diff --git a/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
index b89b3cf79b..2860bd5a8a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
@@ -7005,7 +7005,7 @@ (define-public emacs-exwm
                      Name=~a~@
                      Comment=~a~@
                      Exec=~a~@
-                     TryExec=~@*~a~@
+                     TryExec=~:*~a~@
                      Type=Application~%" ,name ,synopsis exwm-executable)))
                ;; Add a shell wrapper to bin
                (with-output-to-file exwm-executable