diff --git a/games-emulation/dosbox-x/additional-files/dosbox.rdef b/games-emulation/dosbox-x/additional-files/dosbox.rdef.in
similarity index 96%
rename from games-emulation/dosbox-x/additional-files/dosbox.rdef
rename to games-emulation/dosbox-x/additional-files/dosbox.rdef.in
index 737dea11f..102a0ea6c 100644
--- a/games-emulation/dosbox-x/additional-files/dosbox.rdef
+++ b/games-emulation/dosbox-x/additional-files/dosbox.rdef.in
@@ -2,18 +2,18 @@
 resource app_flags B_SINGLE_LAUNCH | B_ARGV_ONLY;
 
 resource app_version {
-       major  = 2022,
-       middle = 12,
-       minor  = 26,
+	major  = @MAJOR@,
+	middle = @MIDDLE@,
+	minor  = @MINOR@,
 
-       variety = B_APPV_FINAL,
-       internal = 0,
+	variety = B_APPV_FINAL,
+	internal = 0,
 
-       short_info = "DOSBox-X",
-       long_info = "A DOS-emulator"
+	short_info = "@APP_NAME@",
+	long_info = "@LONG_INFO@"
 };
 
-resource app_signature "application/x-vnd.dosbox-x";
+resource app_signature "@APP_SIGNATURE@";
 
 resource vector_icon {
 	$"6E6369662C0500020006023C43C6B9E5E23A85A73CEE414268F44A445962CE00"
diff --git a/games-emulation/dosbox-x/dosbox_x-2025.05.03.recipe b/games-emulation/dosbox-x/dosbox_x-2025.05.03.recipe
index fbf5d91ce..303367f95 100644
--- a/games-emulation/dosbox-x/dosbox_x-2025.05.03.recipe
+++ b/games-emulation/dosbox-x/dosbox_x-2025.05.03.recipe
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ is much more flexible and provides more features."
 HOMEPAGE="https://dosbox-x.com/"
 COPYRIGHT="2002-2025 The DOSBox-X Team"
 LICENSE="GNU GPL v2"
-REVISION="1"
+REVISION="2"
 SOURCE_URI="https://github.com/joncampbell123/dosbox-x/archive/refs/tags/dosbox-x-v$portVersion.tar.gz"
 SOURCE_DIR="dosbox-x-dosbox-x-v$portVersion"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="b29a2c9c38bfe1d1c1f2420d546b8c2456ae2ddce4c1f6b4d19f258841ce1581"
-ADDITIONAL_FILES="dosbox.rdef"
+ADDITIONAL_FILES="dosbox.rdef.in"
 
 ARCHITECTURES="all !x86_gcc2"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="?x86"
@@ -72,6 +72,21 @@ INSTALL()
 
 	mv /usr/share/dosbox-x $dataDir
 
-	addResourcesToBinaries $portDir/additional-files/dosbox.rdef $appsDir/DOSBox-X
+	local MAJOR="`echo "$portVersion" | cut -d. -f1`"
+	local MIDDLE="`echo "$portVersion" | cut -d. -f2`"
+	local MINOR="`echo "$portVersion" | cut -d. -f3`"
+	local APP_NAME="DOSBox-X"
+	local LONG_INFO="$SUMMARY"
+	local APP_SIGNATURE="application/x-vnd.dosbox-x"
+	sed \
+		-e "s|@MAJOR@|$MAJOR|" \
+		-e "s|@MIDDLE@|$MIDDLE|" \
+		-e "s|@MINOR@|$MINOR|" \
+		-e "s|@LONG_INFO@|$LONG_INFO|" \
+		-e "s|@APP_NAME@|$APP_NAME|" \
+		-e "s|@APP_SIGNATURE@|$APP_SIGNATURE|" \
+		$portDir/additional-files/dosbox.rdef.in > dosbox.rdef
+
+	addResourcesToBinaries dosbox.rdef $appsDir/DOSBox-X
 	addAppDeskbarSymlink $appsDir/DOSBox-X
 }