diff --git a/macros.epel-rpm-macros b/macros.epel-rpm-macros
index e06cacb..9179f8a 100644
--- a/macros.epel-rpm-macros
+++ b/macros.epel-rpm-macros
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 # A directory for rpm macros
 %rpmmacrodir /usr/lib/rpm/macros.d
 
+# A directory for appdata metainfo.  The EPEL value differs from that of F28+.
+%_metainfodir %{_datadir}/appdata
+
 # EL7 doesn't have macros.vim the vim-filesystem package, so copy the
 # Fedora value over to EPEL.
 %vimfiles_root %{_datadir}/vim/vimfiles