diff --git a/build/gulpfile.vscode.linux.js b/build/gulpfile.vscode.linux.js
index 586bedbc388d7..8bbfdb65eb581 100644
--- a/build/gulpfile.vscode.linux.js
+++ b/build/gulpfile.vscode.linux.js
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ function prepareDebPackage(arch) {
 			.pipe(replace('@@NAME@@', product.applicationName))
 			.pipe(rename('usr/share/applications/' + product.applicationName + '.desktop'));
 
+		const appdata = gulp.src('resources/linux/code.appdata.xml', { base: '.' })
+			.pipe(replace('@@NAME_LONG@@', product.nameLong))
+			.pipe(replace('@@NAME@@', product.applicationName))
+			.pipe(replace('@@LICENSE@@', product.licenseName))
+			.pipe(rename('usr/share/appdata/' + product.applicationName + '.appdata.xml'));
+
 		const icon = gulp.src('resources/linux/code.png', { base: '.' })
 			.pipe(rename('usr/share/pixmaps/' + product.applicationName + '.png'));
 
@@ -92,7 +98,7 @@ function prepareDebPackage(arch) {
 			.pipe(replace('@@UPDATEURL@@', product.updateUrl || '@@UPDATEURL@@'))
 			.pipe(rename('DEBIAN/postinst'));
 
-		const all = es.merge(control, postinst, postrm, prerm, desktop, icon, code);
+		const all = es.merge(control, postinst, postrm, prerm, desktop, appdata, icon, code);
 
 		return all.pipe(vfs.dest(destination));
 	};
@@ -127,6 +133,12 @@ function prepareRpmPackage(arch) {
 			.pipe(replace('@@NAME@@', product.applicationName))
 			.pipe(rename('BUILD/usr/share/applications/' + product.applicationName + '.desktop'));
 
+		const appdata = gulp.src('resources/linux/code.appdata.xml', { base: '.' })
+			.pipe(replace('@@NAME_LONG@@', product.nameLong))
+			.pipe(replace('@@NAME@@', product.applicationName))
+			.pipe(replace('@@LICENSE@@', product.licenseName))
+			.pipe(rename('usr/share/appdata/' + product.applicationName + '.appdata.xml'));
+
 		const icon = gulp.src('resources/linux/code.png', { base: '.' })
 			.pipe(rename('BUILD/usr/share/pixmaps/' + product.applicationName + '.png'));
 
@@ -148,7 +160,7 @@ function prepareRpmPackage(arch) {
 		const specIcon = gulp.src('resources/linux/rpm/code.xpm', { base: '.' })
 			.pipe(rename('SOURCES/' + product.applicationName + '.xpm'));
 
-		const all = es.merge(code, desktop, icon, spec, specIcon);
+		const all = es.merge(code, desktop, appdata, icon, spec, specIcon);
 
 		return all.pipe(vfs.dest(getRpmBuildPath(rpmArch)));
 	};
@@ -195,6 +207,12 @@ function prepareFlatpak(arch) {
 			.pipe(replace('@@NAME@@', product.applicationName))
 			.pipe(rename('share/applications/' + flatpakManifest.appId + '.desktop')));
 
+		all.push(gulp.src('resources/linux/code.appdata.xml', { base: '.' })
+			.pipe(replace('@@NAME_LONG@@', product.nameLong))
+			.pipe(replace('@@NAME@@', flatpakManifest.appId))
+			.pipe(replace('@@LICENSE@@', product.licenseName))
+			.pipe(rename('share/appdata/' + flatpakManifest.appId + '.appdata.xml')));
+
 		all.push(gulp.src(binaryDir + '/**/*', { base:binaryDir })
 			.pipe(rename(function (p) {
 				p.dirname = 'share/' + product.applicationName + '/' + p.dirname;
diff --git a/resources/linux/code.appdata.xml b/resources/linux/code.appdata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f3d7c90448e28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/linux/code.appdata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<component type="desktop">
+	<id>@@NAME@@.desktop</id>
+	<metadata_license>@@LICENSE@@</metadata_license>
+	<project_license>@@LICENSE@@</project_license>
+	<name>@@NAME_LONG@@</name>
+	<url type="homepage">https://code.visualstudio.com</url>
+	<summary>Code editor for developers supporting integration with existing tools</summary>
+	<description>
+		<p>
+			Visual Studio Code is a lightweight but powerful source code editor which
+			runs on your desktop and is available for Windows, Mac and Linux. It comes
+			with built-in support for JavaScript, TypeScript and Node.js and has a rich
+			ecosystem of extensions for other languages (such as C++, C#, Python, PHP)
+			and runtimes. 
+		</p>
+		<p>
+			The editor includes built-in support for the Git distributed version control
+			system, intelligent code completion, support for highlighting and completing
+			many programming languages, and and integrated debugging interface. Additional
+			functionality is provided by optional extensions.
+		</p>
+	</description>
+	<screenshots>
+		<screenshot type="default">
+			<image>https://code.visualstudio.com/home/home-screenshot-linux-lg.png</image>
+			<caption>Editing TypeScript and searching for extensions</caption>
+		</screenshot>
+	</screenshots>
+</component>