diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 827c0a0723..0ee4a63992 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -81,5 +81,4 @@ moc_*.cxx
 *ui_playpage.h
 *.[ao]
 *.so
-openmw.appdata.xml
 venv/
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7628e65eb6..4cfc7ed925 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ set(OPENMW_VERSION_RELEASE 0)
 
 set(OPENMW_VERSION_COMMITHASH "")
 set(OPENMW_VERSION_TAGHASH "")
+set(OPENMW_VERSION_COMMITDATE "")
 
 set(OPENMW_VERSION "${OPENMW_VERSION_MAJOR}.${OPENMW_VERSION_MINOR}.${OPENMW_VERSION_RELEASE}")
 
@@ -73,6 +74,14 @@ if(EXISTS ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/.git)
     endif(GIT_FOUND)
 endif(EXISTS ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/.git)
 
+execute_process (
+        COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} log -1 --format='%aI'
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}
+        RESULT_VARIABLE EXITCODE3
+        OUTPUT_VARIABLE COMMITDATE
+        OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+string(SUBSTRING ${COMMITDATE} 1 10 OPENMW_VERSION_COMMITDATE)
+
 # Macros
 include(OpenMWMacros)
 
@@ -346,6 +355,9 @@ endif (APPLE)
 configure_resource_file(${OpenMW_SOURCE_DIR}/files/settings-default.cfg
     "${OpenMW_BINARY_DIR}" "settings-default.cfg")
 
+configure_resource_file(${OpenMW_SOURCE_DIR}/files/openmw.appdata.xml
+    "${OpenMW_BINARY_DIR}" "openmw.appdata.xml")
+
 if (NOT APPLE)
     configure_resource_file(${OpenMW_SOURCE_DIR}/files/openmw.cfg.local
         "${OpenMW_BINARY_DIR}" "openmw.cfg")
diff --git a/files/openmw.appdata.xml b/files/openmw.appdata.xml
index 5c093e3c49..39504070c6 100644
--- a/files/openmw.appdata.xml
+++ b/files/openmw.appdata.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 Copyright 2015 Alexandre Moine <nobrakal@gmail.com>
-Copyright 2017 Bret Curtis <psi29a@gmail.com>
+Copyright 2018 Bret Curtis <psi29a@gmail.com>
 -->
 <component type="desktop">
  <id>org.openmw.desktop</id>
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ Copyright 2017 Bret Curtis <psi29a@gmail.com>
   <category>RolePlaying</category>
  </categories>
  <releases>
-  <release version="0.46.0" date="2017-12-05"/>
+  <release version="@OPENMW_VERSION@" date="@OPENMW_VERSION_COMMITDATE@"/>
  </releases>
  <url type="homepage">https://openmw.org</url>
- <url type="bugtracker">https://bugs.openmw.org/</url>
+ <url type="bugtracker">https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/issues</url>
  <url type="faq">https://openmw.org/faq/</url>
 </component>