diff --git a/remmina/desktop/CMakeLists.txt b/remmina/desktop/CMakeLists.txt
index 4b45a432cb..2aaa0f1b6f 100644
--- a/remmina/desktop/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/remmina/desktop/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,3 +53,4 @@ install(FILES ${ICON48_DATA} DESTINATION ${ICON48_DIR})
 install(FILES ${ICONSVG_DATA} DESTINATION ${ICONSVG_DIR})
 
 install(FILES remmina.desktop DESTINATION "${REMMINA_DATADIR}/applications")
+install(FILES remmina.appdata.xml DESTINATION "${REMMINA_DATADIR}/appdata")
diff --git a/remmina/desktop/remmina.appdata.xml b/remmina/desktop/remmina.appdata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..628cbf3b6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/remmina/desktop/remmina.appdata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- Copyright 2014 Fabio Castelli (Muflone) <muflone@vbsimple.net> -->
+<component type="desktop">
+  <id>remmina.desktop</id>
+  <metadata_license>CC0-1.0</metadata_license>
+  <project_license>GPL-2.0+</project_license>
+  <name>Remmina</name>
+  <summary>Remote Desktop Client</summary>
+  <summary xml:lang="it">Client di connessione a desktop remoti</summary>
+  <description>
+    <p>
+      Remmina is a remote desktop client written in GTK+, aiming to be useful
+      for system administrators and travellers, who need to work with lots of
+      remote computers in front of either large monitors or tiny netbooks.
+    </p>
+    <p xml:lang="it">
+      Remmina è un visualizzatore di desktop remoti scritto in GTK+, utile per
+      amministratori di sistema e viaggiatori, che hanno bisogno di lavorare con
+      numerosi computer remoti davanti a grandi monitor oppure a minuscoli
+      netbook.
+    </p>
+
+    <p>
+      Remmina supports multiple network protocols in an integrated and
+      consistent user interface. The protocols currently supported are:
+      RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol), VNC (Virtual Network Computing),
+      NX (NoMachine NX / FreeNX), XDMCP (X Display Manager Control Protocol) and
+      SSH (Secure Shell / Open SSH).
+    </p>
+    <p xml:lang="it">
+      Remmina supporta molteplici protocolli di rete con un'interfaccia utente
+      consistente e integrata. I protocolli attualmente supportati sono:
+      RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol), VNC (Virtual Network Computing),
+      NX (NoMachine NX / FreeNX), XDMCP (X Display Manager Control Protocol) e
+      SSH (Secure Shell / Open SSH).
+    </p>
+
+    <p>
+      External plugins are also supported to add new protocols and features.
+    </p>
+    <p xml:lang="it">
+      Sono anche supportati plugin esterni per aggiungere nuovi protocolli e
+      funzionalità.
+    </p>
+  </description>
+  <screenshots>
+    <screenshot type="default">https://freerdp.github.io/Remmina/images/appdata/main-en.png</screenshot>
+    <screenshot type="default" xml:lang="it">https://freerdp.github.io/Remmina/images/appdata/main-it.png</screenshot>
+    <screenshot>https://freerdp.github.io/Remmina/images/appdata/protocol-rdp.png</screenshot>
+    <screenshot>https://freerdp.github.io/Remmina/images/appdata/protocol-vnc.png</screenshot>
+    <screenshot>https://freerdp.github.io/Remmina/images/appdata/protocol-ssh.png</screenshot>
+    <screenshot>https://freerdp.github.io/Remmina/images/appdata/protocol-sftp.png</screenshot>
+    <screenshot>https://freerdp.github.io/Remmina/images/appdata/protocol-xdmcp.png</screenshot>
+  </screenshots>
+  <url type="homepage">https://freerdp.github.io/Remmina/</url>
+  <url type="bugtracker">https://github.com/FreeRDP/Remmina/issues</url>
+  <url type="help">https://github.com/FreeRDP/Remmina/wiki</url>
+  <updatecontact>remmina-common@lists.sourceforge.net</updatecontact>
+</component>