diff --git a/debian/xapps-common.install b/debian/xapps-common.install
index d0284cf..2491036 100644
--- a/debian/xapps-common.install
+++ b/debian/xapps-common.install
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 usr/bin/
 usr/share/icons
 usr/share/locale
-usr/libexec/xapps
+usr/libexec/xapps/mate-panel
 usr/share/mate-panel/applets
 usr/share/dbus-1/servicesdiff --git a/makepot b/makepot
index b52c1c4..8b97ab5 100755
--- a/makepot
+++ b/makepot
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 rm -f xapp.pot
 touch xapp.pot
-xgettext --language=C --keyword=_ --keyword=N_ --output=xapp.pot libxapp/*.c
+xgettext --language=C --add-comments --keyword=_ --keyword=N_ --output=xapp.pot libxapp/*.c
+xgettext --language=Python --add-comments --keyword=_ --join-existing --output=xapp.pot status-applets/*/*.py
 xgettext --language=Desktop --join-existing --add-comments \
           -k --keyword=Name --keyword=Description --output=xapp.pot status-applets/*/*.in
 
diff --git a/status-applets/mate/applet_constants.py.in b/status-applets/mate/applet_constants.py.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c485123
--- /dev/null
+++ b/status-applets/mate/applet_constants.py.in
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+LOCALEDIR = "@locale@"
+PKGVERSION = "@pkgversion@"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/status-applets/mate/mate-xapp-status-applet.py b/status-applets/mate/mate-xapp-status-applet.py
index 89665aa..4c74638 100755
--- a/status-applets/mate/mate-xapp-status-applet.py
+++ b/status-applets/mate/mate-xapp-status-applet.py
@@ -12,12 +12,14 @@
 gi.require_version('MatePanelApplet', '4.0')
 from gi.repository import Gtk, GdkPixbuf, Gdk, GObject, Gio, XApp, GLib, MatePanelApplet
 
+import applet_constants
+
 # Rename the process
 setproctitle.setproctitle('mate-xapp-status-applet')
 
 # i18n
-gettext.install("xapp", "@locale@")
-locale.bindtextdomain("xapp", "@locale@")
+gettext.install("xapp", applet_constants.LOCALEDIR)
+locale.bindtextdomain("xapp", applet_constants.LOCALEDIR)
 locale.textdomain("xapp")
 
 ICON_SIZE_REDUCTION = 2
@@ -236,6 +238,8 @@
         self.applet.set_can_focus(False)
         self.applet.set_background_widget(self.applet)
 
+        self.add_about()
+
         button_css = Gtk.CssProvider()
 
         if button_css.load_from_data(statusicon_css_string.encode()):
@@ -246,6 +250,37 @@
 
         self.indicators = {}
         self.monitor = None
+
+    def add_about(self):
+        group = Gtk.ActionGroup(name="xapp-status-applet-group")
+        group.set_translation_domain("xapp")
+
+        about_action = Gtk.Action(name="ShowAbout",
+                                  icon_name="info",
+                                  label=_("About"),
+                                  visible=True)
+
+        about_action.connect("activate", self.show_about)
+        group.add_action(about_action)
+
+        xml = '\
+            <menuitem name="ShowDesktopAboutItem" action="ShowAbout"/> \
+        '
+
+        self.applet.setup_menu(xml, group)
+
+    def show_about(self, action, data=None):
+        dialog = Gtk.AboutDialog.new()
+
+        dialog.set_program_name("XApp Status Applet")
+        dialog.set_version(applet_constants.PKGVERSION)
+        dialog.set_license_type(Gtk.License.GPL_3_0)
+        dialog.set_website("https://github.com/linuxmint/xapps")
+        dialog.set_logo_icon_name("panel-applets")
+        dialog.set_comments(_("An applet for displaying XApp application status icons"))
+
+        dialog.run()
+        dialog.destroy()
 
     def on_applet_realized(self, widget, data=None):
         self.indicator_box = Gtk.Box(visible=True)
diff --git a/status-applets/mate/meson.build b/status-applets/mate/meson.build
index baf1dfd..54d01f7 100644
--- a/status-applets/mate/meson.build
+++ b/status-applets/mate/meson.build
@@ -2,15 +2,26 @@
 
 conf = configuration_data()
 conf.set('locale', join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('localedir')))
+conf.set('pkgversion', meson.project_version())
 
-applet_file = configure_file(
-  input : 'mate-xapp-status-applet.py',
-  output: 'mate-xapp-status-applet.py',
+# Put replacements in a separate file, and import the file into the applet.
+# This is mainly to make testing/dev easier - if you put the conf replacement
+# strings inside the applet itself, you have to build each time to get a valid
+# file (with all replacements made).  With this, you can just copy from source,
+# and your replacements are already there in this file.
+constants_file = configure_file(
+  input : 'applet_constants.py.in',
+  output: 'applet_constants.py',
   configuration: conf,
 )
 
-install_data(applet_file,
-  install_dir: join_paths(get_option('libexecdir'), 'xapps')
+libexec_files = [
+    constants_file,
+    'mate-xapp-status-applet.py'
+]
+
+install_data(libexec_files,
+  install_dir: join_paths(get_option('libexecdir'), 'xapps', 'mate-panel')
 )
 
 ## DBus service file