diff --git a/gnome-music.spec b/gnome-music.spec
index 0a71bd7..408b7cf 100644
--- a/gnome-music.spec
+++ b/gnome-music.spec
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ License:       (GPLv2+ with exceptions) and LGPLv2+ and CC-BY-SA
 URL:           http://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Music
 Source0:       http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/%{name}/3.9/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
 
+BuildRequires: desktop-file-utils
 BuildRequires: intltool
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(gio-2.0)
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(gobject-introspection-1.0) >= 1.35.9
@@ -59,6 +60,8 @@ find %{buildroot} -name '*.la' -exec rm -f '{}' \;
 
 %find_lang %{name}
 
+desktop-file-validate %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/applications/%{name}.desktop
+
 
 %post
 /bin/touch --no-create %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor &>/dev/null || :
@@ -89,6 +92,7 @@ fi
 %changelog
   - Fix the upstream URL
   - Fix the license tag
+  - Validate the desktop file
 
 * Wed Aug 21 2013 Mathieu Bridon <bochecha@fedoraproject.org> - 3.9.90-1
 - Initial package for Fedora.