diff --git a/autoreload.py b/autoreload.py
index d7a7ba97..8dfc9805 100755
--- a/autoreload.py
+++ b/autoreload.py
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 
 Automatically rebuild and restart the application when source files change.
 CONFIG+=dev will be passed to qmake, see moment.pro.
-Arguments will be passed to the app, see `moment --help`.
+The application will be launched with `-name dev`, which sets the first
+part of the WM_CLASS as returned by xprop on Linux.
+Any other arguments will be passed to the app, see `moment --help`.
 
 Use `pip3 install --user -U requirements-dev.txt` before running this."""
 
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ def run_app(args=sys.argv[1:]) -> None:
     with suppress(KeyboardInterrupt):
         cmd(QMAKE_CMD, "moment.pro", "CONFIG+=dev")
         cmd("make")
-        cmd("./moment", *args)
+        cmd("./moment", "-name", "dev", *args)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":