Index: kmail/kmmainwidget.h
===================================================================
--- kmail/kmmainwidget.h
+++ kmail/kmmainwidget.h
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@
     void updateQuickSearchLineText();
 
     void populateMessageListStatusFilterCombo();
+
 public Q_SLOTS:
     // Moving messages around
     /**
Index: kmail/kmmainwidget.cpp
===================================================================
--- kmail/kmmainwidget.cpp
+++ kmail/kmmainwidget.cpp
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@
                                       this);
     connect(KMKernel::self()->entityTreeModel(), &Akonadi::EntityTreeModel::collectionFetched, this, &KMMainWidget::slotCollectionFetched);
 
-    mMessagePane->hide();// hide the search bar
+    mMessagePane->show();
     mMessagePane->setXmlGuiClient(mGUIClient);
     connect(mMessagePane, &MessageList::Pane::messageSelected,
             this, &KMMainWidget::slotMessageSelected);
@@ -2536,11 +2536,7 @@
 
 void KMMainWidget::slotSearchButton()
 {
-    if(mHideShowSearchBarAction->isChecked()){
-        mMessagePane->show();
-    } else {
-        mMessagePane->hide();
-    }
+    mMessagePane->executeActionShowQuicksearch();
 }
 
 void KMMainWidget::slotSelectPreviousUnreadMessage()
@@ -3315,6 +3311,11 @@
         mHideShowSearchBarAction->setChecked(false);
         connect(mHideShowSearchBarAction, &QAction::triggered, this, &KMMainWidget::slotSearchButton);
 
+        /* execute action for hidding the search bar at launch  */
+        if(mMessagePane->showHideQuicksearchIsChecked())
+            mMessagePane->executeActionShowQuicksearch();
+
+
     }
 
     {
Index: messagelist/src/pane.h
===================================================================
--- messagelist/src/pane.h
+++ messagelist/src/pane.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <item.h>
 #include <messagelist_export.h>
 #include <AkonadiCore/Item>
+#include <KToggleAction>
 
 class KXMLGUIClient;
 class QAbstractItemModel;
@@ -382,6 +383,10 @@
 
     void populateStatusFilterCombo();
 
+    void executeActionShowQuicksearch();
+
+    bool showHideQuicksearchIsChecked() const;
+
 public Q_SLOTS:
     /**
     * Selects all the items in the current folder.
@@ -463,6 +468,7 @@
 
     class Private;
     Private *const d;
+    KToggleAction *showHideQuicksearch;
 };
 
 } // namespace MessageList
Index: messagelist/src/pane.cpp
===================================================================
--- messagelist/src/pane.cpp
+++ messagelist/src/pane.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include <QMenu>
 #include <KXMLGUIClient>
 #include <QAction>
-#include <KToggleAction>
+
 
 #include <QAbstractItemModel>
 #include <QAbstractProxyModel>
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
 {
     d->mXmlGuiClient = xmlGuiClient;
 
-    KToggleAction *const showHideQuicksearch = new KToggleAction(i18n("Show Quick Search Bar"), this);
+    showHideQuicksearch = new KToggleAction(i18n("Show Quick Search Bar"), this);
     d->mXmlGuiClient->actionCollection()->setDefaultShortcut(showHideQuicksearch, Qt::CTRL + Qt::Key_H);
     showHideQuicksearch->setChecked(MessageListSettings::showQuickSearch());
 
@@ -279,6 +279,14 @@
     }
 }
 
+void Pane::executeActionShowQuicksearch(){
+    showHideQuicksearch->trigger();
+}
+
+bool Pane::showHideQuicksearchIsChecked() const{
+    return showHideQuicksearch->isChecked();
+}
+
 bool Pane::selectNextMessageItem(MessageList::Core::MessageTypeFilter messageTypeFilter,
                                  MessageList::Core::ExistingSelectionBehaviour existingSelectionBehaviour,
                                  bool centerItem,
@@ -625,6 +633,12 @@
         Widget *w = qobject_cast<Widget *>(q->widget(i));
         w->changeQuicksearchVisibility(show);
     }
+
+    /* Put the same state for the 2 QAction */
+    if(q->showHideQuicksearchIsChecked())
+        mXmlGuiClient->actionCollection()->action(QStringLiteral("search_button"))->setChecked(true);
+    else
+        mXmlGuiClient->actionCollection()->action(QStringLiteral("search_button"))->setChecked(false);
 }
 
 bool Pane::eventFilter(QObject *object, QEvent *event)