diff --git a/common/flatpak-dir.c b/common/flatpak-dir.c
index 965e1ca53..e2f05b2b9 100644
--- a/common/flatpak-dir.c
+++ b/common/flatpak-dir.c
@@ -7639,6 +7639,7 @@ flatpak_export_dir (GFile        *source,
     "share/dbus-1/services",               "../../..",
     "share/gnome-shell/search-providers",  "../../..",
     "share/mime/packages",                 "../../..",
+    "share/metainfo",                      "../..",
     "bin",                                 "..",
   };
   int i;
diff --git a/common/flatpak-utils.c b/common/flatpak-utils.c
index e115dd991..a7f513e44 100644
--- a/common/flatpak-utils.c
+++ b/common/flatpak-utils.c
@@ -733,6 +733,10 @@ flatpak_get_allowed_exports (const char     *source_path,
     {
       g_ptr_array_add (allowed_extensions, g_strdup (".xml"));
     }
+  else if (strcmp (source_path, "share/metainfo") == 0)
+    {
+      g_ptr_array_add (allowed_extensions, g_strdup (".xml"));
+    }
   else
     return FALSE;