diff --git a/mate-settings-daemon.spec b/mate-settings-daemon.spec
index 1c47ce3..dcce189 100644
--- a/mate-settings-daemon.spec
+++ b/mate-settings-daemon.spec
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ BuildRequires:  mate-doc-utils
 BuildRequires:  mate-desktop-devel
 BuildRequires:  mate-polkit-devel
 BuildRequires:  nss-devel
+BuildRequires:  desktop-file-utils
 
 %description
 This package contains the daemon which is responsible for setting the
@@ -60,6 +61,8 @@ find %{buildroot} -name '*.a' -exec rm -rf {} ';'
 # remove needless gsettings convert file to avoid slow session start
 rm -f %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/MateConf/gsettings/mate-settings-daemon.convert
 
+desktop-file-validate %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/xdg/autostart/mate-settings-daemon.desktop
+
 %find_lang %{name}