diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 701b40d..64f71fe 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,35 +1,35 @@
 include_directories(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
 
 set(kdebugsettings_SRCS 
    main.cpp 
    kdebugsettingsdialog.cpp
    customdebugsettingspage.cpp
    kdeapplicationdebugsettingpage.cpp
    kdebugsettingsutil.cpp
    configurecustomsettingdialog.cpp
    configurecustomsettingwidget.cpp
    environmentsettingsrulespage.cpp
    environmentplaintextedit.cpp
    categorytypecombobox.cpp
    kdeapplicationtreelistwidget.cpp
    categorywarning.cpp
    loggingcategory.cpp
    kdeloggingcategory.cpp
    loadcategoriesjob.cpp
    renamecategory.cpp
    saverulesjob.cpp
    )
 
 ecm_qt_declare_logging_category(kdebugsettings_SRCS HEADER kdebugsettings_debug.h IDENTIFIER KDEBUGSETTINGS_LOG CATEGORY_NAME log_kdebugsettings)
    
 add_executable(kdebugsettings ${kdebugsettings_SRCS})
 
 target_link_libraries(kdebugsettings Qt5::Widgets KF5::I18n KF5::DBusAddons KF5::CoreAddons KF5::ConfigCore KF5::WidgetsAddons KF5::ItemViews KF5::Completion)
 
 install(TARGETS kdebugsettings  ${KDE_INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS} )
 
 
 ########### install files ###############
 
 install( PROGRAMS org.kde.kdebugsettings.desktop  DESTINATION  ${KDE_INSTALL_APPDIR} )
-
+install( FILES org.kde.kdebugsettings.appdata.xml DESTINATION  ${KDE_INSTALL_METAINFODIR})
diff --git a/src/org.kde.kdebugsettings.appdata.xml b/src/org.kde.kdebugsettings.appdata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45acc47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/org.kde.kdebugsettings.appdata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<component type="desktop">
+  <id>org.kde.kdebugsettings</id>
+  <metadata_license>CC0-1.0</metadata_license>
+  <project_license>LGPL-2.1-or-later</project_license>
+  <name>KDebug Settings</name>
+  <summary>Set which debug messages are shown</summary>
+  <description>
+    <p>
+      KDebug Settings edits which QLoggingCategory are displayed.  QLoggingCategory prints messages on the console for applications and you can which applications display messages for information, warning or critical errors to help debugging Qt applications.
+    </p>
+  </description>
+  <url type="bugtracker">https://bugs.kde.org/enter_bug.cgi?format=guided&amp;product=kdebugsettings</url>
+  <url type="help">https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qloggingcategory.html</url>
+  <url type="donation">https://www.kde.org/community/donations/?app=kdebugsettings&amp;source=appdata</url>
+  <screenshots>
+    <screenshot type="default">
+      <image>https://cdn.kde.org/screenshots/kdebugsettings/kdebugsettings.png</image>
+    </screenshot>
+  </screenshots>
+  <project_group>KDE</project_group>
+  <provides>
+    <binary>kdebugsettings</binary>
+  </provides>
+</component>