diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index e0dd2a6..9bca63f 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -1416,7 +1416,7 @@ appiconsvg_DATA = data/icons/scalable/amsynth.svg
 desktopdir = $(datadir)/applications
 desktop_in_files = data/amsynth.desktop.in
 desktop_DATA = $(desktop_in_files:.desktop.in=.desktop)
-appdatadir = $(datadir)/appdata
+appdatadir = $(datadir)/metadata
 appdata_in_files = data/amsynth.appdata.xml.in \
 	data/dssi-amsynth-plugin.metainfo.xml.in \
 	data/lv2-amsynth-plugin.metainfo.xml.in \