/vinterm.svg
+-	@cp -f data/vinterm.desktop /usr/share/applications
++	@mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps
++	@mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps
++	@mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps
++	@mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps
++	@mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps
++	@mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps
++	@mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps
++	@mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/applications
++	@cp -f icon/icon_16.png  ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/vinterm.png
++	@cp -f icon/icon_22.png  ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/vinterm.png
++	@cp -f icon/icon_32.png  ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/vinterm.png
++	@cp -f icon/icon_48.png  ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/vinterm.png
++	@cp -f icon/icon_64.png  ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/vinterm.png
++	@cp -f icon/icon_128.png ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/vinterm.png
++	@cp -f icon/icon.svg     ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/vinterm.svg
++	@cp -f data/vinterm.desktop ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/applications
+ 
+ # TODO - check data
+ uninstall:
diff --git a/system/vinterm/vinterm.SlackBuild b/system/vinterm/vinterm.SlackBuild
index 25e9bb3506..0bf689559d 100644
--- a/system/vinterm/vinterm.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/vinterm/vinterm.SlackBuild
@@ -6,9 +6,14 @@
 
 # Licensed under the WTFPL. See http://www.wtfpl.net/txt/copying/ for details.
 
+# 20170304 bkw:
+# - BUILD=2
+# - include icons/desktop in the package instead of spamming them
+#   to /usr (!)
+
 PRGNAM=vinterm
 VERSION=${VERSION:-0.5.0}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
@@ -55,6 +60,9 @@ find -L . \
 
 sed -i -e "s,-Os,$SLKCFLAGS," -e "s,usr/lib,usr/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX," config.mk
 
+# GRR. "make install" respects DESTDIR... except for the icons and .desktop.
+patch -p1 < $CWD/fix_destdir.diff
+
 export TERMINFO=$PKG/usr/share/terminfo
 mkdir -p $TERMINFO
 make all install DEBUG=no DESTDIR=$PKG PREFIX=/usr MANPREFIX=/usr/man
@@ -62,8 +70,7 @@ make all install DEBUG=no DESTDIR=$PKG PREFIX=/usr MANPREFIX=/usr/man
 # exe already stripped
 gzip $PKG/usr/man/man1/$PRGNAM.1
 
-mkdir -p $PKG/usr/share/applications
-ln -s ../$PRGNAM/$PRGNAM.desktop $PKG/usr/share/applications/$PRGNAM.desktop
+ln -sf ../$PRGNAM/$PRGNAM.desktop $PKG/usr/share/applications/$PRGNAM.desktop
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/share/pixmaps
 cat icon/icon_128.png > $PKG/usr/share/pixmaps/$PRGNAM.png