diff --git a/ekiga.spec b/ekiga.spec
index bda7f1a..957e554 100644
--- a/ekiga.spec
+++ b/ekiga.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary:	A Gnome based SIP/H323 teleconferencing application
 Name:		ekiga
 Version:	4.0.1
-Release:	17%{?dist}
+Release:	18%{?dist}
 License:	GPLv2+
 Group:		Applications/Communications
 URL:		http://www.ekiga.org/
@@ -88,6 +88,46 @@ desktop-file-install --vendor gnome \
   --delete-original \
   %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/ekiga.desktop
 
+# 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/gnome-ekiga.appdata.xml <<EOF
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- Copyright 2014 Richard Hughes <richard@hughsie.com> -->
+<!--
+BugReportURL: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=736831
+SentUpstream: 2014-09-17
+-->
+<application>
+  <id type="desktop">gnome-ekiga.desktop</id>
+  <metadata_license>CC0-1.0</metadata_license>
+  <description>
+    <p>
+      Ekiga is a softphone, video conferencing and instant messenger application
+      over the Internet.
+      It supports HD sound quality and video up to DVD size and quality.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      It is interoperable with many other standard compliant softwares,
+      hardwares and service providers as it supports both the major telephony
+      standards (SIP and H.323).
+    </p>
+  </description>
+  <url type="homepage">http://www.ekiga.org/</url>
+  <screenshots>
+    <screenshot type="default">http://www.ekiga.org/sites/all/themes/ekiga_net/images/ekiga_s3.png</screenshot>
+    <screenshot>http://www.ekiga.org/sites/all/themes/ekiga_net/images/Roster3.png</screenshot>
+  </screenshots>
+  <updatecontact>ekiga-list@gnome.org</updatecontact>
+  <project_group>GNOME</project_group>
+</application>
+EOF
+
 %find_lang ekiga --with-gnome
 
 #Remove libtool archives.
@@ -134,6 +174,7 @@ scrollkeeper-update -q || :
 %{_bindir}/ekiga-helper
 %{_bindir}/ekiga-config-tool
 %{_libdir}/ekiga
+%{_datadir}/appdata/*.appdata.xml
 %{_datadir}/applications/gnome-ekiga.desktop
 %{_datadir}/pixmaps/ekiga
 %{_datadir}/man/*/*
@@ -143,6 +184,9 @@ scrollkeeper-update -q || :
 %{_sysconfdir}/gconf/schemas/ekiga.schemas
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Mar 26 2015 Richard Hughes <rhughes@redhat.com> - 4.0.1-18
+- Add an AppData file for the software center
+
 * Tue Feb 17 2015 Milan Crha <mcrha@redhat.com> - 4.0.1-17
 - Rebuild against newer evolution-data-server