diff --git a/desktop/CMakeLists.txt b/desktop/CMakeLists.txt
index 1f85969..77dd37a 100644
--- a/desktop/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/desktop/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 
 ########### install files ###############
 
 install( PROGRAMS org.kde.kdf.desktop org.kde.kwikdisk.desktop DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_APPDIR})
 install( FILES kdfui.rc  DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_KXMLGUI5DIR}/kdf)
 install( FILES kcmdf.desktop DESTINATION  ${KDE_INSTALL_KSERVICES5DIR} )
+install(FILES org.kde.kdf.appdata.xml DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_METAINFODIR})
diff --git a/desktop/org.kde.kdf.appdata.xml b/desktop/org.kde.kdf.appdata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b40a1ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/org.kde.kdf.appdata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<component type="desktop-application">
+  <id>org.kde.kdf</id>
+  <metadata_license>FSFAP</metadata_license>
+  <project_license>GPL-2.0+</project_license>
+  <name>KDiskFree</name>
+  <summary>View Disk Usage</summary>
+  <description>
+    <p>
+     KDiskFree displays the available file devices (hard drive partitions, floppy and CD drives, etc.) along with information on their capacity, free space, type and mount point. It also allows you to mount and unmount drives and view them in a file manager.
+    </p>
+  </description>
+  <url type="bugtracker">https://bugs.kde.org/enter_bug.cgi?format=guided&amp;product=kdf</url>
+  <url type="donation">https://www.kde.org/community/donations/</url>
+  <url type="help">https://docs.kde.org/?application=kdf</url>
+  <url type="homepage">https://utils.kde.org/projects/kdf/</url>
+  <screenshots>
+    <screenshot type="default">
+      <image>https://www.kde.org/images/screenshots/kdiskfree.png</image>
+    </screenshot>
+  </screenshots>
+  <project_group>KDE</project_group>
+  <provides>
+    <binary>kdf</binary>
+  </provides>
+  <launchable type="desktop-id">org.kde.kdf.desktop</launchable>
+</component>