diff --git a/modem-manager-gui.spec b/modem-manager-gui.spec
index 84dc998..42a53f6 100644
--- a/modem-manager-gui.spec
+++ b/modem-manager-gui.spec
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ appstream-util validate %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/appdata/*.appdata.xml
 %{_mandir}/*/man1/%{name}.1.*
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Sep 18 2014 Mario Blättermann <mariobl@fedoraproject.org> - 0.0.17.1-2
+- Appdata validation disabled due to vague guidelines
+
 * Thu Sep 18 2014 Mario Blättermann <mariobl@fedoraproject.org> - 0.0.17.1-1
 - New upstream version
 - Added latest translations from Transifex