diff --git a/examples/galleryapp/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/galleryapp/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/examples/galleryapp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/galleryapp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,30 @@
     set(kirigami2gallery_EXTRA_LIBS Qt5::AndroidExtras Qt5::QuickControls2)
 endif()
 
+find_program(kpackagetool_cmd kpackagetool5)
+if (kpackagetool_cmd)
+    set(component org.kde.kirigami2.gallery)
+    set(APPDATAFILE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${component}.appdata.xml")
+
+    message(STATUS "${kpackagetool_cmd} --appstream-metainfo ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../gallerydata --appstream-metainfo-output ${APPDATAFILE}")
+    execute_process(
+        COMMAND ${kpackagetool_cmd} --appstream-metainfo ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../gallerydata --appstream-metainfo-output ${APPDATAFILE}
+        ERROR_VARIABLE appstreamerror
+        RESULT_VARIABLE result)
+    if (NOT result EQUAL 0)
+        message(WARNING "couldn't generate metainfo for ${component}: ${appstreamerror}")
+    else()
+        if(appstreamerror)
+            message(WARNING "warnings during generation of metainfo for ${component}: ${appstreamerror}")
+        endif()
+
+        # OPTIONAL because desktop files can be NoDisplay so they render no XML.
+        install(FILES ${APPDATAFILE} DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_METAINFODIR} OPTIONAL)
+    endif()
+else()
+    message(WARNING "KPackage components should be specified in reverse domain notation. Appstream information won't be generated for ${component}.")
+endif()
+
 add_executable(kirigami2gallery ${kirigami2gallery_SRCS} ${RESOURCES})
 target_link_libraries(kirigami2gallery Qt5::Core  Qt5::Qml Qt5::Quick Qt5::Svg ${kirigami2gallery_EXTRA_LIBS})
 
diff --git a/examples/gallerydata/metadata.desktop b/examples/gallerydata/metadata.desktop
--- a/examples/gallerydata/metadata.desktop
+++ b/examples/gallerydata/metadata.desktop
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 Name[x-test]=xxKirigami Galleryxx
 Name[zh_CN]=Kirigami 画廊
 Name[zh_TW]=Kirigami 藝廊
+Comment=Shows examples of Kirigami components and allows you to play with them
 
 Encoding=UTF-8
 Type=Application