diff --git a/kde-modules/KDECMakeSettings.cmake b/kde-modules/KDECMakeSettings.cmake
--- a/kde-modules/KDECMakeSettings.cmake
+++ b/kde-modules/KDECMakeSettings.cmake
@@ -176,13 +176,24 @@
 
 ################ Testing setup ####################################
 
+find_program(APPSTREAMUTILCLI appstream-util)
+function(appstreamutiltest)
+    if(APPSTREAMUTILCLI AND NOT appstreamutiltest_added)
+        set(appstreamutiltest_added TRUE PARENT_SCOPE)
+        add_test(NAME appstreamutiltest COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -DAPPSTREAMCLI=${APPSTREAMUTILCLI} -DINSTALL_FILES=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/install_manifest.txt -P ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/appstreamtest.cmake)
+    else()
+        message(STATUS "Could not set up the appstream test using appstream-util. appstream-util is missing.")
+    endif()
+endfunction()
+
+
 find_program(APPSTREAMCLI appstreamcli)
 function(appstreamtest)
     if(APPSTREAMCLI AND NOT appstreamtest_added)
         set(appstreamtest_added TRUE PARENT_SCOPE)
         add_test(NAME appstreamtest COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -DAPPSTREAMCLI=${APPSTREAMCLI} -DINSTALL_FILES=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/install_manifest.txt -P ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/appstreamtest.cmake)
     else()
-        message(STATUS "Could not set up the appstream test. appstreamcli is missing.")
+        message(STATUS "Could not set up the appstream test using appstreamcli. appstreamcli is missing.")
     endif()
 endfunction()
 
@@ -198,6 +209,7 @@
       option(BUILD_TESTING "Build the testing tree." ON)
       if(BUILD_TESTING)
          enable_testing()
+         appstreamutiltest()
          appstreamtest()
       endif ()
    endif ()
diff --git a/kde-modules/appstreamtest.cmake b/kde-modules/appstreamtest.cmake
--- a/kde-modules/appstreamtest.cmake
+++ b/kde-modules/appstreamtest.cmake
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 if(metadatafiles)
     set(appstreamcliout "")
-    execute_process(COMMAND ${APPSTREAMCLI} validate ${metadatafiles}
+    execute_process(COMMAND ${FLATPAKCLI} run org.freedesktop.appstream-glib validate ${metadatafiles}
         ERROR_VARIABLE appstreamcliout
         OUTPUT_VARIABLE appstreamcliout
         RESULT_VARIABLE result