diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 6809231bab4d23c178b1babbc9e007c9f48d7edf..ca5b4c8ad66c1482ba872f7bc44eaec958790e4b 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -180,6 +180,12 @@ if gtk_wayland.found()
   conf.set('HAVE_GTK_WAYLAND', 1)
 endif
 
+######################################
+# File Configuration (for xml files) #
+######################################
+file_conf = configuration_data()
+file_conf.set('appid', application_id)
+
 #############################################################
 # config.h dependency, add to target dependencies if needed #
 #############################################################
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 8a240feceedf37d74ccec41d49b3b10ba68ad539..f5e227294e64151cdfe6f5f85bb5b3ed76d10811 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
+
+gresource_file = configure_file(
+  input: join_paths('resources', 'nautilus.gresource.xml.in'),
+  output: 'nautilus.gresource.xml',
+  configuration: file_conf
+)
+
 resources = gnome.compile_resources(
   'nautilus-resources',
-  join_paths(
-    'resources', 'nautilus.gresource.xml'
-  ),
-  dependencies: [appdata],
+  gresource_file,
+  dependencies: [appdata, gresource_file],
   source_dir: 'resources',
   c_name: 'nautilus',
   extra_args: '--manual-register'
diff --git a/src/resources/nautilus.gresource.xml b/src/resources/nautilus.gresource.xml.in
similarity index 98%
rename from src/resources/nautilus.gresource.xml
rename to src/resources/nautilus.gresource.xml.in
index 643f4b550a2b42158d5927f3d6b99026c8042772..f55fadd6c94f032095975cc4821a3e64479971ff 100644
--- a/src/resources/nautilus.gresource.xml
+++ b/src/resources/nautilus.gresource.xml.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <gresources>
   <gresource prefix="/org/gnome/nautilus">
     <file compressed="true">ui/nautilus-preferences-dialog.ui</file>
-    <file alias="appdata" compressed="true" preprocess="xml-stripblanks">./../data/org.gnome.Nautilus.metainfo.xml.in</file>
+    <file alias="appdata" compressed="true" preprocess="xml-stripblanks">./../data/@appid@.metainfo.xml</file>
     <file compressed="true">ui/nautilus-search-popover.ui</file>
     <file>ui/nautilus-search-types-dialog.ui</file>
     <file>ui/nautilus-app-chooser.ui</file>