diff --git a/data/org.mupen64plus.Mupen64Plus.appdata.xml b/data/org.mupen64plus.Mupen64Plus.appdata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e284e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/org.mupen64plus.Mupen64Plus.appdata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<component type="desktop">
+  <id>org.mupen64plus.Mupen64Plus</id>
+  <launchable type="desktop-id">org.mupen64plus.Mupen64Plus.desktop</launchable>
+  <name>Mupen64Plus</name>
+  <summary>Nintendo 64 Emulator</summary>
+  <metadata_license>CC-BY-SA-3.0</metadata_license>
+  <project_license>GPL-2.0+</project_license>
+  <description>
+    <p>
+      Mupen64plus is a Nintendo 64 Emulator.
+      This package includes all the plug-ins.
+    </p>
+  </description>
+  <url type="homepage">https://mupen64plus.org/</url>
+  <url type="help">https://mupen64plus.org/docs/</url>
+  <url type="bugtracker">https://github.com/mupen64plus/mupen64plus-user-issues/issues</url>
+  <screenshots>
+    <screenshot type="default">
+      <image>https://screenshots.debian.net/screenshots/000/010/356/large.png</image>
+      <caption>Command line interface usage help</caption>
+    </screenshot>
+  </screenshots>
+  <releases>
+    <release date="2015-04-26" version="2.5"/>
+  </releases>
+  <developer_name>Mupen64Plus</developer_name>
+</component>
diff --git a/projects/unix/Makefile b/projects/unix/Makefile
index 96c0683..b994bc0 100755
--- a/projects/unix/Makefile
+++ b/projects/unix/Makefile
@@ -220,6 +220,9 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(ICONSDIR),)
   ICONSDIR := $(PREFIX)/share/icons/hicolor
 endif
+ifeq ($(ASDIR),)
+  ASDIR := $(PREFIX)/share/metainfo
+endif
 
 SRCDIR = ../../src
 OBJDIR = _obj$(POSTFIX)
@@ -280,6 +283,7 @@ targets:
 	@echo "    MANDIR=path    == path to install mupen64plus manual page (default: PREFIX/share/man)"
 	@echo "    APPSDIR=path   == path to install desktop file (default: PREFIX/share/applications)"
 	@echo "    ICONSDIR=path  == path to install icon files (default: PREFIX/share/icons/hicolor)"
+	@echo "    ASDIR=path     == path to install appstream data files (default: PREFIX/share/metainfo)"
 	@echo "    DESTDIR=path   == path to prepend to all installation paths (only for packagers)"
 	@echo "  Debugging Options:"
 	@echo "    DEBUG=1        == add debugging symbols to application binary"
@@ -303,6 +307,8 @@ install: $(TARGET)
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 ../../data/icons/48x48/apps/mupen64plus.png "$(DESTDIR)$(ICONSDIR)/48x48/apps"
 	$(INSTALL) -d "$(DESTDIR)$(ICONSDIR)/scalable/apps"
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 ../../data/icons/scalable/apps/mupen64plus.svg "$(DESTDIR)$(ICONSDIR)/scalable/apps"
+	$(INSTALL) -d "$(DESTDIR)$(ASDIR)"
+	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 ../../data/org.mupen64plus.Mupen64Plus.appdata.xml "$(DESTDIR)$(ASDIR)"
 
 
 uninstall:
@@ -310,6 +316,7 @@ uninstall:
 	$(RM) "$(DESTDIR)$(APPSDIR)/mupen64plus.desktop"
 	$(RM) "$(DESTDIR)$(ICONSDIR)/48x48/apps/mupen64plus.png"
 	$(RM) "$(DESTDIR)$(ICONSDIR)/scalable/apps/mupen64plus.svg"
+	$(RM) "$(DESTDIR)$(ASDIR)/org.mupen64plus.Mupen64Plus.appdata.xml"
 
 
 # build dependency files