diff --git a/sysprof.spec b/sysprof.spec
index dea2d88..cefc660 100644
--- a/sysprof.spec
+++ b/sysprof.spec
@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@ URL:            http://www.sysprof.com
 Source0:        https://download.gnome.org/sources/sysprof/3.23/sysprof-%{version}.tar.xz
 
 BuildRequires:  binutils-devel
-BuildRequires:  desktop-file-utils
 BuildRequires:  gettext
 BuildRequires:  gtk3-devel
 BuildRequires:  itstool
 BuildRequires:  polkit-devel
 BuildRequires:  systemd-devel
+BuildRequires:  /usr/bin/appstream-util
+BuildRequires:  /usr/bin/desktop-file-validate
 
 Requires:       hicolor-icon-theme
 Requires:       %{name}-cli%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -name '*.la' -delete
 
 
 %check
+appstream-util validate-relax --nonet $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/appdata/*.appdata.xml
 desktop-file-validate $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/applications/*.desktop
 
 
@@ -119,6 +121,7 @@ gtk-update-icon-cache %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor &>/dev/null || :
 %changelog
 * Wed Mar 01 2017 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 3.23.91-1
 - Update to 3.23.91
+- Add appdata validation
 
 * Sat Feb 11 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 3.22.3-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_26_Mass_Rebuild