diff --git a/app/CMakeLists.txt b/app/CMakeLists.txt
index 35b1334..2363e36 100644
--- a/app/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/app/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ target_link_libraries(sciqlopapp
 
 install(TARGETS sciqlopapp DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR})
 install(FILES resources/SciQLOP.desktop DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/applications/)
+install(FILES resources/SciQLOP.appdata.xml DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/metainfo/)
 install(FILES resources/sciqlopLOGO.svg DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/SciQLOP/icons/)
 
 
diff --git a/app/resources/SciQLOP.appdata.xml b/app/resources/SciQLOP.appdata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f13f5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/resources/SciQLOP.appdata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<component type="desktop-application">
+	<id>SciQLOP</id>
+	<metadata_license>CC-BY-SA-4.0</metadata_license>
+	<project_license>GPL-3.0</project_license>
+	<name>SciQLOP</name>
+	<summary>SciQLOP (SCIentific Qt application for Learning from Observations of Plasmas)</summary>
+	<description>
+		<p>Efficient and Ergonomic application to explore spacecraft in situ plasma data and create catalogs of events.</p>
+	</description>
+	<launchable type="desktop-id">SciQLOP.desktop</launchable>
+	<url type="homepage">https://github.com/LaboratoryOfPlasmaPhysics/SciQLOP</url>
+	<screenshots>
+		<screenshot type="default">
+			<image>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/LaboratoryOfPlasmaPhysics/SciQLOP/master/pictures/sciqlop_screenshot.png</image>
+		</screenshot>
+	</screenshots>
+	<provides>
+		<id>SciQLOP.desktop</id>
+	</provides>
+</component>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 68659a9..927684e 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ elif host_machine.system()=='windows'
 elif host_machine.system()=='linux'
   install_data('app/resources/sciqlopLOGO.svg', install_dir : 'share/icons/hicolor/scalable/')
   install_data('app/resources/SciQLOP.desktop', install_dir : 'share/applications')
+  install_data('app/resources/SciQLOP.appdata.xml', install_dir : 'share/metainfo')
 endif
 
 # Sets AMDA server that will be used during execution.
@@ -47,4 +48,4 @@ if cppcheck.found()
               command : [cppcheck, '--enable=all',
               '--project=' + join_paths(meson.build_root(), 'compile_commands.json')]
               )
-endif
\ No newline at end of file
+endif