diff --git a/gnucash.spec b/gnucash.spec
index 5839f26..776919f 100644
--- a/gnucash.spec
+++ b/gnucash.spec
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libdir} -name *.la -exec rm -f {} \;
 
 %check
 desktop-file-validate $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/applications/gnucash.desktop
+appstream-util validate-relax --nonet $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/appdata/gnucash.appdata.xml
 
 %files -f %{name}.lang
 %docdir %{_datadir}/doc/gnucash