diff --git a/fileattrs/Makefile.am b/fileattrs/Makefile.am
index 148d2ff0d7..9c55aa111e 100644
--- a/fileattrs/Makefile.am
+++ b/fileattrs/Makefile.am
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ include $(top_srcdir)/rpm.am
 fattrsdir = $(rpmconfigdir)/fileattrs
 
 fattrs_DATA = \
-	appdata.attr debuginfo.attr desktop.attr elf.attr font.attr libtool.attr \
+	debuginfo.attr desktop.attr elf.attr font.attr libtool.attr metainfo.attr \
 	perl.attr perllib.attr pkgconfig.attr python.attr ocaml.attr script.attr \
 	mono.attr
 
diff --git a/fileattrs/appdata.attr b/fileattrs/appdata.attr
deleted file mode 100644
index 06fab9afbd..0000000000
--- a/fileattrs/appdata.attr
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-%__appdata_provides	%{_rpmconfigdir}/appdata.prov
-%__appdata_path		^%{_datadir}/appdata/.*\\.appdata\\.xml$
diff --git a/fileattrs/metainfo.attr b/fileattrs/metainfo.attr
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f016d45f47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fileattrs/metainfo.attr
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+%__metainfo_provides	%{_rpmconfigdir}/metainfo.prov
+%__metainfo_path	^%{_datadir}/(appdata|metainfo)/.*\\.(appdata|metainfo)\\.xml$
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.am b/scripts/Makefile.am
index 9e360d0981..f204c51e1e 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.am
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.am
@@ -19,12 +19,11 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	find-requires.php find-provides.php \
 	mono-find-requires mono-find-provides \
 	ocaml-find-requires.sh ocaml-find-provides.sh \
-	pkgconfigdeps.sh libtooldeps.sh appdata.prov \
+	pkgconfigdeps.sh libtooldeps.sh metainfo.prov \
 	fontconfig.prov desktop-file.prov script.req \
 	macros.perl macros.php macros.python
 
 rpmconfig_SCRIPTS = \
-	appdata.prov \
 	brp-compress brp-python-bytecompile brp-java-gcjcompile \
 	brp-strip brp-strip-comment-note brp-python-hardlink \
 	brp-strip-shared brp-strip-static-archive \
@@ -33,6 +32,7 @@ rpmconfig_SCRIPTS = \
 	debuginfo.prov \
 	find-lang.sh find-requires find-provides \
 	perl.prov perl.req pythondeps.sh pythondistdeps.py \
+	metainfo.prov \
 	mono-find-requires mono-find-provides \
 	pkgconfigdeps.sh libtooldeps.sh \
 	ocaml-find-requires.sh ocaml-find-provides.sh \
diff --git a/scripts/appdata.prov b/scripts/appdata.prov
deleted file mode 100755
index d1459c5ca1..0000000000
--- a/scripts/appdata.prov
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# Transform appdata xml file into RPM appdata(filename) provides
-#
-# Author: Michael Schroeder <mls@suse.de>
-# Based on other provides scripts from RPM
-
-OLD_IFS="$IFS"
-while read instfile ; do
-	case "$instfile" in
-	*.appdata.xml)
-		echo "appdata()"
-		echo "appdata(${instfile##*/appdata/})"
-		;;
-	esac
-done
-IFS=$OLD_IFS
-
diff --git a/scripts/metainfo.prov b/scripts/metainfo.prov
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..6d58d4777c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/metainfo.prov
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Transform appdata/metainfo xml file into RPM metainfo(filename) provides
+#
+# Author: Michael Schroeder <mls@suse.de>
+# Modified by Neal Gompa <ngompa13@gmail.com> to generate metainfo instead of appdata
+# Based on other provides scripts from RPM
+
+OLD_IFS="$IFS"
+while read instfile ; do
+	case "$instfile" in
+	*.appdata.xml)
+		echo "metainfo()"
+		echo "metainfo(${instfile##*/appdata/})"
+		;;
+	*.metainfo.xml)
+		echo "metainfo()"
+		echo "metainfo(${instfile##*/metainfo/})"
+		;;
+	esac
+done
+IFS=$OLD_IFS
+