diff --git a/kde-apps/kcalutils/kcalutils-18.04.3.ebuild b/kde-apps/kcalutils/kcalutils-18.04.3.ebuild
index e2a72988299b1..18b556f6ca0fb 100644
--- a/kde-apps/kcalutils/kcalutils-18.04.3.ebuild
+++ b/kde-apps/kcalutils/kcalutils-18.04.3.ebuild
@@ -29,3 +29,12 @@ DEPEND="
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
 	!kde-apps/kdepim-l10n
 "
+
+src_test() {
+	# bug 653616
+	local myctestargs=(
+		-E "(kcalutils-testincidenceformatter)"
+	)
+
+	kde5_src_test
+}