diff --git a/xdg-user-dirs-gtk.spec b/xdg-user-dirs-gtk.spec
index 1d722bf..e6d57f7 100644
--- a/xdg-user-dirs-gtk.spec
+++ b/xdg-user-dirs-gtk.spec
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags}
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
-desktop-file-validate RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sysconfdir}/xdg/autostart/user-dirs-update-gtk.desktop
+desktop-file-validate $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sysconfdir}/xdg/autostart/user-dirs-update-gtk.desktop
 
 %find_lang %name