--- pidgin-2.13.0/pidgin/Makefile.am
+++ pidgin-2.13.0/pidgin/Makefile.am
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@
 apps_DATA = $(apps_in_files:.desktop.in=.desktop)
 @INTLTOOL_DESKTOP_RULE@
 
-appdatadir = $(datarootdir)/appdata
+appdatadir = $(datarootdir)/metainfo
 appdata_DATA = $(appdata_in_files:.xml.in=.xml)
 appdata_in_files = data/pidgin.appdata.xml.in