diff --git a/kde-frameworks/kitemmodels/kitemmodels-5.67.0.ebuild b/kde-frameworks/kitemmodels/kitemmodels-5.67.0.ebuild
index f40fa593a6849..7d904ac0fc56b 100644
--- a/kde-frameworks/kitemmodels/kitemmodels-5.67.0.ebuild
+++ b/kde-frameworks/kitemmodels/kitemmodels-5.67.0.ebuild
@@ -26,3 +26,7 @@ src_configure() {
 	)
 	ecm_src_configure
 }
+
+src_test() {
+	LC_NUMERIC="C" ecm_src_test # bug 708820
+}