diff --git a/src/runtime/main.cpp b/src/runtime/main.cpp
--- a/src/runtime/main.cpp
+++ b/src/runtime/main.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QGuiApplication>
 #include <QIcon>
+#include <QCommandLineParser>
 
 static bool isEnabled()
 {
@@ -59,6 +60,13 @@
     app.setWindowIcon(QIcon::fromTheme(QStringLiteral("kglobalaccel")));
     KAboutData::setApplicationData(aboutdata);
 
+    {
+        QCommandLineParser parser;
+        aboutdata.setupCommandLine(&parser);
+        parser.process(app);
+        aboutdata.processCommandLine(&parser);
+    }
+
     // check if kglobalaccel is disabled
     if (!isEnabled()) {
         qCDebug(KGLOBALACCELD) << "kglobalaccel is disabled!";