diff --git a/community/apk-polkit-rs/APKBUILD b/community/apk-polkit-rs/APKBUILD
index ee788961c4b..b0e97edd254 100644
--- a/community/apk-polkit-rs/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/apk-polkit-rs/APKBUILD
@@ -3,17 +3,17 @@
 pkgname=apk-polkit-rs
 pkgver=2.1.0
 _gitlabsha=51c4e9ff37243ed681440118272f9e33
-pkgrel=0
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="apk-polkit-rs exposes a DBus API for APK, the Alpine Package Keeper"
 url="https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/Cogitri/apk-polkit-rs"
 arch="x86_64 armv7 armhf aarch64 x86 ppc64le riscv64"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 depends="polkit alpine-appstream-downloader"
 makedepends="meson cargo polkit-dev glib-dev clang-dev apk-tools-dev"
-checkdepends="appstream bash xvfb-run dbus"
+checkdepends="appstream bash dbus py3-dbusmock"
 subpackages="$pkgname-dev $pkgname-dbg $pkgname-lang"
+install="$pkgname.post-install $pkgname.post-upgrade"
 source="https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/Cogitri/apk-polkit-rs/uploads/$_gitlabsha/apk-polkit-rs-$pkgver.tar.xz"
-options="!check" # tests need polkit etc running so just skip it on builders for now
 
 case "$CARCH" in
 riscv64)
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ build() {
 
 check() {
 	dbus-run-session -- \
-		xvfb-run -a \
 		meson test --no-rebuild --print-errorlogs -C output
 }
 
diff --git a/community/apk-polkit-rs/apk-polkit-rs.post-install b/community/apk-polkit-rs/apk-polkit-rs.post-install
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..029a245ce10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/community/apk-polkit-rs/apk-polkit-rs.post-install
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+cat << __EOF__
+* apk-polkit-rs should be running for the service to be available for
+* GNOME Software. Please run:
+* "rc-update add apk-polkit-server default && rc-service apk-polkit-server start"
+* if you want GNOME Software to work with APK
+__EOF__
diff --git a/community/apk-polkit-rs/apk-polkit-rs.post-upgrade b/community/apk-polkit-rs/apk-polkit-rs.post-upgrade
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..69a541f7848
--- /dev/null
+++ b/community/apk-polkit-rs/apk-polkit-rs.post-upgrade
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+ver_old=$2
+if [ "$(apk version -t "$ver_old" '2.1.0-r1')" = '<' ]; then
+	cat <<- __EOF__
+	* apk-polkit-rs should be running for the service to be available for
+	* GNOME Software. Please run:
+	* "rc-update add apk-polkit-server default && rc-service apk-polkit-server start"
+	* if you want GNOME Software to work with APK
+	__EOF__
+fi