diff --git a/package/debian/freecad.appdata.xml b/package/debian/freecad.appdata.xml
index 6580e9473..1e57b1757 100644
--- a/package/debian/freecad.appdata.xml
+++ b/package/debian/freecad.appdata.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <application>
  <id type="desktop">freecad.desktop</id>
- <licence>LGPL</licence>
+ <metadata_licence>CC-BY-3.0</metadata_licence>
+ <project_license>LGPL-2.1+</project_license>
  <name>FreeCAD</name>
  <summary>An open source parametric 3D CAD modeler</summary>
  <description>
diff --git a/package/debian/rules b/package/debian/rules
index 52bdb1356..092ad0b96 100755
--- a/package/debian/rules
+++ b/package/debian/rules
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ install-stamp:
 	dh_install debian/freecad.desktop usr/share/applications
 	dh_installman debian/freecad.1 debian/mime/freecad-thumbnailer.1
 	dh_installchangelogs ChangeLog.txt
+	# install the gnome app file
+	df_install debian/freecad.appdata.xml debian/freecad/usr/share/appdata
 	# install the headers
 	#dh_install -pfreecad-dev debian/tmp/freecad/usr/include/* usr/include
 	# install the help system