diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index d2c88daad..aa525e1da 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Back In Time
 
 Version 1.4.4-dev (development of upcoming release)
+* Build: Add AppStream meta data
 * Build: PyLint unit test is skipped if PyLint isn't installed, but will always run on TravisCI (#1634)
 * Feature: Support rsync '--one-file-system' in Expert Options (#1598)
 * Feature: "*-dev" version strings contain last commit hash (#1637)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c3710db5a..0d60cb158 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ It is an easy-to-use backup tool for files and folders.
 It runs on GNU Linux (sorry - not on Windows or OS X/macOS) and provides a command line tool `backintime` and a
 Qt5 GUI `backintime-qt` both written in Python3. It uses 
 [`rsync`](https://rsync.samba.org/) to take manual or scheduled snapshots and
-stores them locally or remotely through SSH. Each snapshot is its own folder
+stores them locally or remotely through SSH. Each snapshot is in its own folder
 with copies of the original files, but unchanged files are hard-linked between
 snapshots to save space.
 It was inspired by [FlyBack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FlyBack).
diff --git a/create-manpage-backintime-config.py b/create-manpage-backintime-config.py
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
diff --git a/qt/backintime-qt-root.desktop b/qt/backintime-qt-root.desktop
index 94603b0bf..d9a9ae69e 100644
--- a/qt/backintime-qt-root.desktop
+++ b/qt/backintime-qt-root.desktop
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ Categories=Qt;System;
 Comment=Simple backup system
 Comment[de]=Ein simples Backup-Programm inspiriert von »Time Machine«, »TimeVault« und dem »flyback project«.
 Comment[sl]=Enostaven sistem ustvarjanja varnostnih kopij
-Keywords=automatic;snapshot;restore;rsync;root;
+Keywords=automatic;snapshot;restore;rsync;root;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/qt/configure b/qt/configure
index cd63c74f9..dfa978170 100755
--- a/qt/configure
+++ b/qt/configure
@@ -176,6 +176,9 @@ addComment "application"
 addInstallDir                           "/bin"
 addInstallFile "backintime-qt"         "/bin" "755"
 addInstallFile "backintime-qt_polkit"  "/bin" "755"
+printf "\tinstall -d /usr/share/metainfo\n" >> ${MAKEFILE}
+addInstallFile "io.github.bit_team.back_in_time.gui.metainfo.xml" "/share/metainfo"
+# printf "\tinstall --mode=644 io.github.bit_team.back_in_time.gui.metainfo.xml /usr/share/metainfo\n"  >> ${MAKEFILE}
 addNewline
 
 addComment "dbus service"
@@ -234,11 +237,10 @@ printf "compress:\n" >> ${MAKEFILE}
 printf "\t# Man pages\n" >> ${MAKEFILE}
 printf "\tfor i in \$\$(ls -1 man/C/); do case \$\$i in *.gz|*~) continue;; *) gzip -n --best -c man/C/\$\$i > man/C/\$\${i}.gz;; esac; done\n\n" >> ${MAKEFILE}
 
-#uninstall
+# Uninstall
 printf "uninstall: uninstall_files uninstall_dirs\n\n" >> ${MAKEFILE}
 printf "uninstall_files:\n" >> ${MAKEFILE}
 cat ${UNINSTALL_FILES} >> ${MAKEFILE}
-
 printf "uninstall_dirs:\n" >> ${MAKEFILE}
 cat ${UNINSTALL_DIRS} >> ${MAKEFILE}
 
diff --git a/qt/io.github.bit_team.back_in_time.gui.metainfo.xml b/qt/io.github.bit_team.back_in_time.gui.metainfo.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b694edc6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qt/io.github.bit_team.back_in_time.gui.metainfo.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+    Docu:
+        https://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/docs/chap-Metadata.html
+
+    Validate (lint) on shell:
+        appstreamcli validate *xml
+-->
+
+
+<component type="desktop-application">
+  <id>io.github.bit_team.back_in_time.gui</id>
+  <name>Back In Time</name>
+  <summary>Backup tool for GNU Linux desktop using rsync with its hard-links feature to save storage space</summary>
+
+  <metadata_license>FSFAP</metadata_license>
+  <project_license>GPL-2.0</project_license>
+
+  <description>
+    <p>
+      It is an easy-to-use backup tool for files and folders. It runs on GNU
+      Linux and provides a command line tool "backintime" and a Qt5 GUI
+      "backintime-qt". It uses "rsync" in the back to take manual or scheduled
+      snapshots and stores them locally or remotely through SSH. Each snapshot
+      is in its own folder with copies of the original files, but unchanged files
+      are hard-linked between snapshots to save space. It was inspired by
+      "FlyBack".
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      You only need to specify 3 things:
+    </p>
+    <ol>
+      <li>What folders to back up.</li>
+      <li>Where to save snapshots.</li>
+      <li>The backup frequency (manual, every hour, every day, every month).</li>
+    </ol>
+  </description>
+
+    <icon type="stock">document-save</icon>
+
+    <categories>
+      <!-- https://specifications.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/apa.html -->
+      <category>System</category>
+      <category>Archiving</category>
+    </categories>
+
+    <keywords>
+      <keyword translate="no">Backup</keyword>
+      <keyword translate="no">Rsync</keyword>
+      <keyword translate="no">GUI</keyword>
+    </keywords>
+
+    <url type="homepage">https://github.com/bit-team/backintime</url>
+    <url type="bugtracker">https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/issues</url>
+    <url type="faq">https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/blob/dev/FAQ.md</url>
+    <url type="help">https://backintime.readthedocs.io/</url>
+    <url type="translate">https://translate.codeberg.org/engage/backintime</url>
+    <url type="contact">https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/bit-dev.python.org</url>
+    <url type="vcs-browser">https://github.com/bit-team/backintime</url>
+    <url type="contribute">https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/blob/dev/CONTRIBUTING.md</url>
+
+    <launchable type="desktop-id">backintime-qt.desktop</launchable>
+    <launchable type="desktop-id">backintime-qt-root.desktop</launchable>
+
+    <!--
+        - 16:9 ratio
+        - PNG format
+        - Default desktop theme
+        - Include windows only (incl. boders) and use alpha mask for
+          rounded window corners
+        - Without mouse pointer
+        - Add caption (without fullstop)
+        -->
+    <screenshots>
+      <screenshot type="default">
+        <caption>Main window</caption>
+        <image>https://translate.codeberg.org/media/screenshots/bit_16to9_960x540_mainwindow.png</image>
+      </screenshot>
+      <screenshot>
+        <caption>Setup of SSH snapshot profile</caption>
+        <image>https://translate.codeberg.org/media/screenshots/bit_16to9_1280x720_general_ssh.png</image>
+      </screenshot>
+    </screenshots>
+
+    <!-- https://hughsie.github.io/oars/generate.html -->
+    <content_rating type="oars-1.0" />
+
+    <update_contact>bit-dev@python.org</update_contact>
+  </component>