diff --git a/app/CMakeLists.txt b/app/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/app/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/app/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@
     KF5::Declarative
     KF5::IconThemes
     KF5::Crash
+
+    Qt5::Quick
 )
 IF(APPLE)
     target_link_libraries(kdevelop "-framework CoreFoundation")
diff --git a/app/main.cpp b/app/main.cpp
--- a/app/main.cpp
+++ b/app/main.cpp
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@
 #include <QDBusInterface>
 #include <QDBusReply>
 
+#include <QQuickWindow>
+
 #include <shell/core.h>
 #include <shell/mainwindow.h>
 #include <shell/projectcontroller.h>
@@ -304,6 +306,13 @@
     QElapsedTimer timer;
     timer.start();
 
+#if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 8, 0)
+    // If possible, use the Software backend for QQuickWidget (currently used in the
+    // welcome page plugin). This means we don't need OpenGL at all, avoiding issues
+    // like https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=386527.
+    QQuickWindow::setSceneGraphBackend(QSGRendererInterface::Software);
+#endif
+
     // TODO: Maybe generalize, add KDEVELOP_STANDALONE build option
 #if defined(Q_OS_WIN) || defined(Q_OS_MAC)
     qputenv("KDE_FORK_SLAVES", "1"); // KIO slaves will be forked off instead of being started via DBus