diff --git a/alsa-tools.spec b/alsa-tools.spec
index cf048c9..ff30cb6 100644
--- a/alsa-tools.spec
+++ b/alsa-tools.spec
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 Summary:        Specialist tools for ALSA
 Name:           alsa-tools
 Version:        1.0.29
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 
 # Checked at least one source file from all the sub-projects contained in
 # the source tarball and they are consistent GPLv2+ - TJ 2007-11-15
@@ -163,6 +163,53 @@ do
    fi
 done
 
+# Merge applications into one software center item
+mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/appdata
+cat > $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/appdata/echomixer.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>echomixer.desktop</id>
+  <metadata>
+    <value key="X-Merge-With-Parent">hwmixvolume.desktop</value>
+  </metadata>
+</component>
+EOF
+cat > $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/appdata/envy24control.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>envy24control.desktop</id>
+  <metadata>
+    <value key="X-Merge-With-Parent">hwmixvolume.desktop</value>
+  </metadata>
+</component>
+EOF
+cat > $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/appdata/hdspconf.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>hdspconf.desktop</id>
+  <metadata>
+    <value key="X-Merge-With-Parent">hwmixvolume.desktop</value>
+  </metadata>
+</component>
+EOF
+cat > $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/appdata/hdspmixer.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>hdspmixer.desktop</id>
+  <metadata>
+    <value key="X-Merge-With-Parent">hwmixvolume.desktop</value>
+  </metadata>
+</component>
+EOF
+
 # convert hotplug stuff to udev
 rm -f %{buildroot}/lib/udev/tascam_fw.usermap
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}/lib/udev/rules.d
@@ -193,6 +240,7 @@ install -m 644 %{SOURCE5} %{buildroot}/lib/udev/rules.d
 %{_bindir}/us428control
 %{_bindir}/hda-verb
 %{_bindir}/hdajackretask
+%{_datadir}/appdata/*.appdata.xml
 %{_datadir}/applications/echomixer.desktop
 %{_datadir}/applications/envy24control.desktop
 %{_datadir}/applications/hdspconf.desktop
@@ -233,6 +281,9 @@ install -m 644 %{SOURCE5} %{buildroot}/lib/udev/rules.d
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Mar 26 2015 Richard Hughes <rhughes@redhat.com> - 1.0.29-2
+- Add an AppData file for the software center
+
 * Thu Feb 26 2015 Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz> - 1.0.29-1
 - updated to 1.0.29