diff --git a/autotests/CMakeLists.txt b/autotests/CMakeLists.txt
index 69e23ac..8213bc4 100644
--- a/autotests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/autotests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,11 +31,16 @@ ecm_add_test(${test_kconfigutils_SRCS}
 )
 target_include_directories(test_kconfigutils PRIVATE ../src/kconf_update)
 
+qt5_add_resources(sharedconfigresources sharedconfigresources.qrc)
+
+ecm_add_test(ksharedconfigtest ${sharedconfigresources} TEST_NAME kconfigcore-ksharedconfigtest LINK_LIBRARIES KF5::ConfigCore Qt5::Test Qt5::Concurrent)
+
+
+
 ecm_add_tests(
    kconfignokdehometest.cpp
    kconfigtest.cpp
    kdesktopfiletest.cpp
-   ksharedconfigtest.cpp
    test_kconf_update.cpp
    ksharedconfig_in_global_object
    NAME_PREFIX kconfigcore-
diff --git a/autotests/ksharedconfigtest.cpp b/autotests/ksharedconfigtest.cpp
index c22623b..ae3d40a 100644
--- a/autotests/ksharedconfigtest.cpp
+++ b/autotests/ksharedconfigtest.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ private Q_SLOTS:
     void testUnicity();
     void testReadWrite();
     void testReadWriteSync();
+    void testQrcFile();
 private:
     QString m_path;
 };
@@ -79,6 +80,16 @@ void KSharedConfigTest::testReadWriteSync()
     }
 }
 
+void KSharedConfigTest::testQrcFile()
+{
+    QVERIFY(QFile::exists(QStringLiteral(":/testdata/test.ini")));
+    KSharedConfig::Ptr sharedConfig = KSharedConfig::openConfig(QStringLiteral(":/testdata/test.ini"), KConfig::NoGlobals);
+    QVERIFY(sharedConfig);
+
+    KConfigGroup cfg(sharedConfig, QStringLiteral("MainSection"));
+    QCOMPARE(cfg.readEntry(QStringLiteral("TestEntry"), QStringLiteral("UnexpectedData")), QStringLiteral("ExpectedData"));
+}
+
 QTEST_MAIN(KSharedConfigTest)
 
 #include "ksharedconfigtest.moc"
diff --git a/autotests/sharedconfigresources.qrc b/autotests/sharedconfigresources.qrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c039b98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/autotests/sharedconfigresources.qrc
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<!DOCTYPE RCC><RCC version="1.0">
+    <qresource prefix="/testdata">
+        <file>test.ini</file>
+    </qresource>
+</RCC>
+
diff --git a/autotests/test.ini b/autotests/test.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..48b5853
--- /dev/null
+++ b/autotests/test.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[MainSection]
+TestEntry=ExpectedData
+