diff --git a/ansible/playbook.yaml b/ansible/playbook.yaml
index 9670453..4aec288 100644
--- a/ansible/playbook.yaml
+++ b/ansible/playbook.yaml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
     - jail
     - bhyve
     - wireguard
-    # - emacs
+    - emacs
     - mrmanager
 
 - hosts: admin_git:public_dns
diff --git a/ansible/roles/emacs/files/plainmacs.desktop b/ansible/roles/emacs/files/plainmacs.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e9b737
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/emacs/files/plainmacs.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=Plainmacs
+GenericName=Text Editor
+Comment=Edit text
+MimeType=text/english;text/plain;text/x-makefile;text/x-c++hdr;text/x-c++src;text/x-chdr;text/x-csrc;text/x-java;text/x-moc;text/x-pascal;text/x-tcl;text/x-tex;application/x-shellscript;text/x-c;text/x-c++;
+Exec=plainmacs %F
+Icon=emacs
+Type=Application
+Terminal=false
+Categories=Development;TextEditor;
+StartupNotify=true
+StartupWMClass=Emacs
diff --git a/ansible/roles/emacs/tasks/linux.yaml b/ansible/roles/emacs/tasks/linux.yaml
index f3d0baa..2bc8e37 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/emacs/tasks/linux.yaml
+++ b/ansible/roles/emacs/tasks/linux.yaml
@@ -30,3 +30,26 @@
       - gopls
       - typescript-language-server
     state: present
+
+- name: Create directories
+  file:
+    name: "{{ item }}"
+    state: directory
+    mode: 0755
+    owner: root
+    group: root # Using root group to match /usr/share/applications
+  loop:
+    - /usr/local/share/applications
+
+- name: Install Configuration
+  copy:
+    src: "files/{{ item.src }}"
+    dest: "{{ item.dest }}"
+    mode: 0644
+    owner: root
+    group: wheel
+    # Can't use validate because it complains about the file extension for the temporary file.
+    # validate: "desktop-file-validate %s"
+  loop:
+    - src: plainmacs.desktop
+      dest: /usr/local/share/applications/