diff --git a/khelpcenter.spec b/khelpcenter.spec
index 9a6a1b5..96c8df4 100644
--- a/khelpcenter.spec
+++ b/khelpcenter.spec
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ BuildRequires:  kf5-kdoctools-devel
 BuildRequires:  kf5-khtml-devel
 BuildRequires:  kf5-kinit-devel >= 5.10.0-3
 BuildRequires:  kf5-rpm-macros
+BuildRequires:  libappstream-glib
 BuildRequires:  libxml2-devel
 BuildRequires:  perl
 BuildRequires:  perl-generators
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ cp -alf \
 
 
 %check
+appstream-util validate-relax --nonet %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/appdata/org.kde.Help.appdata.xml ||:
 desktop-file-validate %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/org.kde.Help.desktop
 
 
@@ -82,6 +84,7 @@ desktop-file-validate %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/org.kde.Help.desktop
 %{_kf5_libdir}/libkdeinit5_khelpcenter.so
 %{_kf5_datadir}/khelpcenter/
 %{_kf5_datadir}/kxmlgui5/khelpcenter/khelpcenterui.rc
+%{_datadir}/appdata/org.kde.Help.appdata.xml
 %{_datadir}/applications/org.kde.Help.desktop
 %{_datadir}/config.kcfg/khelpcenter.kcfg
 %{_datadir}/kservices5/khelpcenter.desktop