diff --git a/kcms/kfontinst/dbus/Main.cpp b/kcms/kfontinst/dbus/Main.cpp
index c07c007dd..aba240305 100644
--- a/kcms/kfontinst/dbus/Main.cpp
+++ b/kcms/kfontinst/dbus/Main.cpp
@@ -1,36 +1,40 @@
 /*
  * KFontInst - KDE Font Installer
  *
  * Copyright 2003-2009 Craig Drummond <craig@kde.org>
  *
  * ----
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
  * (at your option) any later version.
  *
  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
  * General Public License for more details.
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  * along with this program; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
  * the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
  * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
  */
 
 #include "FontInst.h"
 #include "Misc.h"
 #include <QtCore/QCoreApplication>
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
+    // KJob uses a QEventLoopLocker which causes kfontinst to quit
+    // after the job is done, prevent this by disabling quit lock.
+    QCoreApplication::setQuitLockEnabled(false);
+
     QCoreApplication *app=new QCoreApplication(argc, argv);
     KFI::FontInst    fi;
 
     int rv=app->exec();
     delete app;
     return rv;
 }