diff --git a/libdfu/Makefile.am b/libdfu/Makefile.am
index d3597aa7d..1f5e35262 100644
--- a/libdfu/Makefile.am
+++ b/libdfu/Makefile.am
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ libdfu_la_SOURCES =						\
 	dfu-target-private.h
 
 libdfu_la_LIBADD =						\
+	$(APPSTREAM_GLIB_LIBS)					\
 	$(ELF_LIBS)						\
 	$(GUSB_LIBS)						\
 	$(GLIB_LIBS)						\
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ dfu_self_test_SOURCES =						\
 
 dfu_self_test_LDADD =						\
 	$(lib_LTLIBRARIES)					\
+	$(APPSTREAM_GLIB_LIBS)					\
 	$(GLIB_LIBS)						\
 	$(GUSB_LIBS)
 
@@ -146,7 +148,7 @@ introspection_sources =						\
 	$(libdfu_la_SOURCES)
 
 Dfu-1.0.gir: libdfu.la
-Dfu_1_0_gir_INCLUDES = GObject-2.0 Gio-2.0 GUsb-1.0
+Dfu_1_0_gir_INCLUDES = GObject-2.0 Gio-2.0 GUsb-1.0 AppStreamGlib-1.0
 Dfu_1_0_gir_CFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS)
 Dfu_1_0_gir_SCANNERFLAGS = --identifier-prefix=Dfu \
 				--symbol-prefix=dfu \
diff --git a/libdfu/dfu-firmware.c b/libdfu/dfu-firmware.c
index 4fce9880c..804cecc15 100644
--- a/libdfu/dfu-firmware.c
+++ b/libdfu/dfu-firmware.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <appstream-glib.h>
 
 #include "dfu-common.h"
 #include "dfu-error.h"
@@ -678,14 +679,18 @@ dfu_firmware_to_string (DfuFirmware *firmware)
 	GList *l;
 	GString *str;
 	guint i;
+	g_autofree gchar *release_str = NULL;
 	g_autoptr(GList) keys = NULL;
 
 	g_return_val_if_fail (DFU_IS_FIRMWARE (firmware), NULL);
 
+	release_str = as_utils_version_from_uint16 (priv->release,
+						    AS_VERSION_PARSE_FLAG_NONE);
 	str = g_string_new ("");
 	g_string_append_printf (str, "vid:         0x%04x\n", priv->vid);
 	g_string_append_printf (str, "pid:         0x%04x\n", priv->pid);
-	g_string_append_printf (str, "release:     0x%04x\n", priv->release);
+	g_string_append_printf (str, "release:     0x%04x [%s]\n",
+				priv->release, release_str);
 	g_string_append_printf (str, "format:      %s [0x%04x]\n",
 				dfu_firmware_format_to_string (priv->format),
 				priv->format);
diff --git a/libdfu/dfu.pc.in b/libdfu/dfu.pc.in
index 7d3d64763..7e4f858de 100644
--- a/libdfu/dfu.pc.in
+++ b/libdfu/dfu.pc.in
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ Name: dfu
 Description: libdfu is a library for reading and writing USB device firmware
 Version: @VERSION@
 Requires: glib-2.0, gobject-2.0, gio-2.0
-Requires.private: elf
+Requires.private: elf, appstream-glib
 Libs: -L${libdir} -ldfu
 Cflags: -I${includedir}