diff --git a/soundconverter.appdata.xml b/soundconverter.appdata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..091ba27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/soundconverter.appdata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<application>
+<id type="desktop">soundconverter.desktop</id>
+<licence>CC0</licence>
+<description>
+<p>
+SoundConverter is the leading audio file converter for the GNOME Desktop.
+</p>
+<p>
+SoundConverter is a simple to use, and very fast audio converter. It can convert multiples files at same the time to speed up the conversion. It can also extract the audio from videos. 
+</p>
+</description>
+<url type="homepage">http://soundconverter.org/</url>
+<screenshots>
+<screenshot type="default">http://soundconverter.org/screenshot-soundconverter.png</screenshot>
+</screenshots>
+
+<updatecontact>gautier@soundconverter.org</updatecontact>
+</application>
diff --git a/soundconverter.spec b/soundconverter.spec
index 728de75..f0f8a99 100644
--- a/soundconverter.spec
+++ b/soundconverter.spec
@@ -2,13 +2,16 @@
 
 Name:           soundconverter
 Version:        2.1.1
-Release:        3%{?dist}
+Release:        4%{?dist}
 Summary:        Simple sound converter application for GNOME
 
 Group:          Applications/Multimedia
 License:        GPLv3
 URL:            http://soundconverter.org
 Source0:        http://launchpad.net/soundconverter/trunk/%{tar_ver}/+download/soundconverter-%{tar_ver}.tar.xz
+# validated: 2013-09-27
+Source1:        soundconverter.appdata.xml
+
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
 BuildRequires:  python2-devel
@@ -68,7 +71,10 @@ desktop-file-install \
   --dir $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/applications \
   --add-category X-OutputGeneration \
   --delete-original \
-  ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/usr/share/applications/%{name}.desktop
+  ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_datadir}/applications/%{name}.desktop
+
+# file available in post-2.1.1 upstream git
+install -D -m0644 %{SOURCE1} ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_datadir}/appdata/%{name}.appdata.xml
 
 
 %post
@@ -98,9 +104,13 @@ fi
 %{_datadir}/applications/*%{name}.desktop
 %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/*.png
 %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/*.svg
+%{_datadir}/appdata/%{name}.appdata.xml
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Sep 27 2013 Michael Schwendt <mschwendt@fedoraproject.org> - 2.1.1-4
+- Merge and install AppData file.
+
 * Tue Aug 27 2013 Michael Schwendt <mschwendt@fedoraproject.org> - 2.1.1-3
 - Update scriptlet sections with current recipes.
 - Drop the minimum errata version for gstreamer-plugins-good for F15/16/17.