diff --git a/goldendict.pro b/goldendict.pro
index 21f87b96..53846e02 100644
--- a/goldendict.pro
+++ b/goldendict.pro
@@ -184,6 +184,9 @@ unix:!mac {
     desktops.path = $$PREFIX/share/applications
     desktops.files = redist/*.desktop
     INSTALLS += desktops
+    appdata.path = $$PREFIX/share/metainfo
+    appdata.files = redist/*.appdata.xml
+    INSTALLS += appdata
     helps.path = $$PREFIX/share/goldendict/help/
     helps.files = help/*.qch
     INSTALLS += helps
diff --git a/redist/goldendict.appdata.xml b/redist/goldendict.appdata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..247318fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/redist/goldendict.appdata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- Copyright 2019 Vitaly Zaitsev <vitaly@easycoding.org> -->
+<component type="desktop">
+  <id>org.goldendict.desktop</id>
+  <metadata_license>CC0-1.0</metadata_license>
+  <project_license>GPL-3.0-or-later</project_license>
+  <name>GoldenDict</name>
+  <summary>Dictionary lookup program</summary>
+  <description>
+    <p>
+        GoldenDict is a feature-rich dictionary lookup program, supporting multiple
+        dictionary formats (StarDict/Babylon/Lingvo/Dictd/AARD/MDict/SDict) and
+        online dictionaries, featuring perfect article rendering with the complete
+        markup, illustrations and other content retained, and allowing you to type
+        in words without any accents or correct case.
+    </p>
+  </description>
+  <screenshots>
+    <screenshot type="default">
+      <image>http://goldendict.org/screenshots/sprechen-wiktionary.png</image>
+    </screenshot>
+    <screenshot>
+      <image>http://goldendict.org/screenshots/damselfly-heady.png</image>
+    </screenshot>
+    <screenshot>
+      <image>http://goldendict.org/screenshots/completar-chaining.png</image>
+    </screenshot>
+    <screenshot>
+      <image>http://goldendict.org/screenshots/lingvo.png</image>
+    </screenshot>
+    <screenshot>
+      <image>http://goldendict.org/screenshots/wordnet.png</image>
+    </screenshot>
+  </screenshots>
+  <url type="homepage">http://goldendict.org</url>
+  <update_contact>https://github.com/goldendict/goldendict</update_contact>
+</component>