diff --git a/gnu-freefont.metainfo.xml b/gnu-freefont.metainfo.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a014fcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu-freefont.metainfo.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- Copyright 2020 Tom Callaway <spot AT fedoraproject DOT org> -->
+<component type="font">
+  <id>gnu-freefont</id>
+  <metadata_license>CC-BY-3.0</metadata_license>
+  <name>GNU Free font</name>
+  <summary>A Unicode font, with rather wide coverage</summary>
+  <description>
+    <p>
+      The package provides a set of outline (i.e. OpenType) fonts covering 
+      as much as possible of the Unicode character set. The set consists of 
+      three typefaces: one monospaced and two proportional (one with uniform 
+      and one with modulated stroke).
+    </p>
+  </description>
+  <updatecontact>spotrh_at_gmail_dot_com</updatecontact>
+  <url type="homepage">https://ctan.org/pkg/gnu-freefont</url>
+</component>
diff --git a/texlive.spec b/texlive.spec
index da0407d..d9f03a1 100644
--- a/texlive.spec
+++ b/texlive.spec
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ Source1: macros.texlive
 Source2: texlive-licenses.tar.xz
 Source3: http://ctan.math.illinois.edu/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.xz
 Source4: generate-fmtutilcnf
+Source5: gnu-freefont.metainfo.xml
 Source28: http://ctan.math.illinois.edu/systems/texlive/tlnet/archive/attachfile2.doc.tar.xz
 Source29: http://ctan.math.illinois.edu/systems/texlive/tlnet/archive/attachfile2.tar.xz
 Source0100: http://ctan.math.illinois.edu/systems/texlive/tlnet/archive/ae.tar.xz
@@ -25494,6 +25495,10 @@ pushd %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/fonts
 ln -s ../texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/public/gnu-freefont .
 popd
 
+# install AppStream metadata
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/appdata/
+install -m 644 %{SOURCE5} %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/appdata/
+
 # SCRIPTLETS
 %pretrans base -p <lua>
 path = "/usr/share/texmf"