diff --git a/app/ToolTips/ktooltip.h b/app/ToolTips/ktooltip.h
--- a/app/ToolTips/ktooltip.h
+++ b/app/ToolTips/ktooltip.h
@@ -23,13 +23,14 @@
 class QPoint;
 class QString;
 class QWidget;
+class QWindow;
 
 /**
  * Allows to show tooltips having a widget as content.
  */
 namespace KToolTip
 {
-    void showText(const QPoint& pos, const QString& text);
+    void showText(const QPoint& pos, const QString& text, QWindow *transientParent);
     
     /**
      * Shows the tip @p content at the global position indicated by @p pos.
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@
      *
      * The tip is shown immediately when this function is called.
      */
-    void showTip(const QPoint& pos, QWidget* content);
+    void showTip(const QPoint& pos, QWidget* content, QWindow *transientParent);
     void hideTip();
 }
 
diff --git a/app/ToolTips/ktooltip.cpp b/app/ToolTips/ktooltip.cpp
--- a/app/ToolTips/ktooltip.cpp
+++ b/app/ToolTips/ktooltip.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "ktooltipwindow_p.h"
 #include <QLabel>
 #include <QPoint>
+#include <QWindow>
 #include <QWidget>
 
 class KToolTipManager
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@
 
     static KToolTipManager* instance();
 
-    void showTip(const QPoint& pos, QWidget* content);
+    void showTip(const QPoint& pos, QWidget* content, QWindow *transientParent);
     void hideTip();
 
 private:
@@ -62,12 +63,14 @@
     return s_instance;
 }
 
-void KToolTipManager::showTip(const QPoint& pos, QWidget* content)
+void KToolTipManager::showTip(const QPoint& pos, QWidget* content, QWindow *transientParent)
 {
     hideTip();
     Q_ASSERT(m_window == 0);
     m_window = new KToolTipWindow(content);
     m_window->move(pos);
+    m_window->createWinId();
+    m_window->windowHandle()->setTransientParent(transientParent);
     m_window->show();
 }
 
@@ -82,16 +85,16 @@
 
 namespace KToolTip
 {
-    void showText(const QPoint& pos, const QString& text)
+    void showText(const QPoint& pos, const QString& text, QWindow *transientParent)
     {
         QLabel* label = new QLabel(text);
         label->setForegroundRole(QPalette::ToolTipText);
-        showTip(pos, label);
+        showTip(pos, label, transientParent);
     }
 
-    void showTip(const QPoint& pos, QWidget* content)
+    void showTip(const QPoint& pos, QWidget* content, QWindow *transientParent)
     {
-        KToolTipManager::instance()->showTip(pos, content);
+        KToolTipManager::instance()->showTip(pos, content, transientParent);
     }
 
     void hideTip()
diff --git a/app/ToolTips/tooltipmanager.cpp b/app/ToolTips/tooltipmanager.cpp
--- a/app/ToolTips/tooltipmanager.cpp
+++ b/app/ToolTips/tooltipmanager.cpp
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
     }
 
     // the ownership of tip is transferred to KToolTip
-    KToolTip::showTip(QPoint(x, y), tip);
+    KToolTip::showTip(QPoint(x, y), tip, d->view->nativeParentWidget()->windowHandle());
 }
 
 QWidget * ToolTipManager::createTipContent( QModelIndex item )