diff --git a/gnome-software.changes b/gnome-software.changes
index d740008..0c36b24 100644
--- a/gnome-software.changes
+++ b/gnome-software.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Oct  4 11:09:19 UTC 2014 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- Split InstallAppdata.sh in an own package libzypp-plugin-appdata:
+  other software centers might have to rely on this as well in the
+  future.
+- Add appstream-glib Requires and minimum version for libzypp to
+  libzypp-plugin-appdata.  
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Oct  2 14:37:21 UTC 2014 - dimstar@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/gnome-software.spec b/gnome-software.spec
index 069d889..72ab61b 100644
--- a/gnome-software.spec
+++ b/gnome-software.spec
@@ -41,11 +41,28 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libxslt)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(packagekit-glib2) >= 1.0.0
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(sqlite3)
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+Requires:       libzypp-plugin-appdata
 %glib2_gsettings_schema_requires
 
 %description
 AppStore like management of Applications for your GNOME Desktop.
 
+%package -n libzypp-plugin-appdata
+Version:        1.0
+Release:        0
+Summary:        Extend libzypp to handle AppStream metadata
+Group:          System/Libraries
+Requires:       appstream-glib >= 0.2.4
+# appdata hook was introduced in libzypp 14.29.4
+Requires:       libzypp >= 14.29.4
+
+%description -n libzypp-plugin-appdata
+This plugin extends libzypp to install AppStream metadata, as extracted from the
+repository metadata, onto the file system in order to be picked up by
+software centers.
+
+At this moment, gnome-software is the only known implementation making use of it.
+
 %lang_package
 %prep
 %setup -q
@@ -102,6 +119,9 @@ install -Dm 0755 %{S:1} %{buildroot}%{_prefix}/lib/zypp/plugins/appdata/$(basena
 %dir %{_prefix}/lib/zypp
 %dir %{_prefix}/lib/zypp/plugins
 %dir %{_prefix}/lib/zypp/plugins/appdata/
+
+%files -n libzypp-plugin-appdata
+%defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_prefix}/lib/zypp/plugins/appdata/InstallAppdata.sh
 
 %files lang -f %{name}.lang