diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -155,4 +155,5 @@
 if(X11_Xkb_FOUND AND XCB_XKB_FOUND)
     add_subdirectory(kaccess)
 endif()
+install( FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/plasma-desktop.metainfo.xml" DESTINATION ${SHARE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/appdata/
 feature_summary(WHAT ALL INCLUDE_QUIET_PACKAGES FATAL_ON_MISSING_REQUIRED_PACKAGES)
diff --git a/plasma-desktop.metainfo.xml b/plasma-desktop.metainfo.xml
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plasma-desktop.metainfo.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" ?>
+<component>
+  <id>kde-plasma-desktop</id>
+  <project_license>GPL-2.0+</project_license>
+  <name>KDE Plasma Desktop</name>
+  <summary>KDE's complete desktop experience. Simple by default, powerful when needed.</summary>
+  <url type="homepage">https://www.kde.org/workspaces/plasmadesktop/</url>
+  <url type="bugtracker">https://bugs.kde.org/enter_bug.cgi?format=guided&amp;product=plasmashell</url>
+  <project_group>KDE</project_group>
+  <provides>
+    <binary>plasma-desktop</binary>
+  </provides>
+</component>