diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <QUrl>
 
 #include <KAboutData>
+#include <KCrash>
 #include <KDBusService>
 #include <KEncodingProber>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
@@ -128,6 +129,8 @@
 
     KAboutData::setApplicationData(aboutData);
 
+    KCrash::initialize();
+
     app.setApplicationDisplayName(aboutData.displayName());
     app.setOrganizationDomain(aboutData.organizationDomain());
     app.setApplicationVersion(aboutData.version());