diff --git a/kf5.spec b/kf5.spec
index 7b03582..dedb6a6 100644
--- a/kf5.spec
+++ b/kf5.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           kf5
 Version:        5.25.0
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 Summary:        Filesystem and RPM macros for KDE Frameworks 5
 License:        BSD
 URL:            http://www.kde.org
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ sed -i \
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Aug 08 2016 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> - 5.25.0-2
+- introduce %%_kf5_metainfodir => %%_kf5_datadir/appdata, set KDE_INSTALL_METAINFODIR accordingly
+
 * Sun Aug 07 2016 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> - 5.25.0-1
 - 5.25.0
 
diff --git a/macros.kf5 b/macros.kf5
index c3ff0a9..c7da9a0 100644
--- a/macros.kf5
+++ b/macros.kf5
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 %_kf5_includedir %_includedir/KF5
 %_kf5_libdir %_libdir
 %_kf5_libexecdir %_libexecdir/kf5
+%_kf5_metainfodir %_kf5_datadir/appdata
 %_kf5_qtplugindir %_qt5_plugindir
 %_kf5_plugindir %_qt5_plugindir/kf5
 %_kf5_sysconfdir %_sysconfdir
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@
     -DKDE_INSTALL_KCFGDIR:PATH=%{_datadir}/config.kcfg \\\
     -DKDE_INSTALL_LIBDIR:PATH=%{_kf5_libdir} \\\
     -DKDE_INSTALL_LIBEXECDIR:PATH=%{_libexecdir} \\\
+    -DKDE_INSTALL_METAINFODIR:PATH=%{_kf5_metainfodir} \\\
     -DKDE_INSTALL_PLUGINDIR:PATH=%{_qt5_plugindir} \\\
     -DKDE_INSTALL_QMLDIR:PATH=%{_kf5_qmldir} \\\
     -DKDE_INSTALL_QTPLUGINDIR:PATH=%{_qt5_plugindir} \\\