diff --git a/bin/panel/install.sh b/bin/panel/install.sh
index 7b79180..b99df28 100644
--- a/bin/panel/install.sh
+++ b/bin/panel/install.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ ln -sf "$NEXUS/management/autostart/nexus-popup.desktop" \
        "$AUTOSTART/nexus-popup.desktop"
 cp -f "$NEXUS/management/autostart/nm-tray.desktop"          "$AUTOSTART/nm-tray.desktop"
 cp -f "$NEXUS/management/autostart/nm-tray-autostart.desktop" "$AUTOSTART/nm-tray-autostart.desktop"
+# Same for nm-applet (network-manager-gnome), which ships its own systray icon
+# from /etc/xdg/autostart — the network genmon (plugin-13) replaces it.
+cp -f "$NEXUS/management/autostart/nm-applet.desktop"        "$AUTOSTART/nm-applet.desktop"
 # Suppress blueman-applet autostart (both the system blueman.desktop and the
 # user blueman-applet.desktop). blueman always forces its own tray icon, which
 # the panel renders too small; the Bluetooth genmon (plugin-16) replaces it and
diff --git a/management/autostart/nm-applet.desktop b/management/autostart/nm-applet.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5a46ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/management/autostart/nm-applet.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Type=Application
+Name=Network
+Comment=Manage your network connections
+Icon=nm-device-wireless
+TryExec=nm-applet
+Exec=nm-applet
+Hidden=true
+X-XFCE-Autostart-Override=true