diff --git a/avahi.spec b/avahi.spec
index 3578a9d..0d05c5a 100644
--- a/avahi.spec
+++ b/avahi.spec
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 Name:             avahi
 Version:          0.6.31
-Release:          30%{?dist}
+Release:          31%{?dist}
 Summary:          Local network service discovery
 License:          LGPLv2+
 URL:              http://avahi.org
@@ -387,6 +387,31 @@ ln -s avahi-compat-libdns_sd/dns_sd.h %{buildroot}/%{_includedir}/
 rm -fv %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/rc.d/init.d/avahi-daemon
 rm -fv %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/rc.d/init.d/avahi-dnsconfd
 
+# Merge applications into one software center item
+mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/appdata
+cat > $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/appdata/bssh.appdata.xml <<EOF
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- Copyright 2014 Richard Hughes <richard@hughsie.com> -->
+<component type="desktop">
+  <metadata_license>CC0-1.0</metadata_license>
+  <id>bssh.desktop</id>
+  <metadata>
+    <value key="X-Merge-With-Parent">avahi-discover.desktop</value>
+  </metadata>
+</component>
+EOF
+cat > $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/appdata/bvnc.appdata.xml <<EOF
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- Copyright 2014 Richard Hughes <richard@hughsie.com> -->
+<component type="desktop">
+  <metadata_license>CC0-1.0</metadata_license>
+  <id>bvnc.desktop</id>
+  <metadata>
+    <value key="X-Merge-With-Parent">avahi-discover.desktop</value>
+  </metadata>
+</component>
+EOF
+
 %find_lang %{name}
 
 %pre
@@ -528,6 +553,7 @@ exit 0
 %{_mandir}/man1/avahi-discover*
 %{_mandir}/man1/avahi-bookmarks*
 %{_datadir}/applications/b*.desktop
+%{_datadir}/appdata/*.appdata.xml
 %{_datadir}/applications/avahi-discover.desktop
 # These are .py files only, so they don't go in lib64
 %{_prefix}/lib/python?.?/site-packages/*
@@ -637,6 +663,9 @@ exit 0
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Mar 26 2015 Richard Hughes <rhughes@redhat.com> - 0.6.31-31
+- Add an AppData file for the software center
+
 * Thu Nov 27 2014 Peter Lemenkov <lemenkov@gmail.com> - 0.6.31-30
 - Drop post-stage dependency on initscripts (rhbz #1168566). See also rhbz #182462.