diff --git a/modules/misc/xdg-desktop-entries.nix b/modules/misc/xdg-desktop-entries.nix
index ca61a998..c0b110fa 100644
--- a/modules/misc/xdg-desktop-entries.nix
+++ b/modules/misc/xdg-desktop-entries.nix
@@ -17,11 +17,8 @@ let
       # and `extraDesktopEntries` by `settings`,
       # to match what's commonly used by other home manager modules.
 
-      # `startupNotify` on makeDesktopItem asks for "true" or "false" strings,
-      # for usability's sake we ask for a boolean.
-
       # `mimeType` and `categories` on makeDesktopItem ask for a string in the format "one;two;three;",
-      # for the same reason we ask for a list of strings.
+      # for usability's sake we ask for a list of strings.
 
       # Descriptions are taken from the desktop entry spec: 
       # https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-latest.html#recognized-keys
@@ -89,6 +86,23 @@ let
         default = null;
       };
 
+      noDisplay = mkOption {
+        description = ''
+          Means "this application exists, but don't display it in the menus".
+          This can be useful to e.g. associate this application with MIME types.
+        '';
+        type = types.nullOr types.bool;
+        default = null;
+      };
+
+      prefersNonDefaultGPU = mkOption {
+        description = ''
+          If true, the application prefers to be run on a more powerful discrete GPU if available.
+        '';
+        type = types.nullOr types.bool;
+        default = null;
+      };
+
       extraConfig = mkOption {
         description = ''
           Extra configuration. Will be appended to the end of the file and 
@@ -123,26 +137,20 @@ let
 
   #formatting helpers
   ifNotNull = a: a': if a == null then null else a';
-  stringBool = bool: if bool then "true" else "false";
   semicolonList = list:
     (concatStringsSep ";" list) + ";"; # requires trailing semicolon
 
   #passes config options to makeDesktopItem in expected format
   makeFile = name: config:
     pkgs.makeDesktopItem {
-      name = name;
-      type = config.type;
-      exec = config.exec;
-      icon = config.icon;
-      comment = config.comment;
-      terminal = config.terminal;
+      inherit name;
+      inherit (config)
+        type exec icon comment terminal genericName startupNotify noDisplay
+        prefersNonDefaultGPU;
       desktopName = config.name;
-      genericName = config.genericName;
       mimeType = ifNotNull config.mimeType (semicolonList config.mimeType);
       categories =
         ifNotNull config.categories (semicolonList config.categories);
-      startupNotify =
-        ifNotNull config.startupNotify (stringBool config.startupNotify);
       extraEntries = config.extraConfig;
       extraDesktopEntries = config.settings;
     };
diff --git a/tests/modules/misc/xdg/desktop-entries.nix b/tests/modules/misc/xdg/desktop-entries.nix
index 098aa7ee..adb6e31e 100644
--- a/tests/modules/misc/xdg/desktop-entries.nix
+++ b/tests/modules/misc/xdg/desktop-entries.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ with lib;
         mimeType = [ "text/html" "text/xml" ];
         categories = [ "Network" "WebBrowser" ];
         startupNotify = false;
+        noDisplay = false;
+        prefersNonDefaultGPU = false;
         extraConfig = ''
           [X-ExtraSection]
           Exec=foo -o
diff --git a/tests/modules/misc/xdg/desktop-full-expected.desktop b/tests/modules/misc/xdg/desktop-full-expected.desktop
index fd5ace1b..7776e8b7 100644
--- a/tests/modules/misc/xdg/desktop-full-expected.desktop
+++ b/tests/modules/misc/xdg/desktop-full-expected.desktop
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Icon=test
 Keywords=calc;math
 MimeType=text/html;text/xml;
 Name=Test
+NoDisplay=false
+PrefersNonDefaultGPU=false
 StartupNotify=false
 Terminal=true
 Type=Application