diff --git a/autotests/CMakeLists.txt b/autotests/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/autotests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/autotests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@
   LINK_LIBRARIES KF5::ItemModels Qt5::Test Qt5::Widgets proxymodeltestsuite
 )
 
+if (${Qt5Qml_FOUND})
+    ecm_add_tests(
+        kconcatenaterows_qml.cpp
+        LINK_LIBRARIES KF5::ItemModels Qt5::Test Qt5::Qml
+    )
+endif()
+
 #we need additional sources for this test, can't use it in ecm_add_tests
 ecm_add_test(kselectionproxymodel_smoketest.cpp ${proxyModelSmokeTestSources}
   TEST_NAME "kselectionproxymodel_smoketest"
diff --git a/autotests/concatenaterowstest.qml b/autotests/concatenaterowstest.qml
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/autotests/concatenaterowstest.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import QtQuick 2.0
+import org.kde.kitemmodels 1.0
+
+KConcatenateRowsProxyModel {
+    id: myModel
+    ListModel {
+        ListElement { name: "a" }
+        ListElement { name: "b" }
+    }
+    ListModel {
+        ListElement { name: "c" }
+        ListElement { name: "d" }
+    }
+}
+
+
diff --git a/autotests/kconcatenaterows_qml.cpp b/autotests/kconcatenaterows_qml.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/autotests/kconcatenaterows_qml.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+    Copyright (C) 2019 David Edmundson <davidedmundson@kde.org>
+
+    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+    under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your
+    option) any later version.
+
+    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+    ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+    FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public
+    License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
+    along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to the
+    Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+    02110-1301, USA.
+*/
+
+#include <QObject>
+
+#include <QTest>
+#include <QSignalSpy>
+
+#include <QQmlApplicationEngine>
+
+#include <KConcatenateRowsProxyModel>
+
+class tst_KConcatenateRowsQml : public QObject
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+private Q_SLOTS:
+    void testQmlLoad();
+};
+
+void tst_KConcatenateRowsQml::testQmlLoad()
+{
+    QQmlApplicationEngine app;
+    app.load(QFINDTESTDATA("concatenaterowstest.qml"));
+
+    QCOMPARE(app.rootObjects().count(), 1);
+
+    auto concatModel = qobject_cast<KConcatenateRowsProxyModel*>(app.rootObjects().first());
+    QVERIFY(concatModel);
+
+    QCOMPARE(concatModel->rowCount(), 4);
+
+    QCOMPARE(concatModel->data(concatModel->index(0, 0)).toString(), "a");
+    QCOMPARE(concatModel->data(concatModel->index(1, 0)).toString(), "b");
+    QCOMPARE(concatModel->data(concatModel->index(2, 0)).toString(), "c");
+    QCOMPARE(concatModel->data(concatModel->index(3, 0)).toString(), "d");
+}
+
+QTEST_MAIN(tst_KConcatenateRowsQml)
+
+#include "kconcatenaterows_qml.moc"
diff --git a/tests/qml/concatenaterows.qml b/tests/qml/concatenaterows.qml
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/tests/qml/concatenaterows.qml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-import QtQuick 2.0
-import org.kde.kitemmodels 1.0
-
-ListView {
-    model: KConcatenateRowsProxyModel {
-        id: myModel
-        ListModel {
-            ListElement { name: "a" }
-            ListElement { name: "b" }
-        }
-        ListModel {
-            ListElement { name: "c" }
-            ListElement { name: "d" }
-        }
-    }
-
-    delegate: Text {
-        text: model.name
-    }
-
-    Component.onCompleted : {
-        console.log(myModel.rowCount())
-    }
-}
-
-