--- a/thunar.appdata.xml.in
+++ b/thunar.appdata.xml.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!-- Copyright 2014 Ryan Lerch <rlerch@redhat.com> -->
 
-<application>
+<component type="desktop-application">
   <id type="desktop">Thunar.desktop</id>
   <metadata_license>CC0-1.0</metadata_license>
   <summary>File Browser</summary>
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@
   </screenshots>
 
   <updatecontact>xfce4-dev@xfce.org</updatecontact>
-</application>
+</component>