diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 ########### install files ###############
 
 install( PROGRAMS org.kde.ktimer.desktop  DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_APPDIR})
+install(FILES org.kde.ktimer.appdata.xml DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_METAINFODIR})
 
 ecm_install_icons( ICONS 128-apps-ktimer.png  16-apps-ktimer.png  32-apps-ktimer.png  48-apps-ktimer.png DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_ICONDIR} THEME hicolor  )
 
diff --git a/org.kde.ktimer.appdata.xml b/org.kde.ktimer.appdata.xml
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.kde.ktimer.appdata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<component type="desktop-application">
+  <id>org.kde.ktimer</id>
+  <metadata_license>FSFAP</metadata_license>
+  <project_license>GPL-2.0+</project_license>
+  <name>KTimer</name>
+  <summary>Countdown Launcher</summary>
+  <description>
+    <p>
+      KTimer is a little tool to execute programs after some time. It allows you to enter several tasks and to set a timer for each of them. The timers for each task can be started, stopped, changed, or looped.
+    </p>
+  </description>
+  <url type="bugtracker">https://bugs.kde.org/enter_bug.cgi?format=guided&amp;product=ktimer</url>
+  <url type="donation">https://www.kde.org/community/donations/</url>
+  <url type="help">https://docs.kde.org/?application=ktimer</url>
+  <url type="homepage">https://utils.kde.org/projects/ktimer/</url>
+  <screenshots>
+    <screenshot type="default">
+      <image>https://www.kde.org/images/screenshots/ktimer.png</image>
+    </screenshot>
+  </screenshots>
+  <project_group>KDE</project_group>
+  <provides>
+    <binary>ktimer</binary>
+  </provides>
+  <launchable type="desktop-id">org.kde.ktimer.desktop</launchable>
+</component>