diff --git a/contrib/snap/setup/gui/shadow.desktop b/contrib/snap/setup/gui/shadow.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f2c7cb72eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/snap/setup/gui/shadow.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=Shadow
+Comment=decentralized peer-to-peer platform
+Exec=shadow
+Terminal=false
+Type=Application
+Icon=${SNAP}/meta/gui/shadow.png
diff --git a/contrib/snap/setup/gui/shadow.png b/contrib/snap/setup/gui/shadow.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4f06b889d6
Binary files /dev/null and b/contrib/snap/setup/gui/shadow.png differ
diff --git a/snapcraft.yaml b/contrib/snap/snapcraft.yaml
similarity index 98%
rename from snapcraft.yaml
rename to contrib/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index 34b46684aa..4ae5766242 100644
--- a/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/contrib/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ apps:
 
 parts:
   shadow:
-    source: .
+    source: ../../
     plugin: qmake
     qt-version: qt5
     build-packages: