diff --git a/resources/linux/appdata/kicad.appdata.xml b/resources/linux/appdata/kicad.appdata.xml
index 5cb58bd9a1..2fc29f0c18 100644
--- a/resources/linux/appdata/kicad.appdata.xml
+++ b/resources/linux/appdata/kicad.appdata.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   <id>kicad.desktop</id>
   <name>KiCad</name>
   <project_license>AGPL-3.0+</project_license>
+  <metadata_license>CC-BY-SA-4.0</metadata_license>
   <summary>EDA Suite</summary>
   <summary xml:lang="de">EDA Lösung</summary>
   <summary xml:lang="it">Suite EDA</summary>