diff --git a/src/xdg-autostart-generator/xdg-autostart-service.c b/src/xdg-autostart-generator/xdg-autostart-service.c
index 3905d4bfe1..a174648f53 100644
--- a/src/xdg-autostart-generator/xdg-autostart-service.c
+++ b/src/xdg-autostart-generator/xdg-autostart-service.c
@@ -350,7 +350,8 @@ XdgAutostartService *xdg_autostart_service_parse_desktop(const char *path) {
         r = config_parse(NULL, service->path, NULL,
                          "Desktop Entry\0",
                          xdg_config_item_table_lookup, items,
-                         CONFIG_PARSE_WARN, service,
+                         CONFIG_PARSE_RELAXED | CONFIG_PARSE_WARN,
+                         service,
                          NULL);
         /* If parsing failed, only hide the file so it will still mask others. */
         if (r < 0) {