diff --git a/gpick.spec b/gpick.spec
index 8ca9cde..8aa8ca4 100644
--- a/gpick.spec
+++ b/gpick.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:                gpick
 Version:             0.2.5 
-Release:             7%{?dist}
+Release:             8%{?dist}
 Summary:             Advanced color picker
 
 License:             BSD
@@ -40,12 +40,56 @@ export LDFLAGS="%{optflags}"
 scons install DESTDIR=%{buildroot}/%{_prefix}
 desktop-file-validate %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/applications/%{name}.desktop
 
+# Register as an application to be visible in the software center
+#
+# NOTE: It would be *awesome* if this file was maintained by the upstream
+# project, translated and installed into the right place during `make install`.
+#
+# See http://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/docs/ for more details.
+#
+mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/appdata
+cat > $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/appdata/%{name}.appdata.xml <<EOF
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- Copyright 2014 Ryan Lerch <rlerch@redhat.com> -->
+<!--
+BugReportURL: https://code.google.com/p/gpick/issues/detail?id=117
+SentUpstream: 2014-06-14
+-->
+<application>
+  <id type="desktop">gpick.desktop</id>
+  <metadata_license>CC0-1.0</metadata_license>
+  <summary>Advanced color picker and color palette creator</summary>
+  <description>
+    <p>
+      Gpick is an application that allows you to sample any color from anywhere
+      on the desktop, and use it to create palettes (i.e. collections of colors)
+      for use in graphic design applications.
+      Gpick also has other features that help in the creation of color palettes,
+      such as: the ability to create a palette from an imported image, automatic
+      naming of colors, and a scheme generator.
+      Color palettes generated in Gpick can be exported many different formats,
+      including: Inkscape/Gimp Palettes (*.gpl), Adobe Swatch Exchange (*.ase),
+      and Alias/WaveFront Material (*.mtl).
+    </p>
+  </description>
+  <url type="homepage">https://code.google.com/p/gpick/</url>
+  <url type="bugtracker">https://code.google.com/p/gpick/issues/list</url>
+  <screenshots>
+    <screenshot type="default">http://wiki.gpick.googlecode.com/hg/images/main-page-gpick-screenshot.png</screenshot>
+  </screenshots>
+  <!-- FIXME: change this to an upstream email address for spec updates
+  <updatecontact>someone_who_cares@upstream_project.org</updatecontact>
+   -->
+</application>
+EOF
+
 %find_lang %{name}
 
 %files -f %{name}.lang
 %doc %{_docdir}/%{name}/copyright
 %{_bindir}/%{name}
 %{_datadir}/%{name}
+%{_datadir}/appdata/%{name}.appdata.xml
 %{_datadir}/applications/%{name}.desktop
 %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/%{name}.png
 %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/%{name}.svg
@@ -66,6 +110,9 @@ fi
 /usr/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache -f %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor &>/dev/null || :
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Mar 26 2015 Richard Hughes <rhughes@redhat.com> - 0.2.5-8
+- Add an AppData file for the software center
+
 * Mon Jan 26 2015 Petr Machata <pmachata@redhat.com> - 0.2.5-7
 - Rebuild for boost 1.57.0