diff --git a/scripts/gitlab-build.sh b/scripts/gitlab-build.sh
index 876658822..9a145ad65 100755
--- a/scripts/gitlab-build.sh
+++ b/scripts/gitlab-build.sh
@@ -274,7 +274,8 @@ case $BUILD_PLATFORM in
     ARC="amd64"
     EXT="snap"
     rm -rf *snap
-    sed -i 's/master/'"$VER"'/g' snapcraft.yaml
+    sed -i 's/git/'"$VER"'/g' snapcraft.yaml
+		sed -i -e 's/source: ./source: ../' snapcraft.yaml
     snapcraft
     cp "parity_"$CI_BUILD_REF_NAME"_amd64.snap" "parity_"$VER"_amd64.snap"
     md5sum "parity_"$VER"_amd64.snap" > "parity_"$VER"_amd64.snap.md5"
diff --git a/snap/gui/icon.png b/snap/gui/icon.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..35238121a
Binary files /dev/null and b/snap/gui/icon.png differ
diff --git a/snap/gui/parity.desktop b/snap/gui/parity.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..46453b7fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snap/gui/parity.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Type=Application
+Encoding=UTF-8
+Name=parity
+Comment=Fast, light, robust Ethereum implementation
+Exec=parity
+Icon=${SNAP}/meta/gui/icon.png
+Terminal=true
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index 2dfa984c1..7be9c0bf7 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -13,10 +13,16 @@ confinement: strict
 apps:
   parity:
     command: parity
-    plugs: [network, network-bind]
+    plugs: [network, network-bind, mount-observe, x11, unity7]
 
 parts:
   parity:
     source: .
     plugin: rust
+    build-attributes: [no-system-libraries]
     build-packages: [g++, libudev-dev, libssl-dev, make, pkg-config]
+    stage-packages: [libc6, libssl1.0.0, libudev1, libstdc++6]
+  df:
+    plugin: nil
+    stage-packages: [coreutils]
+    stage: [bin/df]