diff --git a/briar-gtk/data/meson.build b/briar-gtk/data/meson.build
index 51cae121946fa544103cc10ee3fc0a3e81c3ddbc..6f65f250ab32b017be258988f7375798431980a5 100644
--- a/briar-gtk/data/meson.build
+++ b/briar-gtk/data/meson.build
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ appstream_file = i18n.merge_file(
   output: 'app.briar.gtk.appdata.xml',
   po_dir: '../po',
   install: true,
-  install_dir: join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'appdata')
+  install_dir: join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'metainfo')
 )
 
 appstream_util = find_program('appstream-util', required: false)