diff --git a/data/meson.build b/data/meson.build
index a7e2975..4e87ac8 100644
--- a/data/meson.build
+++ b/data/meson.build
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ i18n.merge_file(
     input: 'harvey.metainfo.xml.in',
     output: meson.project_name() + '.metainfo.xml',
     po_dir: meson.source_root() / 'po' / 'extra',
+    type: 'xml',
     install: true,
     install_dir: get_option('datadir') / 'metainfo'
 )