diff --git a/blobwars.spec b/blobwars.spec
index de593f4..83d1438 100644
--- a/blobwars.spec
+++ b/blobwars.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Name:           blobwars
 Version:        1.19
-Release:        9%{?dist}
+Release:        10%{?dist}
 Summary:        Mission and Objective based 2D Platform Game
 Group:          Amusements/Games
 # Code and gfx is all GPLv2+. Music is all CC-BY-SA. SFX are a mix, see readme
@@ -39,6 +39,44 @@ rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/%{name}/data/vera.ttf
 ln -s %{_datadir}/fonts/bitstream-vera/Vera.ttf \
   $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/%{name}/data/vera.ttf
 
+# Register as an application to be visible in the software center
+#
+# NOTE: It would be *awesome* if this file was maintained by the upstream
+# project, translated and installed into the right place during `make install`.
+#
+# See http://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/docs/ for more details.
+#
+mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/appdata
+cat > $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/appdata/%{name}.appdata.xml <<EOF
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- Copyright 2014 Ryan Lerch <rlerch@redhat.com> -->
+<!--
+EmailAddress: hdegoede@redhat.com
+SentUpstream: 2014-09-18
+-->
+<application>
+  <id type="desktop">blobwars.desktop</id>
+  <metadata_license>CC0-1.0</metadata_license>
+  <summary>Mission and Objective based 2D Platform Game</summary>
+  <description>
+    <p>
+      Blob Wars: Metal Blob Solid is a 2D side scrolling platformer where you control
+      Bob, (a blob secret agent) through 25 missions to rescue other blobs and stop
+      the evil alien leader: Galdov.
+    </p>
+  </description>
+  <url type="homepage">http://www.parallelrealities.co.uk/p/blob-wars-metal-blob-solid.html</url>
+  <screenshots>
+    <screenshot type="default">http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VGOFb5wKQkE/T4RuJznkWkI/AAAAAAAAA10/u1pyXxBa1yw/s1600/03.jpg</screenshot>
+    <screenshot>http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oBB_IbOXWEI/T4RuI6G3Y5I/AAAAAAAAA1s/_Tb2v1YrINk/s1600/02.jpg</screenshot>
+    <screenshot>http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-s0v-Lr5WBa0/T4RuH7DbgKI/AAAAAAAAA1k/58HXOP40NIk/s1600/01.jpg</screenshot>
+  </screenshots>
+  <!-- FIXME: change this to an upstream email address for spec updates
+  <updatecontact>someone_who_cares@upstream_project.org</updatecontact>
+   -->
+</application>
+EOF
+
 %post
 touch --no-create %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor &>/dev/null || :
 
@@ -55,10 +93,14 @@ gtk-update-icon-cache %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor &>/dev/null || :
 %{_pkgdocdir}
 %{_bindir}/%{name}
 %{_datadir}/%{name}
+%{_datadir}/appdata/%{name}.appdata.xml
 %{_datadir}/applications/%{name}.desktop
 %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/*/apps/%{name}.png
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Mar 26 2015 Richard Hughes <rhughes@redhat.com> - 1.19-10
+- Add an AppData file for the software center
+
 * Fri Aug 15 2014 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.19-9
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_21_22_Mass_Rebuild