diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f5a745ec..b2802d9e 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ byobu (5.113) unreleased; urgency=medium
       still an argument
   * usr/bin/purge-old-kernels:
     - ensure that we keep the current running kernel
+  * usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1:
+    - fix minor nitpick about disk/memory measurement documentation
+  * usr/share/byobu/desktop/byobu.desktop.old,
+    usr/share/byobu/desktop/Makefile.am, usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1: LP: #1639836
+    - resurrect byobu-desktop.old, which is needed on Debian and other
+      systems, where gnome-terminal may not exist
 
  -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Fri, 16 Sep 2016 10:13:08 -0500
 
diff --git a/usr/share/byobu/desktop/Makefile.am b/usr/share/byobu/desktop/Makefile.am
index 48f18333..cd652b4b 100644
--- a/usr/share/byobu/desktop/Makefile.am
+++ b/usr/share/byobu/desktop/Makefile.am
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 desktopdir = $(datadir)/@PACKAGE@/desktop
-desktop_SCRIPTS = byobu.desktop
+desktop_SCRIPTS = byobu.desktop byobu.desktop.old
diff --git a/usr/share/byobu/desktop/byobu.desktop.old b/usr/share/byobu/desktop/byobu.desktop.old
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6df34e48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usr/share/byobu/desktop/byobu.desktop.old
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=Byobu Terminal
+Comment=Advanced Command Line and Text Window Manager
+Icon=byobu
+Exec=env TERM=xterm-256color byobu
+Terminal=true
+Type=Application
+Categories=GNOME;GTK;Utility;
+X-GNOME-Gettext-Domain=byobu
diff --git a/usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1 b/usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1
index 182635ee..345d9c18 100644
--- a/usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1
+++ b/usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ Then:
   $ BYOBU_WINDOWS=split4 byobu
 
 .SH UNITS OF MEASURE
-byobu uses binary for capacity measurements of KB, MB, GB, and TB.  This means multiples of 1024 rather than multiples of 1000, in accordance with JEDEC Standard 100B.01 for disk and memory capacity measurements.  See:
+byobu uses binary for capacity measurements of KB, MB, GB, and TB.  This means multiples of 1024 rather than multiples of 1000, in accordance with JEDEC Standard 100B.01 for memory capacity measurements.  See:
  * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JEDEC_memory_standards
 
 byobu uses decimal for measurements of network data transfer, meaning multiple of 1000, rather than 1024.  See: