diff --git a/po/POTFILES.in b/po/POTFILES.in
index 70dd05722..f2cebad3f 100644
--- a/po/POTFILES.in
+++ b/po/POTFILES.in
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+data/org.freedesktop.fwupd.metainfo.xml
 policy/org.freedesktop.fwupd.policy.in
 libdfu/dfu-tool.c
 plugins/synapticsmst/synapticsmst-tool.c