diff --git a/data/Makefile.am b/data/Makefile.am
index 19cf250745b5a5106b98bbcd2b61270e32758192..cd07f06c48b1dcb21d7d4189dbcad8e87c22333a 100644
--- a/data/Makefile.am
+++ b/data/Makefile.am
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ desktop_DATA = $(desktop_in_files:.desktop.in=.desktop)
 @INTLTOOL_DESKTOP_RULE@
 
 appdatadir = $(datadir)/appdata
-appdata_DATA = gnome-sudoku.appdata.xml
+appdata_in_files = gnome-sudoku.appdata.xml.in
+appdata_DATA = $(appdata_in_files:.xml.in=.xml)
+@INTLTOOL_XML_RULE@
 
 pixmapdir = $(datadir)/gnome-sudoku/images/
 pixmap_DATA = footprints.png
@@ -32,13 +34,14 @@ man_MANS = gnome-sudoku.6
 EXTRA_DIST = \
 	$(pixmap_DATA)	\
 	$(desktop_in_files) \
-	$(appdata_DATA)	\
+	$(appdata_in_files)	\
 	$(puzzle_DATA)	\
 	$(ui_DATA)	\
 	$(gsettings_SCHEMAS) \
 	$(man_MANS)
 
 CLEANFILES = \
+	$(appdata_DATA) \
 	$(desktop_DATA)
 
 check-local: $(appdata_DATA) $(desktop_DATA)
diff --git a/data/gnome-sudoku.appdata.xml b/data/gnome-sudoku.appdata.xml.in
similarity index 85%
rename from data/gnome-sudoku.appdata.xml
rename to data/gnome-sudoku.appdata.xml.in
index c8da5f56585f484c210f363330d6ab928b5cf64a..f047f84e385eca87265a058d3b3ec8d70d6c7b70 100644
--- a/data/gnome-sudoku.appdata.xml
+++ b/data/gnome-sudoku.appdata.xml.in
@@ -2,28 +2,28 @@
 <application>
 <id type="desktop">gnome-sudoku.desktop</id>
 <licence>CC0</licence>
-<name>GNOME Sudoku</name>
+<_name>GNOME Sudoku</_name>
 <description>
-<p>
+<_p>
 GNOME Sudoku has a simple unobstrusive interface
 while still providing features that make playing difficult Sudoku more fun.
 All games are automatically saved when you quit so you don't have to worry about saving games.
 You can always come back to any game you've played.
-</p>
-<p>
+</_p>
+<_p>
 If you like to play on paper, you can print games out.
 You can choose how many games you want to print per page and what difficulty of
 games you want to print: as a result, GNOME Sudoku can act a renewable Sudoku Book for you.
-</p>
-<p>
+</_p>
+<_p>
 Each game is assigned a "difficulty" score - its algorithm generally does a good
 job matching the difficulty rankings typically given by newspapers and websites.
 You can also see detailed difficulty information about how the computer solved
 the puzzle.
-</p>
+</_p>
 </description>
 <screenshots>
-<screenshot type="default" width="800" height="447">https://people.gnome.org/~mcatanzaro/gnome-sudoku.png</screenshot>
+<_screenshot type="default" width="800" height="447">https://people.gnome.org/~mcatanzaro/gnome-sudoku.png</_screenshot>
 </screenshots>
 <url type="homepage">https://wiki.gnome.org/GnomeSudoku</url>
 <updatecontact>games-list_at_gnome.org</updatecontact>
diff --git a/po/POTFILES.in b/po/POTFILES.in
index cbb0d21a8da8378a9b3e1ae3d9bb7674c9ec5c3f..0b01186a9051e75b137fdfe76279071a20103b85 100644
--- a/po/POTFILES.in
+++ b/po/POTFILES.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # List of source files containing translatable strings.
 # Please keep this file in alphabetical order.
 [encoding: UTF-8]
+data/gnome-sudoku.appdata.xml.in
 data/gnome-sudoku.desktop.in
 data/org.gnome.gnome-sudoku.gschema.xml
 [type: gettext/glade]data/print_games.ui