diff --git a/malcontent-control/meson.build b/malcontent-control/meson.build
index 17a9885..63e9b91 100644
--- a/malcontent-control/meson.build
+++ b/malcontent-control/meson.build
@@ -38,6 +38,25 @@ if desktop_file_validate.found()
   )
 endif
 
+appdata_file = i18n.merge_file('appdata-file',
+  input: '@0@.appdata.xml.in'.format(application_id),
+  output: '@0@.appdata.xml'.format(application_id),
+  po_dir: join_paths(meson.source_root(), 'po'),
+  install: true,
+  install_dir: join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'metainfo'),
+)
+
+appstream_util = find_program('appstream-util', required: false)
+if appstream_util.found()
+  test(
+    'validate-appdata', appstream_util,
+    args: [
+      'validate-relax', '--nonet', appdata_file.full_path(),
+    ],
+    suite: ['malcontent-control'],
+  )
+endif
+
 # FIXME: Add icons and tests
 #subdir('icons')
 #subdir('tests')
diff --git a/malcontent-control/org.freedesktop.MalcontentControl.appdata.xml.in b/malcontent-control/org.freedesktop.MalcontentControl.appdata.xml.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c91ab2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/malcontent-control/org.freedesktop.MalcontentControl.appdata.xml.in
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- Copyright © 2019 Endless Mobile, Inc. -->
+<component type="desktop">
+  <id>org.freedesktop.MalcontentControl</id>
+  <metadata_license>CC-BY-SA-3.0</metadata_license>
+  <project_license>GPL-2.0+</project_license>
+
+  <!-- Translators: the name of the application as it appears in a software center -->
+  <name>Parental Controls</name>
+
+  <!-- Translators: the brief summary of the application as it appears in a software center. -->
+  <summary>Set parental controls and monitor usage by users</summary>
+  <description>
+
+    <!-- Translators: These are the application description paragraphs in the AppData file. -->
+    <p>
+      Manage users’ parental controls restrictions, controlling how long they
+      can use the computer for, what software they can install, and what
+      installed software they can run.
+    </p>
+  </description>
+  <!--
+  <screenshots>
+    <screenshot type="default" width="400" height="480">
+      <image>https://FIXME/malcontent-control.png</image>
+    </screenshot>
+  </screenshots>
+  -->
+  <provides>
+    <binary>malcontent-control</binary>
+  </provides>
+  <launchable type="desktop-id">org.freedesktop.MalcontentControl.desktop</launchable>
+  <url type="homepage">https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pwithnall/malcontent</url>
+  <url type="bugtracker">https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pwithnall/malcontent/issues</url>
+  <url type="donation">http://www.gnome.org/friends/</url>
+  <url type="translate">https://wiki.gnome.org/TranslationProject/LocalisationGuide</url>
+  <update_contact>philip_at_tecnocode.co.uk</update_contact>
+  <project_group>GNOME</project_group>
+  <developer_name>The GNOME Project</developer_name>
+  <kudos>
+    <kudo>AppMenu</kudo>
+    <kudo>HighContrast</kudo>
+    <kudo>ModernToolkit</kudo>
+  </kudos>
+  <translation type="gettext">malcontent</translation>
+  <releases>
+    <release version="0.4.0" date="2019-07-17" type="stable">
+      <description>
+        <ul>
+          <li>Maintenance release of underlying parental controls library</li>
+        </ul>
+      </description>
+    </release>
+  </releases>
+  <content_rating type="oars-1.1"/>
+</component>
diff --git a/po/POTFILES.in b/po/POTFILES.in
index 46e0103..9f4b4eb 100644
--- a/po/POTFILES.in
+++ b/po/POTFILES.in
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@
 accounts-service/com.endlessm.ParentalControls.policy.in
 libmalcontent/manager.c
 malcontent-control/application.c
+malcontent-control/org.freedesktop.MalcontentControl.appdata.xml.in
 malcontent-control/org.freedesktop.MalcontentControl.desktop.in
 pam/pam_malcontent.c