diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
 install( FILES kmouthrc  DESTINATION  ${CONFIG_INSTALL_DIR} )
 install( FILES kmouthui.rc  DESTINATION  ${KXMLGUI_INSTALL_DIR}/kmouth )
 install( FILES phrasebookdialogui.rc DESTINATION ${KXMLGUI_INSTALL_DIR}/kmouth )
+install(FILES org.kde.kmouth.appdata.xml DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_METAINFODIR})
 
 feature_summary(WHAT ALL FATAL_ON_MISSING_REQUIRED_PACKAGES)
 
diff --git a/org.kde.kmouth.appdata.xml b/org.kde.kmouth.appdata.xml
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.kde.kmouth.appdata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<component type="desktop-application">
+  <id>org.kde.kmouth</id>
+  <metadata_license>FSFAP</metadata_license>
+  <project_license>GPL-2.0+</project_license>
+  <name>KMouth</name>
+  <summary>Speech Synthesizer Frontend</summary>
+  <description>
+    <p>
+     KMouth is a program which enables persons that cannot speak to let their computer speak, e.g. mutal people or people who have lost their voice. It has a text input field and speaks the sentences that you enter. It also has support for user defined phrasebooks.
+    </p>
+  </description>
+  <url type="bugtracker">https://bugs.kde.org/enter_bug.cgi?format=guided&amp;product=kmouth</url>
+  <url type="donation">https://www.kde.org/community/donations/</url>
+  <url type="help">https://docs.kde.org/?application=kmouth</url>
+  <url type="homepage">https://www.kde.org/applications/utilities/kmouth/</url>
+  <screenshots>
+    <screenshot type="default">
+      <image>https://www.kde.org/images/screenshots/kmouth.png</image>
+    </screenshot>
+  </screenshots>
+  <project_group>KDE</project_group>
+  <provides>
+    <binary>kmouth</binary>
+  </provides>
+  <launchable type="desktop-id">org.kde.kmouth.desktop</launchable>
+</component>