diff --git a/polymer/eduke32/Makefile.common b/polymer/eduke32/Makefile.common
index 8c0f44f37..405ee5d81 100644
--- a/polymer/eduke32/Makefile.common
+++ b/polymer/eduke32/Makefile.common
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ APPLE_FRAMEWORKS ?=/Library/Frameworks
 #  NOASM          - disables the use of inline assembly pragmas
 #  LINKED_GTK     - enables compile-time linkage to GTK
 #
+APPNAME ?= EDuke32
 POLYMER = 1
 USE_OPENGL = 1
 NOASM = 0
@@ -670,6 +671,8 @@ ifneq (0,$(DMALLOC))
     COMPILERFLAGS+= -DDMALLOC
 endif
 
+COMPILERFLAGS+= -DAPPNAME=\"$(APPNAME)\"
+
 # may be overridden
 EXESUFFIX=
 DLLSUFFIX=.so
diff --git a/polymer/eduke32/source/duke3d.h b/polymer/eduke32/source/duke3d.h
index fd3d50a73..f47296927 100644
--- a/polymer/eduke32/source/duke3d.h
+++ b/polymer/eduke32/source/duke3d.h
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
 #include "keyboard.h"
 #include "fx_man.h"
 
-#define APPNAME             "EDuke32"
+#ifndef APPNAME
+    #define APPNAME             "EDuke32"
+#endif
+
 #define HEAD2               APPNAME
 
 #define VOLUMEALL           (g_Shareware == 0)