diff --git a/ui/desktop/electron-app/config/desktop.js b/ui/desktop/electron-app/config/desktop.js
index b7c5416b7..87588619f 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/electron-app/config/desktop.js
+++ b/ui/desktop/electron-app/config/desktop.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const createConfig = () => {
     copyright: `Copyright © ${new Date().getFullYear()} HashiCorp, Inc.`,
     releaseVersion: process.env.RELEASE_VERSION,
     releaseCommit: process.env.RELEASE_COMMIT,
+    executableName: 'Boundary',
   };
 
   if (process.env.BUILD_DEBIAN) {
@@ -17,6 +18,8 @@ const createConfig = () => {
     config.productName = 'boundary-desktop';
   }
 
+  if (isLinux() || process.env.BUILD_DEBIAN) config.executableName = 'boundary-desktop';
+
   if (!config.releaseVersion) config.releaseVersion = '0.0.0';
   return config;
 };
diff --git a/ui/desktop/electron-app/config/forge.config.js b/ui/desktop/electron-app/config/forge.config.js
index e1804d700..8b12936fc 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/electron-app/config/forge.config.js
+++ b/ui/desktop/electron-app/config/forge.config.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ module.exports = {
     appVersion: config.releaseVersion,
     appBundleId: 'com.electron.boundary',
     appCopyright: config.copyright,
-    executableName: 'boundary-desktop',
+    executableName: config.executableName,
     osxSign: {
       identity: process.env.BOUNDARY_DESKTOP_SIGNING_IDENTITY,
       'hardened-runtime': true,